Reuters: A railway linking Russia and Iran via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will open in December 2011, a top Turkmen executive said on Monday.
Russia-Iran rail link to open in 2011
Iran remains key concern as Bush returns
Washington Post: As he toured the Middle East over the past five days, President Bush tried to shore up support for his strategy of isolating Iran in meetings with the leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian territories.
Group says six Baha’is detained in Iran
Reuters: The Iranian authorities have detained six members of the Baha'i faith, an offshoot of Islam considered heretical by Iran's Shi'ite Muslim establishment, members of the religious group said.
Senior Iran cleric says president spreads poverty
Reuters: An influential Iranian cleric has criticised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in unusually blunt terms by saying his government was pursuing policies that were leading to "public impoverishment", newspapers said on Monday.
None dare call it appeasement
Washington Times: Let me get this straight. It's perfectly fair for Barack Obama and his cohorts to repeatedly disparage President Bush's foreign policy as "cowboy diplomacy" but unspeakably horrific for Mr. Bush to analogize the Democrats' approach to foreign policy to appeasing Adolf Hitler?
Obama’s plan to talk with Iran shows ‘weak judgment,’ Kyl says
Bloomberg: Republican Senator Jon Kyl said Barack Obama's willingness to negotiate with Iran shows "weak judgment," signaling his party will likely focus on portraying the Democratic presidential candidate as naive about rogue nations.
Iran confirms Khatibi as new OPEC governor
Reuters: Iran has officially announced the replacement of its long-time governor to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Oil Ministry's website Shana said on Sunday.
Iran brushes off sanctions impact on petchems
Reuters: International sanctions on Iran are not hurting a bid to expand petrochemical output because investors are attracted by the Islamic Republic's vast reserves of cheap gas feedstock, an Iranian official said on Sunday.
Bush urges opposition to Iranian nuclear program
Bloomberg: President George W. Bush said nations should unite to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to oppose Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants who threaten the stability of Lebanon.
Canada expresses concern over arrest of Bahai in Iran
AFP: Canada expressed concern over the apparent arrest of six Iranian Bahai followers and called for their release, while deploring an "ongoing decline" in the country's human rights situation.
