Washington Post : The Iranian government said Tuesday that it is ready to respond to an incentives package that the United States and five other world powers have offered in exchange for suspension of its uranium-enrichment program. But Iran insisted that the big powers "simultaneously" provide a more detailed explanation of the offer, a formula that may lead to drawn-out talks.
Iran seeks details on nuclear offer
Officials: Iran offers ‘non-answer’ to incentives
CNN: Iran's response to the international community's offer of incentives in return for cutbacks in its nuclear program is not acceptable, two senior U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday.
Tehran program gains influence in Israel’s election
Wall Street Journal: Iran's nuclear program is becoming an increasingly important issue in the race for Israel's premiership, though the campaign started in earnest only last week.
Iran’s campaign tinged by tragedy
Reuters: Iran's first Olympic basketball campaign for 60 years has been tinged by tragedy after one of their players was killed in a car accident last year.
Iran: 2 accused as rebels are executed
New York Times: The government executed two men on Monday who were convicted of having ties with an armed opposition group in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the newspaper Etemad Melli reported Tuesday.
Isolated Iran risks the same fate as Iraq – Gaddafi
Reuters: Iran risks going the same way as Saddam Hussein's Iraq in its confrontation with the West and is too weak to meet the challenges it faces alone, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday.
Journalist hanged in eastern Iran
BBC: Iran has executed a journalist accused of involvement with a Sunni militant group blamed for a spate of attacks in the south-east, officials have said.
Closing Hormuz strait not in Iran’s interest -U.S.
Reuters: Any attempt by Tehran to close the Strait of Hormuz would not be in Iran's interest but prove self-defeating to the country's oil-dependent economy, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
US: Iran reaction to nuclear offer not acceptable
AP: Iran's response to an incentives package aimed at defusing a dispute over its nuclear program is unacceptable, U.S. officials said Tuesday, making the prospects of new sanctions against the country more likely.
Kadhafi warns ‘arrogant’ Iran of military humiliation
AFP: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Tuesday warned "arrogant" Iran that it faces military humiliation on the scale of Iraq for its refusal to respond to western powers over a nuclear impasse.
