Washington Post: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said yesterday that a long-awaited intelligence estimate covering Iran’s nuclear program will be finished by the end of this month, attributing the delay to new information collected in late spring that caused a reconsideration of some elements of the assessment.
Delayed intelligence report on Iran to be finished soon
Iran at center of debate over why violence drops in Iraq
New York Sun: In the wake of the release of nine Iranians the U.S. military accused of supporting terrorism, the Bush administration is engaged in a debate over Tehran’s role in the decrease in violence in Iraq.
Iran demands Argentines show up in court
AP: Prosecutors accused five Argentines with falsely implicating a group of Iranians in the 1994 terrorist bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center, state IRNA news agency said Tuesday. Argentines rejected the claims.
US softens stance on Iran strikes
Daily Telegraph: The United States is trying to reduce tensions with Iran by playing down the possibility of launching military strikes against the country’s nuclear facilities, observers believe.
In gesture, Iran provides nuclear document
New York Times: After two years of stonewalling, Iran has given the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency a document showing how to cast uranium metal into hemispheres to form the core of an atom bomb, European officials said Tuesday.
IAEA seen citing some progress in Iran atomic probe
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog is likely to report this week that Iran has improved cooperation with an inquiry over its atomic work but diplomats say it may not resolve any key questions over the program.
Rice accuses Iran of spreading extremism
Reuters: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday accused Iran of spreading “violent extremism” across the Middle East and said a strong Palestinian state could act as a bulwark against this threat.
IAEA chief to visit Iran spokesman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 13 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei will make a trip to Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told state-run news agencies on Tuesday.
IAEA chief to visit Iran spokesman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 13 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei will make a trip to Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told state-run news agencies on Tuesday.
China-Iran oil talks slowed by terms, not politics
Reuters: China’s drive to invest in Iran’s biggest undeveloped oilfield in return for gas supplies is being stymied by tough commercial negotiations, not the threat of more sanctions, Chinese oil officials said on Tuesday.
