Reuters: Pakistan has agreed to details of a deal for buying gas from Iran, officials from both sides said on Friday, adding that the proposed tri-nation pipeline would be viable even if India, the third party, walked out.
Iran, Pakistan agree over gas sales without India
Split in group delays vote on sanctions against Iran
New York Times: The United States, Britain and France chose unity over speed and agreed on Friday to delay until November a United Nations Security Council vote on a third sanctions resolution against Iran.
Slight delay for Iran-Armenia pipeline
UPI: The deadline for the construction of the second phase of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline has been delayed from late 2008 to January 2009.
Iran denies building new nuclear site
AFP: Iran denied on Friday claims by the countrys main opposition group that it is building a new bomb-proof underground site for developing nuclear weapons, linked by tunnel to an existing complex at Natanz.
Iran ‘building bomb-proof nuclear site’
The Australian: Iran is building a new bomb-proof underground site for developing nuclear weapons, linked by tunnel to its complex at Natanz, the main exiled Iranian opposition group said yesterday.
Major powers eye 14 possible Iran sanctions: France
Reuters: Major powers have drafted a list of 14 possible sanctions that could be taken against Iran over its nuclear program, but there is no agreement on any of the measures, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Friday.
Editorial: Perry right to request divestment from Iran
San Antonio Express-News – Editorial: Investing in evil is not worth it. Gov. Rick Perry knows it, and he wants state pension funds to realize it as well. The governor is asking multibillion-dollar state pension funds for a plan to divest any holdings in companies that do direct business with Iran, the Express-News reported. Perry gave them 30 days; we hope they comply.
Editorial: Governor’s divestment plan sends strong message to Iran
Mercury News – Editorial: The U.S. visit earlier this week by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was met with an uproar over the Iranian president’s outrageous views on everything from homosexuality to the Holocaust, not to mention his country’s nuclear aspirations and its link to global terrorism.
France flips while Congress shifts
Washington Post: Ahmadinejad at Columbia provided the entertainment, but Sarkozy at the United Nations provided the substance. On the largest possible stage — the U.N. General Assembly — President Nicolas Sarkozy put Iran on notice. His predecessor, Jacques Chirac, had said that France could live with an Iranian nuclear bomb. Sarkozy said that France cannot.
Iran invites Bush to speak at university
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invited President Bush to speak at an Iranian university if the American leader ever traveled to the Islamic Republic, state-run television reported Friday.
