Reuters: Iran has launched a missile capable of reaching space, Iran’s state television Web site reported on Sunday, quoting an Iranian aerospace official.
Iran launches space missile: state TV
Iran military helicopter crash kills at least one
Reuters: An Iranian military helicopter crashed near the border with Turkey and Iraq on Saturday, killing at least one Revolutionary Guards commander, Iranian news agencies said.
Iranian envoy blasts U.S., U.K., Israel
AP: Iran accused the United States, Britain and Israel of making “baseless allegations” about its nuclear ambitions, insisting that it has always considered weapons of mass destruction to be “inhumane, immoral and illegal.”
American armada prepares to take on Iran
Daily Telegraph: It is four and a half acres of American power in the middle of the Arabian Sea but the influence of USS Dwight D Eisenhower stretches for hundreds of miles.
Cheney: ‘All options’ available for Iran
AP: Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday renewed Washington’s warning to Iran that “all options” are on the table if the country continues to defy U.N.-led efforts to end Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Cheney says all options available for Iran
Reuters: Vice President Dick Cheney said on Friday the United States retains all options in keeping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but the White House stressed it was seeking a diplomatic outcome.
Son of key Iraq Shiite arrested at Irans border
New York Times: The eldest son of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, perhaps the most powerful political leader in Iraq and the head of the dominant Shiite political bloc, was detained by American forces for several hours on Friday after traveling across the border from Iran into Iraq.
Security council to discuss Iran sanctions
Guardian Unlimited: Permanent members of the UN security council will hold talks over what further sanctions to impose on Iran over its nuclear programme next week, a US official said today.
Iran vows no weakness over nuclear program
Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should stand up to the world and pursue its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.
Diplomats trying to restart Iran talks
AP: U.S., European and Russian diplomats agree on encouraging Iran back to the bargaining table over its disputed nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. Diplomats from the U.S. and its negotiating partners plan to meet next week to try drafting a new U.N. resolution on the standoff.
