NewsBlaze: The massacres of Iranian dissidents by the al-Maliki government in Iraq, acting as a puppet of Iran continued this month, even though the unarmed people in the camp have been designated “protected persons” by the United Nations.
MPs call for ‘probe’ into the massacre at Camp Ashraf
Syria accord draws Republican skepticism as Obama pushes plan
Bloomberg: Republican lawmakers questioned whether a U.S. agreement with Russia will succeed in eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons as President Barack Obama said the plan will reduce the chances of another poison gas attack.
Rouhani: Iran will accept any elected Syria ruler
AP: Iran’s President Hasan Rouhani says his country will accept anyone as ruler of Syria who is elected by the Syrian people. His remarks reported by the official news agency IRNA are a slight change of emphasis from comments by other Iranian leaders.
Chemical weapons deal wins time for Syria’s Assad but at a cost
Reuters: Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons bargain with Russia and the United States offers another political and military lifeline to the Syrian president, just two years after he was dismissed in Washington as a “dead man walking”.
Barack Obama warns Iran that US is still prepared to take military action
The Guardian: Barack Obama on Sunday sought to shore up the potency of American deterrence in the Middle East, warning Iran that he was still prepared to take military action against the Iranian nuclear programme, which the president described as “much closer to our core interests” than Syria’s chemical weapons.
Obama says Iran nuclear row ‘larger’ than Syria crisis
BBC: US President Barack Obama says Iran should draw “a lesson” from the deal reached over Syria’s chemical weapons. Iran’s nuclear programme is a “far larger issue” for the US than chemical weapons, Mr Obama told the ABC network.
S.Korea’s Aug Iran crude imports down to a third of July -customs
Reuters: South Korea’s Iranian crude oil imports fell in August to a third of those a month earlier, helping Seoul to close in on its target of cutting imports in the June-November period by 15 percent to extend a U.S. sanctions waiver.
British, Iranian top diplomats to meet in NY this month
AFP: The British and Iranian foreign ministers will meet in New York later this month, the Foreign Office said Sunday, after both sides indicated they wanted to restore ties suspended after an attack on the British embassy in Tehran in 2011.
Obama welcomes Syria deal, expects Assad compliance
AFP: US President Barack Obama welcomed the deal reached Saturday to strip Syria of chemical weapons but said much remains to be done and warned Damascus to comply with the accord.
Iran hopes detention of Indian tanker won’t affect ties
Business Standard: Iran has described its recent detention of an Indian tanker as a “technical” matter and hoped that the issue will not come in the way of its strong relations with India.
