Wall Street Journal: Senior Bush administration officials said the U.S. won’t block Iran’s efforts to establish financial institutions in Iraq, a decision that sets up a delicate balance in U.S. efforts to limit Iranian influence there.
Curbing Iran in Iraq gets trickier
The Kissinger effect on Bush’s Iran strategy
Newsweek: The Bush administrations approach to Iran tracks the advice of a certain secretary of State with Vietnam experience. Can the Kissinger model work?
Iran blocks UN cameras at big atom site: diplomats
Reuters: Iran has refused to let U.N. inspectors set up cameras at an underground plant where it is set to begin installing 3,000 centrifuges for full-scale enrichment of nuclear fuel, diplomats said on Friday.
Presidential hopeful Clinton wants talks with Iran
Reuters: U.S. presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Thursday the United States should talk with Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah as she outlined a plan for the Middle East that left open the possibility of military action against Tehran.
Bombing in Paris
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Barring a surprise, Jacques Chirac’s 45-year run in politics is likely to end later this year when the French elect a new leader. They’re certainly going to miss him in Tehran.
Iranians block UN inspectors at nuclear facility: diplomats
AFP: Iran is stopping UN inspectors from installing cameras at a nuclear facility where Tehran intends to place 3,000 centrifuges for industrial-scale uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday.
US asked to suspend free trade talks with Malaysia over Iran deal
AFP: A key US lawmaker on Wednesday called on the administration of President George W. Bush to suspend free trade talks with Malaysia in protest over its mega energy deal with nuclear renegade Iran.
EU condemns executions by Iran for deadly Ahvaz bombings
AFP: The German presidency of the EU on Thursday condemned the hanging of four men in Iran for deadly bombings in oil-rich Khuzestan province last year which the Islamic republic blamed on Britain.
Indian foreign minister to visit Iran
AFP: Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to travel to Iran for a two-day visit next week, the India foreign ministry said Thursday.
U.S. says Oregon man sought missile parts for Iran
Reuters: U.S. immigration agents have charged an Oregon businessman with trying to buy batteries used in U.S.-built Hawk surface-to-air missiles for shipment to Iran, court documents showed on Thursday.
