Washington Times – EDITORIAL: One of the worst-kept secrets in Washington is the Iraq Study Group’s expected recommendation that the United States negotiate over Iraq’s future with rogue regimes in Iran and Syria — whose support for terrorist groups and militias helped turn post-Saddam Iraq into a powderkeg in the first place.
Talking to the rogues
Iranian president: ‘US governs by coercion, force’
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a letter to the American people on Wednesday, accused their government of “coercion, force and injustice” and urged the United States to pull out of Iraq.
Iran tells US forces to get out of Iraq
AFP: Iran’s hardline president on Wednesday called on US forces to leave Iraq “to save whatever reputation they have left”, at a joint media conference with visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
Iran lawmakers allege Canadian embassy spying
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 29 A group of Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputies are launching a probe into the conduct of the Canadian embassy in Tehran, accusing its staff of spying on the government.
Iran lawmakers allege Canadian embassy spying
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 29 A group of Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputies are launching a probe into the conduct of the Canadian embassy in Tehran, accusing its staff of spying on the government.
Iran resolution, still not final, drops mention of sanctions
New York Times: The six world powers seeking to rein in Irans nuclear ambitions are circulating a significantly weakened draft for a United Nations Security Council resolution against Tehrans nuclear program, in a bid to keep their fragile coalition from falling apart.
IAEA to Iran: stop dodging probe with legal excuses
Reuters: Iran needs to do more than simply comply with its legal obligations if it wants to gain international trust about its nuclear ambitions, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has said.
Bush firm on Iran, Syria talks
Los Angeles Times: As pressure mounts for the United States to seek direct talks on Iraq with Iran and Syria, President Bush appeared Tuesday to rule out any change in his administration’s policy toward those Iraqi neighbors.
Paper: Iran leader writes to Americans
AP: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the American people that will be released at U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, a state newspaper reported.
Iran announces list of candidates for key assembly elections
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 29 Irans Interior Ministry released on Wednesday the names of 163 candidates for the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections.
