Reuters: Iran's attempted satellite launch was a failure that fell far short of claimed successes, U.S. security officials said on Tuesday, but an analyst said the test still marked progress toward a potential weapon.
Iran satellite launch a failure, U.S. officials say
Iran says talks with IAEA “positive”
Reuters: Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program — which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs — as "positive", the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Iran picks firms to hunt for new nuclear plant sites
AFP: Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported.
MRPL almost doubles diesel exports to Iran-MD
Reuters: Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd will sell an extra 210,000 tonnes of diesel by December to Iran, which is boosting imports ahead of heavy refinery maintenance works this year, its managing director said on Tuesday.
Iran offers to launch satellites
New York Times: A day after Iran declared that it had test fired a new rocket capable of launching a satellite, the country said Monday that it was prepared to help other Muslim countries send up satellites. But by then, Pentagon and military officials in Washington were concluding that the Iranian missile launching had been a failure.
Iran: Four young people face execution
AKI: Four young people, who were minors at the time their alleged crimes were committed, are expected to be hanged in the next few days.
U.S. says expects militia leaders to return to Iraq
Reuters: A top U.S. military commander said on Monday he expected Shi'ite militia leaders who fled to Iran for training and equipment to return to Iraq soon to try to foment instability.
Iran, IAEA hold more nuclear talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 – A senior official from the United Nations nuclear watchdog is holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.
Iran, IAEA hold more nuclear talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 – A senior official from the United Nations nuclear watchdog is holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.
Top Iran cleric chides Ahmadinejad aide over Israeli remarks
AFP: A top Iranian cleric has chastised a leading aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his controversial remarks that Iranians are "friends with Israelis," the press reported on Tuesday.
