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EU-Iran nuclear meeting postponed until after G8

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Reuters: A meeting between European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran’s top nuclear negotiator has been postponed until after Group of Eight foreign ministers meet on Thursday, an EU diplomat said on Wednesday.

Iranian antiquities may be seized in suit

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UPI: A federal judge has ruled the University of Chicago cannot protect Iran’s ownership rights to a collection of Persian antiquities.

Iran won’t give up right to use atomic technology, leader says

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New York Times: Iran’s supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday that there was “no use” negotiating with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program, because his nation had no intention of surrendering what he called “our undeniable right of using nuclear technology.”

Bush marks 10 years since Khobar attack

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AFP: US President George W. Bush linked Iran to the deadly June 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia and vowed to hunt down those responsible as he marked 10 years since that attack.

No “talks about talks” in Iran nuclear row, says UK

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Reuters: The government said on Tuesday that major world powers would not be drawn into talks about talks as they await Iran’s response to their offer of incentives to defuse a standoff over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.

Iran’s Khamenei maintains right to develop nuclear technology

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Bloomberg: Iran will maintain its right to develop nuclear technology in the face of pressure from the U.S. and its allies to suspend a uranium enrichment program, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Iraq – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon travel to Baghdad to meet and hold talks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Iraq – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon travel to Baghdad to meet and hold talks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.

Exclusive Interview: Maryam Rajavi

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UPI: The charismatic leader of the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Maryam Rajavi, whose at times enigmatic Mojahedeen-e-Khalq have been accused of everything from terrorism to Marxism to being a secretive sect, discusses the MeK, the situation in Iran and the future of her country in an exclusive interview with Claude Salhani, International Editor with United Press International.

British envoy urges ‘early response’ from Iran’s leader

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New York Times: The new British ambassador in Tehran urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today to give an “early response” to an international package presented to Iran aimed at ending a standoff over its nuclear program.