Reuters: Iran on Tuesday accepted a compromise for the agenda of a global meeting on how to fix the troubled nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, averting a collapse of the session after a week of deadlock.
Iran accepts compromise, unblocking atom treaty talks
Iran wants to keep sexes apart in hospitals
AFP: Iran’s conservative government is encouraging doctors and nurses to treat patients only of the same gender in a bid to bring healthcare in line with its Islamic laws, press reports said on Tuesday.
Brown plans to banish the legacy of Blair by engaging with Iran
The Independent: Gordon Brown is ready to hit the ground running after Tony Blair resigns with an ambitious strategy for his first 100 days in office that will herald a radical change of approach on the Middle East and the NHS and a clean-up of Whitehall.
U.S. navy replaces Persian Gulf carriers
AP: The U.S. Navy said Sunday that it was maintaining a stepped-up military presence in the Persian Gulf by keeping two aircraft carriers in the area amid tensions with Iran.
Iranian envoy gives nod to possible meet with Rice
Reuters: Top officials from Iran and the United States, including Condoleezza Rice, could meet about Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
Thousands of Afghans forced home from Iran
Reuters: Iran has forced 44,000 Afghans home to their war-torn homeland in recent weeks, splitting families in some cases, the United Nations and the Afghan government said on Tuesday, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis.
Bush won’t give up military option on Iran: Rice
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush will keep a military option on the table as he seeks a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Iran over its nuclear plans, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
Iran must delay petrol rationing: MP
AFP: Iran needs to postpone until September a plan scheduled for implementation this month to ration petrol that is expected to have a huge impact on the economy, a top MP was quoted as saying on Monday.
Iran professor sacked for ‘insulting veiled woman’
AFP: A prominent Iranian professor has been sacked for offending a fully veiled woman during class amid mounting protests at a prestigious Iranian university over insults to Islam, the press reported Monday.
UN non-proliferation conference awaiting Iranian response
AFP: A UN non-proliferation conference failed to break a deadlock Monday as the Iranian ambassador awaited instructions from Tehran on whether to accept a compromise over the issue of compliance.
