AP: The Bush administration cast a wary eye Monday on signs that Iran and Syria were taking a more active diplomatic role in Iraq, even as debate in the U.S. centered on how many troops to keep in the war.
U.S. wary of Iran, Syria role in Iraq
EU opposes atomic aid for Iran at IAEA meeting
Reuters: The European Union urged a politically charged meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Monday to deny Iran’s request for help with a facility that could yield plutonium for atom bombs.
Iran probably has germ weapons, possibly N.Korea-US
Reuters: Iran probably has germ warfare weapons, North Korea may have developed them and Syria could have carried out research into such banned weaponry, the United States told an arms control conference on Monday.
Iran calls for summit with Iraq, Syria
AP: Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region, four key lawmakers told The Associated Press on Monday.
Iran’s fundamentalists push for segregation on campus
The Guardian: Religious fundamentalists in Iran are demanding separate university classes for men and women in a drive to impose puritanical Islamic values on the country’s campuses.
Iran steps up executions
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 Five men have been hanged in public in Irans northern province of Golestan, a state-run daily reported on Monday.
Iran steps up executions
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 Five men have been hanged in public in Irans northern province of Golestan, a state-run daily reported on Monday.
Defiant Iran vows to expand nuclear work
AFP: Iran vowed on Monday to expand its uranium enrichment programme to meet its nuclear fuel needs within a year, in defiance of UN Security Council calls to halt the controversial work amid fears it is seeking to build the bomb.
As Iran seeks aid, atom agency faces quandary
New York Times: At a place called Arak in the desert southwest of Tehran, behind barbed wire and antiaircraft guns, Iran is building a heavy-water nuclear reactor. The government says it will produce radioactive isotopes for medical treatments. As an unavoidable byproduct, it will also make plutonium, one of the primary fuels for atom bombs.
Irans state watchdog bars candidates in run-up to key polls
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 19 Only 17 prospective candidates hoping to win a seat in a key constitutional body have passed an examination required of them to stand in the upcoming polls.
