FOX News – By Col. Oliver North: Pawleys Island, S.C. – Here in the Carolina “Low Country,” there is considerable consternation about this week’s meeting in Switzerland between U.S. and Iranian diplomats.
Ayatollah talk
Iran and U.S. signaling chance of deal
Washington Post: President Bush's decision to shift policy and send a senior U.S. envoy to nuclear talks with Iran this weekend was made after increasing signs that Iran was open to possible negotiations and that international sanctions were having an impact on the Islamic republic, U.S. officials said yesterday.
Rice discusses Iran with Russian foreign minister: Moscow
AFP: Russia said Wednesday that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had called her Russian counterpart on Tuesday to discuss a number of issues, including Iran's nuclear programme.
U.S. seeks talking over war with Iran
Reuters: With just six months left in office, the Bush administration has done an about-face in joining talks with Tehran over its nuclear program, a move analysts say is driven partly by a desire to avoid war with Iran.
Iran has clear “red lines” in nuclear talks
Reuters: Iran has "clearly-defined red lines" in any talks with major powers on its disputed nuclear programme, its highest authority said on Wednesday, making clear the country would not give up its atomic activities.
Iran to “cut hand off” any aggressor: Khamenei
Reuters: Iran would "cut off the hand" of any aggressor against the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday.
Solana hopes for “constructive response” from Iran
Reuters: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Wednesday he hoped for a "constructive response" at his meeting with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Geneva on Saturday, but added he could not guarantee success.
U.S. envoy to join meeting with Iranian
New York Times: President Bush has authorized the most significant American diplomatic contact with Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, sending the State Department’s third-ranking official to Geneva for a meeting this weekend on Iran’s nuclear program, administration officials said Tuesday.
U.S. says Iran has missile that could hit Europe
Reuters: The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Iran has the ability to launch a ballistic missile capable of hitting sections of eastern and southern Europe.
American envoy to join Iran talks
Washington Post: The Bush administration will send a senior envoy this weekend to international talks with Iran about its nuclear program in what U.S. officials described as a "one-time deal" designed to demonstrate a serious desire to negotiate a solution to the impasse over Tehran's ambitions.
