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Iraq readies arms case against Iran

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ImageWashington Times: Iraq's ambassador to the U.S. said yesterday that a high-level committee will investigate Iran's role in arms trafficking across his country's borders, after the discovery of large caches of weapons and explosive devices recently manufactured in Iran.

New round of US-Iran security talks unlikely: Iraqi FM

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ImageAFP: A fourth round of talks between the United States and Iran over the security situation in Iraq is unlikely to go ahead, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Wednesday.

US sees Iran as potential threat in Latin America

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ImageAFP: Isolated Iran sees Latin America as a place to push back US influence, from which it could maintain a terrorist threat against the United States in the event of a conflict, a senior US official warned Wednesday.

Iran seeking to keep Afghanistan unstable: US official

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ImageAFP: Iran is seeking to keep Afghanistan weak and unstable, delivering arms to the Taliban whilst ostensibly supporting Kabul's government, a senior US state department official said in Paris Tuesday.

Bolton urges U.S. to hit Iran terror camps

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ImageUPI: Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told a British newspaper that the United States should consider airstrikes against insurgent training camps in Iran.

Diplomats say IAEA chief urging more US flexibility on Iran

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ImageAP: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Washington on Tuesday to show more sensitivity in dealing with Iran if it hopes to see Tehran make concessions on its nuclear program, diplomats said.

Iran: Young man faces execution despite international protests

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ImageAKI: A 20-year-old Iranian is due to be executed on Wednesday for a crime he allegedly committed as a teenager despite international efforts to save his life.

Iran denies Khamenei gave interview

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ImageUPI: The Iranian Embassy in Italy is denying an Italian newspaper's claim to have conducted a rare interview with Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Iran visa issue defused, smoothing atom pact talks

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ImageReuters: Talks on how to save the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) were kept alive on Tuesday after Iran received assurances on U.S. visas for taking part in follow-up meetings in New York in 2009 and 2010.

Iran halts talks with U.S. on Iraq

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ImageNew York Times: As American strikes on Shiite fighters in Baghdad have widened, Iran has suspended talks with the United States on Iraqi security, with the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday citing the continued offensive as the reason.