Reuters: Russia is against the United Nations taking any extra measures on Iran over its nuclear program for now, and thinks efforts towards dialogue should continue, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Russia against new U.N. measures on Iran
Hadley troubled by Iran’s defiance
Washington Times: Stephen Hadley, the president's national security advisor, said Friday that Iran’s recent defiance of international nuclear monitors is “troubling,” but expressed hope that Russia will continue to work with the U.S. on pressuring Tehran.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran, Israel on ‘collision course’
Los Angeles Times: Iran's highest authority lashed out against Israel on Friday with some of his harshest comments in recent memory about the Jewish state.
Irans chief cleric says country is not a friend to Israelis
New York Times: Iran’s supreme religious leader on Friday rejected the notion that his country was a friend to the Israeli people, but he also called on critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop using the issue to undermine him.
Big powers committed to exploring more sanctions against Iran: US
AFP: The United States and five other powers meeting here Friday are "committed to exploring possible further" sanctions against Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work, the State Department said.
Agriculture ministers rubber stamp terror list
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Hoping to accommodate Tehran, Brussels placed an Iranian dissident group on the EU list of terrorist organizations — and got the bloc's agriculture ministers to rubber stamp the decision without any debate. Now lawyers from across Europe are accusing the EU of abusing the law.
New talks on Iran’s nuclear defiance
AFP: The six powers leading negotiations over Iran's suspect nuclear program met here Friday to hammer out new sanctions against Tehran, complicated by tensions between Moscow and the West.
Iran general killed in clashes with rebels: report
AFP: Four members of the Iranian security forces, including a general, have been killed in clashes with rebels in the southeast, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Friday quoting a police official.
Khamenei raps Ahmadinejad aide but urges end to row
AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, the aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who said Iran was a friend of the Israeli people, but also urged an end to the war of words.
Russia ratchets up US tensions with arms sales to Iran and Venezuela
The Times: Russia defied the United States yesterday by announcing plans to sell military hardware to Iran and Venezuela.
