AP: The brother of an Iranian terrorism victim can collect $2.8 million from a California company that owes Iran for a canceled weapons shipment, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Court upholds $2.8M Iran terrorism claim
Talk to foreigners and we will view you as a spy, Iran warns academics
The Guardian: Iran’s powerful intelligence ministry has stepped up its war of nerves with the west by telling the country’s academics they will be suspected of spying if they maintain contact with foreign institutions or travel abroad to international conferences.
Diplomats: Iran hinted at suspension
AP: Iran recently hinted at willingness to discuss a partial suspension of uranium enrichment, but the West stuck to its demand for a full halt and Tehran withdrew its idea for getting talks going in the dispute over its nuclear program, diplomats said Wednesday
No breakthrough seen for Iran-EU nuclear talks
Reuters: European Union and Iranian officials will discuss the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program on Thursday but no breakthrough is expected despite a threat by world powers of further sanctions.
World powers threaten new measures against Iran
Reuters: World powers, including Russia, threatened “further appropriate measures” on Wednesday if Iran failed to comply with U.N. resolutions demanding that it suspend nuclear enrichment.
Iran defiant on eve of EU talks
BBC: Iran will not halt uranium enrichment, a key demand of the United Nations, its chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on the eve of talks with the EU.
Rice: World should not soften on Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested Tuesday the U.N. nuclear enforcement chief should stay out of a long-running diplomatic standoff with Iran.
Libya’s new ties with West set example for Iran – Blair
Reuters: British Prime Minister Tony Blair held out the prospect on Tuesday that Iran, under international pressure over its nuclear programme, could follow Libya’s example and transform its relations with the West.
G8 to tackle Iran, Darfur and other world conflicts
Reuters: Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations gather in Germany on Wednesday to discuss the nuclear standoff with Iran, the unresolved conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region and other pressing international issues.
Rice rejects link of Iran arrests and captures of guards in Iraq
New York Times: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday rejected linking Irans charges against three Iranian-Americans in Tehran to the Bush administrations capture of members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Iraq.
