Daily Telegraph: Iran appeared yesterday to have reached a tentative deal with Britain, France and Germany that would
avert the threat of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme. The provisional agreement, hammered out during two days of talks in Paris, has still to be approved by Teheran’s clerical leadership as well as by the European governments.
Agreement close on atom deal with Iran
Iran’s nuclear threat
Miami Herald – Editorial: A round of talks that began Friday between Iranian diplomats and European officials represents the last chance to head off an escalating confrontation over that country’s nuclear-weapons program. The heart of the problem lies in Iran’s denial that it has such a program and Secretary of State Colin Powell’s unequivocal affirmation to the contrary.
Tehran agrees to nuclear freeze
The Guardian: The European powers secured a pledge from Iran at the weekend that Tehran would halt its uranium enrichment programme within weeks, an agreement that may avert a showdown later this month between Iran and the west. But the agreement, reached after a marathon round of negotiations in Paris between Iran and the EU troika of Britain, France, and Germany, looks unlikely to satisfy Washington and may yet fall apart.
Iran Focus:A look at various groups in Iran and Iraq that may be involved in insurgency
AP: Iraqi, Kurdish and U.S. officials have spoken of possible links between Iran and Iraqi insurgent groups. Here’s a look
at the various parties: …
Extremists Moving Across Iran-Iraq Border
AP: Islamic extremists have been moving supplies and new recruits from Iran into Iraq, say Iraqi Kurdish and Western officials, though it’s unclear whether Tehran is covertly backing them or whether militants are simply taking advantage of the porous border. Iranian involvement with extremist groups in the Iraqi insurgency would be potentially explosive, especially given the history of U.S.-Iranian animosity. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said recently Iran was engaged in “a lot of meddling” in Iraq but gave no details.
Iran, Europe Fail to Agree on Uranium Enrichment, IRNA Reports
Bloomberg: Iran and Europe failed to reach an accord on Tehran’s uranium enrichment program, the state-owned Iranian news agency said, increasing the chances the U.S. may call for United Nations sanctions against the Islamic nation. Representatives from France, Germany, and the U.K. couldn’t agree to Iran’s refusal of a European proposal for indefinite suspension of uranium enrichment, IRNA said …
Deadly gas poisons residents in Iranian city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 6 – Officials in the city of Masjid Soleiman (southwestern Iran) have admitted for the first time that harmful gases polluted the area, leaving behind
numerous fatalities as well as permanent physical side effects on residents including brain damage, severe chest infections and respiratory problems.
Deadly gas poisons residents in Iranian city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 6 – Officials in the city of Masjid Soleiman (southwestern Iran) have admitted for the first time that harmful gases polluted the area, leaving behind
numerous fatalities as well as permanent physical side effects on residents including brain damage, severe chest infections and respiratory problems.
26-year-old woman commits suicide in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 6 A 26-year-old female student committed suicide by jumping off a bridge over the Tajrish river, in the suburbs of the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday.
The young womans body was found in the river by local residents. She was identified only by her first name, Esmat, and is reported to have been a diplomatic studies student for a number of years.
