AFP: Iran’s Culture Minister Ali Janati said Monday his department will review a ban imposed on certain books which censors have barred from publication, the official IRNA news agency reported. “Those books subjected to censorship or denied permission to be published in the past will be reviewed again and new decisions will be made,” IRNA quoted Janati as saying.
Iran to re-examine banned books
Iran holds talks with Russia to boost military cooperation
AFP: The head of Russia’s air force, General Viktor Bondarev, met his Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss boosting military cooperation between the countries, local media reported Monday. Talks centred on “electronic listening systems, radar and missiles,” Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, head of Khatam-ol-Anbia Air Defence Base, said in comments quoted by daily Sharq.
U.S. tries to calm Saudi anger over Syria, Iran
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought on Monday to calm rising tensions with Saudi Arabia, which has spurned a U.N. Security Council seat in fury at inaction over the crisis in Syria. Saudi Arabia rejected a coveted two-year term on the council on Friday in a rare display of anger over what it called “double standards” at the United Nations.
Iran sees nuclear talks with powers finishing within year -official
Reuters: Iran believes it can wrap up negotiations with world powers over its disputed nuclear programme in one year or less, Iranian media quoted its chief nuclear negotiator as saying.
Netanyahu’s mission: to head off Iran sanctions relief
Reuters: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday will seek to dim the optimism after nuclear talks with Iran, cautioning that Tehran is strengthening its strategic regional position by calling the shots in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad’s puppet master.
Israel to get US briefing on Iran nuclear talks
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday world pressure on Iran must be maintained, as an Israeli delegation travelled to Washington to be briefed on talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Signs of rift between Israel and US over Iran
AP: Just days after the first round of global nuclear talks with Iran, a rift appears to be emerging between Israel and its closest ally, the United States. Israel considers a nuclear-armed Iran a threat to its very survival, citing Iranian references to Israel’s destruction.
Iraq: War won, peace lost
The Hill: Last week the U.S. Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman attended a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The issue at hand was the fate of the thousands of Iranian dissidents who have been in limbo since the U.S. withdrew its troops from Iraq.
Hope for Iranian who survived botched hanging as sharia expert doubts ruling
The Observer: Hopes have been raised for the life of the Iranian man who survived a hanging only to be condemned to be re-executed, after one of the country’s oldest and most respected Islamic scholars appeared to question the ruling.
Saudi Arabia declines top UN seat citing Syrian failings
Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia refused to accept the membership of the United Nations Security Council it won yesterday, citing issues including Syria’s civil war that it said show the world body is incapable of resolving conflicts.
