Bloomberg: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said European nations risk damaging their ties with Iran by supporting the U.S. in the dispute over his country’s nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad says Europe risks Iran ties over nuclear dispute
US declines criticism of Russian FM’s trip to Iran
AFP: The United States said Wednesday it knew in advance of a visit by Russia’s foreign minister to Iran and declined to criticize Moscow for the move, amid discontent at Washington’s hard stance on Tehran’s atomic drive.
China repeats call for diplomatic solution in Iran
Reuters: China on Thursday urged a diplomatic solution to the West’s stand-off over Iran’s nuclear programme, recognising that the issue had become “difficult”.
Charges Iran killing US troops ‘sheer lie’: Khamenei
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday dismissed as a “sheer lie” US charges that the Islamic republic was supplying arms and training to insurgents killing American troops in Iraq.
Wider Iranian threat is feared
Los Angeles Times: While the White House dwells on Iran’s nuclear program, senior U.S. diplomats and military officers fear that an incident on the ground in Iraq is a more likely trigger for a possible confrontation with the Islamic Republic.
Essar backs off Iranian refinery-Minnesota governor
Reuters: India’s Essar Group has backed away from development of a new oil refinery in Iran that would violate U.S. sanctions on Tehran, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said on Wednesday.
US presses Europe for sanctions on Iran
AP: A top U.S. diplomat on Wednesday pressed Europe to slap new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, stepping up a push by Washington to hold Tehran accountable for defying U.N. demands.
Man hanged in public in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Authorities hanged a man in public in the city of Arak, central Iran, on Wednesday, state media reported.
Man hanged in public in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Authorities hanged a man in public in the city of Arak, central Iran, on Wednesday, state media reported.
In Brief: Iran hangs man in public in holy city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the holy city of Qom on Wednesday, state media reported.
