AP: Iran’s foreign minister criticized U.N. Security Council inaction in the case of five Iranians detained by U.S. troops in Iraq, the Iranian state news agency said Monday.
Tehran criticizes U.N. on held Iranians
U.N. inspectors in Iran after nuclear announcement
Reuters: Two U.N. nuclear inspectors began a week-long trip to Iran on Tuesday to visit the country’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility, a day after Tehran declared it had begun industrial atomic work at the site.
Britain: Iraq naval missions will resume
AP: British sailors will eventually resume boarding cargo vessels in the Persian Gulf to check for smuggled goods despite the recent standoff with Iran that saw a Royal Navy team held captive for 13 days, a senior government official said Monday.
Fears over Iran’s nuclear programme
Press Association: The Foreign Office has expressed concern over Iran’s announcement that it has dramatically expanded its nuclear programme.
Iran ready for atomic talks with West: Larijani
Reuters: Iran is ready for serious negotiations with the West to seek a deal that would end a row over its atomic plans, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Monday.
U.S. professional groups cut Iran links
UPI: U.S. professional associations are putting the screws to Iran by suspending collaborative and other ties with their Iranian counterparts.
Iran expands uranium enrichment
AP: Iran announced Monday that it has begun enriching uranium with 3,000 centrifuges, defiantly expanding a nuclear program that has drawn U.N. sanctions and condemnation from the West.
Iran says seeking news on missing U.S. citizen
Reuters: The Iranian authorities are trying to discover what has happened to a U.S. citizen who Washington said it believed went missing several weeks ago while on private business in Iran, an Iranian official said on Sunday.
Arthur: Faye saved me
Daily Mirror: Fellow captive Faye Turney was instrumental in getting Arthur Batchelor through their terrifying 13-day kidnap ordeal, the 20-year-old said yesterday.
Hostages: Our story
Daily Mirror: Hostages Arthur Batchelor and Faye Turney told yesterday of their ordeal at the hands of Iran’s bully-boys.
