Daily Telegraph: The crisis in the Palestinian territories threatened to spill across the Middle East last night after Egypt accused Iran of sponsoring Hamas in its takeover of Gaza and said that Teheran now posed a threat to its own national security.
IAEA and Iran agree to draw up action plan
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog director said on Friday he and Iran’s chief negotiator had agreed to draw up an “plan of action” within two months on how to resolve questions about Iran’s disputed nuclear program.
Iran denies minister’s comments on ‘uranium stockpile’
AFP: Iran on Friday denied local media reports that the interior minister announced the Islamic republic had ramped up its nuclear capacity and built up a significant stockpile of enriched uranium.
Iran says has no preconditions for US talks
Reuters: Iran has no plans to set preconditions for any further talks with the United States to discuss Iraq, a senior Iranian official was quoted on Friday as saying.
Cleric says fatwa against Rushdie “still alive”
Reuters: A prominent Iranian cleric said on Friday the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 was “still alive” in the Islamic Republic.
In Brief: Man hanged in public in western Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – A man was hanged in public in Khorramabad, western Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
In Brief: Man hanged in public in western Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – A man was hanged in public in Khorramabad, western Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
Iran says talks, not sanctions, only way in atom row
Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator told major powers on Thursday that talks, not more sanctions, offered the only way forward for resolving an escalating standoff over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
Russia: Iran no missile threat
AP: Iran poses no threat to Russia, top diplomats and military officials said Thursday as Moscow pressed its argument for the United States to abandon plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
Iran has 100 kg “enriched uranium materials”
Reuters: Iran has 100 kg of enriched uranium material in storage, the interior minister said, in comments likely to worry Western powers who fear the Islamic Republic is seeking to build nuclear bombs.
