Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 02 – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani held talks on the phone with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing over the latest developments on Iran’s nuclear file, state media reported on Monday.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator speaks with Chinese FM
Iran says it won’t suspend atomic work
Reuters: Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, as demanded by the West, but is still holding talks about its nuclear program, the Iranian government spokesman said on Monday.
Iran claims to have arrested separatists on frontiers
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 02 Iranian security forces have recently arrested a network of separatists in the Iranian capital Tehran and the oil-rich south-western city of Abadan, state television reported.
Iran claims to have arrested separatists on frontiers
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 02 Iranian security forces have recently arrested a network of separatists in the Iranian capital Tehran and the oil-rich south-western city of Abadan, state television reported.
Iran-Turkey gas pipeline to restart after blast
Reuters: Natural gas is expected to resume flowing to Turkey through a pipeline from Iran on Monday after repairs to damage caused by an explosion last week, a Turkish energy ministry official said.
Japan will end Iran oil project support if UN imposes sanctions
Bloomberg: Japan’s government said it will withdraw support for Inpex Holdings Inc.’s $2.5 billion Azadegan oil project if the United Nations imposes sanctions on Iran for refusing to curtail nuclear research.
Arrested in Afghanistan: Abdullah, 25, an Iranian jihadist ‘rejected by the Taliban’
The Guardian – Officials claim there is a new stream of support for the insurgency coming from Iran: Knock-kneed with fear, the young prisoner perched on the edge of his chair in the windowless Afghan intelligence office. Eyes bloodshot and hands trembling, he blurted out his story.
U.S. will push banks to cut all ties to Iran
New York Sun: Bolstered by a new sanctions bill against Iran, Secretary of State Rice will press Arab foreign ministers tomorrow in Cairo to instruct banks in the region to cut ties to any entities contributing to Iran’s nuclear program, support for terror, or pursuit of advanced conventional weapons.
Iran still the target
Washington Times: After the media blitz in New York arranged by his PR handlers, followed by his invitation to speak before the Council of Foreign Affairs and capped by his picture on the cover of Time magazine, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must have left New York thinking he was on a “roll.”
Iran set on expanding nuclear program
AP: Iran’s hardline president on Sunday said his country was determined to expand its uranium enrichment program, announcing a plan to produce more nuclear fuel and calling allegations that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons a “big lie.”
