AP: Iran’s willingness to answer questions about its nuclear program will not save it from new U.N. sanctions, a U.S. envoy said Wednesday, describing Tehran’s new openness as an attempt to deflect “attention from its … bomb-making capabilities.”
U.S.: Iran cooperation insufficient
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards beat sanctions: exile
Reuters: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards are using front groups to beat U.N. sanctions and acquire weapons and material for Tehran’s nuclear program, an exiled opponent of the Iranian government said on Wednesday.
US says new UN-Iran nuclear agreement ‘limited’
AFP: The United States on Wednesday said an Iranian agreement with the UN atomic agency to clarify its contested nuclear programme had “real limitations” and accused Tehran of employing delaying tactics to avoid further UN sanctions.
Lawyer: Scholar still faces Iran charges
AP: An Iranian-American scholar recently released from a notorious prison in Iran still faces charges she endangered the country’s national security and has no passport with which to travel abroad, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Iran dismisses reports of leaflets warning Iraq Kurds
Reuters: Iran denied knowledge on Wednesday of any leaflets warning villagers in northeastern Iraq to evacuate ahead of an Iranian military offensive against Kurdish rebels there.
Iran buys Russian passenger jets
BBC: Iran has signed a deal with Russia to buy five new Tupolev passenger planes.
Bush turns up heat on Maliki
Washington Post: President Bush pointedly declined Tuesday to offer a public endorsement of embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, expressing his disappointment at the lack of political progress in Iraq and saying that widespread popular frustration could lead Iraqis to replace their government.
Bush takes a step away from Maliki
New York Times: When President Bush and Nuri Kamal al-Maliki stood side by side in Jordan last November, the president proclaimed the prime minister the right guy for Iraq. By Tuesday, that phrase had all but evaporated from Mr. Bushs lexicon.
Iran-IAEA nuclear agreement ‘not sufficient’: US
AFP: The White House judged “encouraging” but “not sufficient” an agreement Tuesday by Iran and the United Nations atomic authority on a timetable for Tehran to answer concerns about its nuclear program.
Iran, IAEA agree timetable to clarify nuclear drive
AFP: Iran and the UN atomic energy agency on Tuesday agreed on a timetable for Tehran to clarify outstanding concerns about its contested nuclear programme, amid Western threats of further UN sanctions.
