New York Times: The International Atomic Energy Agency, in an unusually blunt and detailed report, said Monday that Iran’s suspected research into the development of nuclear weapons remained “a matter of serious concern” and that Iran continued to owe the agency “substantial explanations.”
Nuclear agency accuses Iran of willful lack of cooperation
Iran’s Ahmadinejad requests meeting with pope
Reuters: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked for an audience next week with Pope Benedict which would be the first meeting between the two leaders, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
IAEA says Iran nuclear arms studies “serious concern”
Reuters: Iran's alleged research into designing nuclear warheads remains a matter of serious concern and needs "substantive explanations", the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
IAEA suggests Iran may be withholding evidence
AP: The U.N. nuclear watchdog suggests Iran may be withholding information the agency needs to establish whether Tehran tried to make nuclear arms.
EU’s Solana hopes for Iran trip within month
Reuters: European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Monday he hoped to go to Iran in the next month to discuss Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Iran jails male backer of feminism petition: report
AFP: A male defender of the feminist cause in Iran has been sentenced to a year in prison, the moderate Kargozaran newspaper reported on Monday without providing further details.
Iran-Turkey gas flow halted after blast
Reuters: The flow of Iranian natural gas to Turkey was halted early on Monday after an explosion hit a gas pipeline in eastern Turkey, Turkish energy officials said.
Iran aims to export first LNG in late 2010
Reuters: Iran plans to export its first liquefied natural gas in late 2010, possibly to some European countries and China, a senior official of Iran LNG said on Monday.
U.S., Iran and Arab neighbors to meet on Iraq
Reuters: The United States will prod Sunni Arab states to offer more support to the Iraqi government at a conference in Sweden this week as a way of countering the growing influence of non-Arab Iran in Iraq.
EU’s Solana in new nuclear proposal for Iran
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Monday that he hopes to travel to Iran soon to present a new nuclear offer from major world powers, after meeting Tehran's foreign minister over the weekend.
