AFP: Iran said on Friday talks on its controversial nuclear drive with top UN atomic watchdog official Olli Heinonen were "positive", as EU governments imposed fresh sanctions on the Islamic republic.
Talks with UN nuclear watchdog positive: Iran
GCC chief slams Iran for attacking Arab monarchies
AFP: A senior Gulf official on Thursday slammed an Iranian deputy minister for questioning the legitimacy of pro-Western Arab monarchies in the region, saying such remarks can only fuel tensions.
Floods kills three in northwest Iran – report
Reuters: Heavy rain and flooding has killed three people and injured 80 in northwest Iran near the border with Turkey, the state broadcaster reported on Thursday.
Rice threatens sanctions on Iran over nuclear program
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threatened Iran with more sanctions Thursday after it failed to give an adequate response to the latest bid by Western powers to induce it to freeze uranium enrichment.
Iran criticises Saudi Arabia for anti-terrorism protocols against its officials
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s Foreign Minister has strongly criticised the police in Saudi Arabia for fingerprinting Iranians including a senior aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran criticises Saudi Arabia for anti-terrorism protocols against its officials
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s Foreign Minister has strongly criticised the police in Saudi Arabia for fingerprinting Iranians including a senior aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Third option in Iran
Washington Times: The news of a senior U.S. envoy at the Geneva talks with Iranian negotiators could hardly count as a "groundbreaking policy shift" capable of ending the nuclear row with Tehran. Only a week after the talks, the Iranian regime raised the stakes by trumpeting the expansion of its enrichment program, underscoring the futility of the diplomatic push before it even got off the ground.
U.N. atomic inspector in Iran for talks: agency
Reuters: A top U.N. nuclear watchdog official arrived in Iran on Thursday for talks on cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, Iran's IRNA news agency reported.
US seeks tougher action in Iran nuclear standoff
The Guardian: Iran should face "punitive" measures after failing to respond to an international package of incentives that sought to defuse the crisis over its nuclear ambitions, the US said yesterday.
UN nuclear watchdog in Tehran talks amid sanctions calls
AFP: The UN atomic watchdog's number two was in Tehran on Thursday for a new round of talks on Iran's nuclear drive as Western governments said the time had come for the Security Council to impose fresh sanctions.
