Reuters: The European Union’s foreign policy chief may meet Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator in the next week or so to discuss Tehran’s atomic program, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
EU’s Solana set for fresh talks with Iran’s Larijani
Analysis: Rivals rap Clinton’s Iran vote
AP: For months, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Democratic rivals watched in frustration as she smoothly pivoted away from her 2002 Senate vote authorizing military action in Iraq.
Iranian behind Kurdish murders in Germany to be freed early
AFP: An Iranian jailed for life in Germany for the 1992 murder of four Kurdish dissidents which a Berlin court said was ordered by Tehran is to be released early, prosecutors said Thursday.
Uruguay caught buying Iran arms
Washington Times: Uruguayan parliamentary investigators said they blocked an attempt by their government to purchase arms from Iran, using a diversion through Venezuela to try to evade U.N. sanctions on the Tehran government.
EU to leave door open to further Iran sanctions
Reuters: European Union foreign ministers will warn Iran next week that it faces tougher sanctions unless it halts nuclear activities the West suspects are aimed at making atomic bombs, diplomats said on Thursday.
Rice says Iran ‘lying’ about nukes
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday accused Iran of “lying” about the aim of its nuclear program, saying there’s no doubt Tehran wants the capability to produce nuclear weapons and has deceived the U.N.’s atomic watchdog about its intentions.
Abducted Japanese in Iran is alive, safe-report
Reuters: The kidnappers of a Japanese man in Iran have said he is “alive and safe” and offered to exchange him with a jailed bandit, a security official was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Afghanistan urges Iran to delay expulsion of refugees
Reuters: Afghanistan’s parliament has appealed to Iran to delay the deportation of thousands of Afghans until the end of winter, saying the country didn’t have the resources to look after them during the harsh season.
Iran says atomic talks with IAEA “satisfactory”
Reuters: Iran and the U.N. atomic watchdog ended three days of “satisfactory” talks on Thursday aimed at clearing up suspicions about Iranian nuclear activity and will continue discussions next week, an Iranian official said.
Tehrans ruling clerics scramble for survival
FOX News: As expected, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brought a briefcase full of denials to New York last month. When asked about providing training and weapons to militias in Iraq, he said, Why would we want to do that? Commenting on Irans long-term, clandestine nuclear program, he claimed, all our nuclear activities have been completely peaceful and transparent. Most viewers shook their heads in disbelief that he could utter such blatant lies from a Columbia University podium.
