Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27 – A senior Iranian official who until recently oversaw the countrys nuclear negotiations with the West has accused the Gulf Cooperation Council of serving the United States in the region.
Iran’s Larijani: Gulf Cooperation Council serves the U.S.
Iran’s Larijani: Gulf Cooperation Council serves the U.S.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27 – A senior Iranian official who until recently oversaw the countrys nuclear negotiations with the West has accused the Gulf Cooperation Council of serving the United States in the region.
Iranian ex-nuclear official guilty of “propaganda”
Reuters: Former Iranian atomic negotiator Hossein Mousavian, briefly detained in May on security-related accusations, has been found guilty of “propaganda against the system”, a judiciary official said on Tuesday.
Iran: The uninvited wildcard in Mideast talks
Washington Post: More than four dozen governments, international organizations and financial institutions will be represented when Middle East talks open in Annapolis today. But it is the uninvited guests — Iran and its allies Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and other militant factions — that may have the biggest impact on the peace talks.
Iran: Book censorship the rule, not the exception
RFE/RL: The swift move by Iran’s Islamic Culture and Guidance Minister to ban a newly published novel by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez has once again put the spotlight on the phenomenon of censorship in Iran.
No let up in attacks by Iranian backed groups: commander
AFP: Iranian-backed Shiite extremist groups operating in Baghdad’s Sadr City show no sign of easing up attacks on US forces despite an overall decline in violence, a US commander said Monday.
General: Iraq groups supported by Iran
AP: There’s been no letup in attacks and weapons-smuggling by Iranian-backed Shiite militants in some parts of Iraq’s capital, the area’s top U.S. commander said Monday.
Ahmadinejad offers to be an observer at US presidential election
The Guardian: He denounces it as the “Great Satan” and frequently dismisses its power, but the overtures of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to the US seem to grow ever more extravagant.
US: Iran Mideast criticism ‘not surprising’
AFP: The White House on Monday dismissed Iran’s criticisms of a US-hosted Middle East peace meeting as “not surprising,” charging that Tehran backs extremists sidelined by the talks.
2 dead as Iranian fighter jet crashes in Sea of Oman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 26 – An Iranian fighter jet crashed in the Sea of Oman on Monday, leaving two people dead, state media reported.
