AFP: Britain on Wednesday angrily denied “incorrect and irresponsible” claims in the Iranian press that it was stirring up unrest in the oil-rich southwest of the Islamic republic.
Britain angrily denies role in Iran unrest
Prominent Iranian diplomat quits nuclear negotiating team
AFP: One of Iran’s most prominent diplomats, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has resigned as a member of the country’s nuclear negotiating team, the official news agency IRNA reported Wednesday.
Iraq speaker blames Iran for murders of Shiite clerics: report
AFP: Iraqi parliament speaker Hajim al-Hasani has accused Iran of being behind the assassination of two top Shiite Muslim clerics in Iraq in 2003, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported.
Iran blamed for deaths of eight Britons in south Iraq
The Times: Britain has accused Iran of helping to kill British soldiers in southern Iraq.
Six soldiers and two security guards have died in the past three months, all victims of a new explosives technique supplied via Iran, a senior British official said yesterday.
Canada to put forward UN resolution on Iran rights
Reuters: Canada will put forward a resolution at the United Nations for the third year in a row accusing Iran of human
rights violations, Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew said on Wednesday.
Britain blames Iran for Iraq attacks on UK troops
Reuters: Britain accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday of supplying weapons to Shi’ite militia in Iraq
used to attack British troops.
Britain accuses Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with explosives technology
AP: Britain believes Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is supplying explosive technology that is killing British soldiers in Iraq, including eight who died in separate bombings over the summer, a senior British government official said Wednesday. Tehran rejected the allegation.
Iran FM puts off visit to Saudi amid row over Iraq
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on put off a planned visit to Saudi Arabia Wednesday after the two countries publicly rowed over the situation in Iraq.
Iran less than anxious at restive nuclear watchdogs
Financial Times: When Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran’s fundamentalist president, recently met other senior leaders in Tehran, he suggested they should not worry unduly about growing western pressure.
Army takes control of Iran nukes
The Washington Times: Iran’s new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has placed the military firmly in control of his nation’s nuclear program, undercutting his government’s claim that the program is intended for civilian use, according to a leading opposition group.
