Reuters: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday a new U.N. resolution on Iran would not include fresh sanctions but aimed to show unity after disagreements with Russia over its incursion into Georgia.
Rice says new Iran move to show unity
IAEA Chief: Iran ‘on path’ to atomic weapon
AP: The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog warned in comments published Friday that Iran is one of several countries on the "path" to possessing the ingredients for making a nuclear weapon.
Russia, U.S., China, Europeans to offer Iran measure
Bloomberg: The U.S., Russia, China and their European partners will offer a draft United Nations resolution repeating their strategy of offering Iran economic incentives to halt nuclear work, backed by sanctions, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.
EU worried about freedom of religion in Iran
AP: The European Union said Friday it is "very worried" about what it sees as a deterioration of religious freedom in Iran.
Iran cleric says U.S. paying financial price for wars
Reuters: An influential Iranian cleric said on Friday the financial crisis gripping the United States was the price Washington paid for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dems bury resolution due to war fears
Washington Times: The House Democratic leadership has effectively shelved a resolution calling for what critics say would amount to a naval blockade of Iran because of concerns that it could provoke another war, officials on Capitol Hill said.
U.S. blames Iran for delay in Iraq pact
Los Angeles Times: U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Thursday accused Iran of "pushing very hard" to derail a security agreement that would authorize American troops to remain in Iraq past Dec. 31.
Russia forces West to go it alone against Iran nuclear programme
Daily Telegraph: Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov used a series of meetings with his Western counterparts, including David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, to signal that Moscow had gone cold on international efforts to reign in the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
Iran’s president: Nation must control nuclear fuel
AP: Iran needs the ability to produce nuclear fuel because it cannot rely on other nations to supply enriched uranium to the Islamic regime's planned reactors, the Iranian president said Thursday.
Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran
The Guardian: Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.
