AP: The U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Tuesday it will send a team of inspectors early next week to a disputed Iranian reactor – a key step in efforts to allay concerns over Tehran’s nuclear program.
IAEA inspectors to Iran next week
U.S. accuses Iran over support for militias in Iraq
Reuters: The United States accused Iran after talks on Tuesday of having increased support for Shi’ite Muslim militias involved in bloodshed in Iraq since the two sides held ground-breaking talks in May.
Iran launches new crackdown on unIslamic dress
AFP: Iran on Monday launched a new wave of a moral crackdown against women who “dress like models” and men whose hairstyles are deemed unIslamic, police said.
Iran, IAEA set more nuclear talks on Tuesday
Reuters: Iran will resume talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday to clarify its atomic activity, an Iranian official said, a process diplomats say has slowed moves to adopt tougher U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
US rules out raising fate of Iranian Americans at talks with Tehran
AFP: The United States on Monday ruled out raising the fate of four Iranian Americans held in Iran during upcoming rare bilateral talks with Tehran.
UK’s Brown won’t rule out military action in Iran
Reuters: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would not rule out military action against Iran, but believed a policy of sanctions could still persuade Tehran to drop its disputed nuclear program.
Santander traded with blacklist Iranian bank
Daily Telegraph: Santander, one of Europe’s biggest banks, has been trading with an Iranian bank that is blacklisted by the US for allegedly financing nuclear proliferation.
Iran to launch new dress code crackdown
AFP: Iran is to launch a new crackdown Monday on slack dressing that targets both men and women whose clothing and haircuts are deemed to be unIslamic, police said.
Iran denies US-Iranians coerced into talking
AFP: Iran Sunday denied it forced two US-Iranians detained for harming national security into making televised statements, saying their comfortable surroundings showed the comments were genuine.
Iraq: U.S./Iran to talk again Tuesday
AP: A new round of U.S.-Iran talks focusing on the deteriorating security situation in Iraq will be held Tuesday in Baghdad, the Iraqi foreign minister said.
