AFP: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki will meet later on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, diplomats from both countries said Tuesday.
French, Iranian FMs to meet on sidelines of UN meeting
Letting Iran go nuclear could cause war: Sarkozy
Reuters: Allowing Iran to acquire nuclear weapons could destabilize the world and lead to war, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the United Nations on Tuesday.
Iraq-Iran border chaos over detainee dispute
AFP: Iran’s sudden closure of its border with northern Iraq caused trucking chaos at the frontier on Tuesday, as experts warned of severe economic fallout and traders scrambled for goods.
Live from New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s unreality show
Washington Post: “For hundreds of years, we’ve lived in friendship and brotherhood with the people of Iraq,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the National Press Club yesterday.
Renault resolved to meet Iran demand for Logan car
Reuters: French carmaker Renault is doing its best to meet demand for a locally produced version of the Logan no-frills car in Iran despite a liquidity crisis in the country, as 89,000 clients have already paid to take delivery, strategy chief Patrick Pelata said late on Monday.
Iran gets over 70 pct oil income in non-US currencies
Reuters: Iran, locked in a row with Washington over its nuclear work, is aiming to boost oil export earnings in non-U.S. dollar currencies to 80 percent by the end of next month, an Iranian oil official said on Tuesday.
Iran says American detainee has been released
New York Times: Iran has released on bail a fourth Iranian-American national who had been jailed since May on security-related charges, the ISNA news agency reported today.
Iran’s President to Visit Bolivia, Venezuela
VOA News: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected in South America later this week following his visit to the United Nations.
Iran warns foreign banks over US pressure
AFP: Iran’s new central bank chief Tuesday warned foreign banks which have cut business with Tehran amid the ongoing dispute over its nuclear programme that they would lose out if they returned to the country.
Merkel ready to back further sanctions against Iran
Bloomberg: Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany was prepared to press for further sanctions against Iran unless the Islamic Republic abandoned its nuclear program.
