The Observer: A British businessman has been arrested after being named in a plot to supply Iran with weapons of mass destruction, while two more at the centre of an international manhunt are accused of smuggling military parts to Tehran.
Britons named in plots to arm Iran
Iran atomic agency chief cancels trip to IAEA meeting
AFP: The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholamreza Aghazadeh will not take part in the UN nuclear watchdog's annual assembly opening on Monday, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.
U.S. missile radar to shield Israel against Iran
Reuters: Israel has received an advanced U.S.-made radar, staffed by American personnel, as part of preparations to fend off any future ballistic missile attack by Iran, officials involved in the deployment said on Sunday.
Iranian prosecutor escapes assassination
AFP: Gunmen shot and wounded an Iranian public prosecutor in the restive province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
UN reaffirms previous sanctions on Iran
AP: The U.N. Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution that reaffirms previous sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment for its nuclear program.
U.N. council to vote on Iran but no new sanctions
Reuters: The U.N. Security Council was set to agree a resolution on Saturday that again orders Iran to halt nuclear enrichment work but imposes none of the new sanctions Washington and its allies want.
Kissinger defends McCain on structuring Iranian talks
CNN: After Friday night's presidential debate, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger defended Sen. John McCain's attack against Sen. Barack Obama for Obama's willingness to meet with the Iranian president "without precondition."
Kuwait urges Iran ‘not to harbour terrorists’
AFP: Kuwait's interior minister urged Iran in remarks published on Saturday not to provide a safe haven for "terrorists" but said there was no proof of claims that Tehran has sleeper cells in his country.
Iran’s former central bank chief warns against fuelling inflation
AFP: Iran's former central bank chief has warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against policies which further stoke inflation that topped 27 percent this year, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Coalition detains five Iranian proxies in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 27 – Coalition forces captured five suspected proxy agents of Iran Saturday morning in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad, the United States military announced.
