AP: The chief U.N. nuclear inspector’s approach to Iran is leading to U.S. accusations that he has overstepped his authority, diplomats said Sunday, as Iran’s supreme leader denied Western assertions that his country was interested in atomic weapons.
U.N. nuclear chief pressured over Iran
ElBaradei to defend Iran plan at IAEA governors meet
Reuters: The chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will tell sceptical nations on its governing board this week Iran’s pledge of atomic transparency should be given a chance to work, not dismissed as a time-buying ruse.
Iran says seeking clues over missing American
AFP: Iran said on Sunday it was seeking clues over the fate of a US former FBI agent who reportedly disappeared while visiting the Islamic republic six months ago.
Iran’s nuclear foes ‘racing to hell’: Ahmadinejad
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday lashed out at his Western foes which demand Iran halt its sensitive nuclear activities, saying they were “racing to hell”.
Britain urged to keep soldiers in southern Iraq
Sunday Telegraph: The US commander in Iraq has urged Britain to keep troops in the country amid growing fears that pulling out of Basra will cede control of Iraq’s second city to Iranian-backed militias.
Are moderates really gaining in Iran?
Iran Focus Analysis: London, Sep. 09 – The ascent of the Machiavellian Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to the chairmanship of the Assembly of Experts a constitutional body comprised of 86 troglodyte clerics entrusted with the task of choosing the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader if and when Ali Khamenei dies or becomes incapacitated – has once again prompted the ever-unscrupulous spin-doctors of Iranian affairs to hail the development as a victory of moderates over the hardliners.
Are moderates really gaining in Iran?
Iran Focus Analysis: London, Sep. 09 – The ascent of the Machiavellian Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to the chairmanship of the Assembly of Experts a constitutional body comprised of 86 troglodyte clerics entrusted with the task of choosing the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader if and when Ali Khamenei dies or becomes incapacitated – has once again prompted the ever-unscrupulous spin-doctors of Iranian affairs to hail the development as a victory of moderates over the hardliners.
Iran spy post heightens Gulf tension with US
Sunday Telegraph: Iran has established a sophisticated spying operation at the head of the Arabian Gulf in a move which has significantly heightened tensions in its standoff with the United States.
Iran dismisses massive US fine as ‘baseless’
AFP: Iran said Saturday that a US federal court decision to fine Tehran 2.65 billion dollars for the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut was “baseless” and aimed at plundering Iranian assets.
EU ministers duck Iran nuclear issue for now
Reuters: Iran’s nuclear programme has slipped so far down the European Union’s agenda that it did not even figure at a two-day brainstorming session of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers this week.
