AP: Less than 40 percent of U.N. member states have filed required reports on how they are complying with sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, the chairman of a monitoring committee said Thursday.
U.N. states lag on Iran sanction reports
Iran dismisses charges it is arming Taliban
Reuters: Iran on Thursday rejected U.S. accusations it is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying an attack on its consulate there showed the hostility of the Sunni militant group towards Shi’ite Iran.
Iranian weapons still flowing into Iraq: U.S. general
Reuters: Smuggled weapons and deadly explosives are still coming into Iraq from neighboring Iran and continue to kill American soldiers, a top U.S. commander said on Thursday.
Adulterous couple spared death by stoning in Iran
Daily Mail: A couple due to be stoned to death today for adultery are thought to have had a last-minute reprieve.
Australians ‘repelled Iran navy’
BBC News: Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned.
Iraq wants second round of US-Iranian talks
AFP: Iraq is working to set up a second meeting between Iranian and US officials soon to prevent the arch-foes from using Iraq as a “battleground to settle scores,” Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said here Wednesday.
EU’s Solana confirms Saturday talks with Iran nuclear envoy
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana confirmed Thursday that he would hold talks with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, in Portugal this weekend.
France expels Iranian suspected of ties to nuclear drive: report
AFP: France has expelled a 28-year-old Iranian engineering student suspected of links to the country’s nuclear programme, the Le Parisien daily reported Thursday.
Kuwaiti diplomat returns from Iran beaten and bruised
Kuwait Times: Bruised and battered, a Kuwaiti diplomat attacked by a mob in front of the Kuwait Embassy in Tehran returned home to Kuwait yesterday. Mohammad Al-Zobi, third secretary to the Kuwait Embassy in Tehran, flew home on a government jet sent by the HH Amir after the Tuesday assault.
PLO official says Iran supported Hamas to use force in Gaza
Xinhua: A senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official on Tuesday accused Iran of supporting Islamic Hamas movement to use force against the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the Gaza Strip.
