US Newswire: While rejecting the current policy of negotiating with the rulers of Tehran and underlining the futility of sanctions in changing the regime’s behavior, Mayor Giuliani stressed the need to embrace the Iranian resistance.
Bi-partisan panel urges recognition of Iranian opposition
Iran appears to advance in construction of Arak nuclear plant
Reuters: Iran appears to be advancing in its construction of a research reactor Western experts say could offer the Islamic state a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb, if it decided to embark on such a course, a U.N. report showed.
Risk of military strike wanes as Iran talks resume
Bloomberg: There’s scant hope for a breakthrough next week when negotiators from the U.S. and five other nations meet Iranians for long-awaited talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions, according to current and former Western and Iranian officials.
U.S. said to want 1-on-1 meeting with Iran
UPI: Washington wants a one-on-one nuclear meeting with Tehran, U.S. officials said, as Iran installed new centrifuges that can triple the speed it enriches uranium.
Archbishop of Wales demands actions to stop slaughter in Iraq
Wales Online: Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan has urged the Foreign Secretary and the UN Secretary General to take action to stop the “slaughter of innocent refugees” in Iraq.
Argentine Senate approves deal with Iran to probe 1994 bombing
Reuters: Argentina’s Senate approved on Thursday an agreement with Iran to set up an international “truth commission” to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.
UN nuclear agency documents Iran atom advances
AP U.N. nuclear inspectors recently counted nearly 200 advanced machines fully or partially installed at Iran’s main uranium enrichment site, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Thursday, confirming diplomats’ accounts that Tehran has begun a major upgrade of a program that can be used to make atomic arms.
US says new Iran centrifuges would be ‘provocative’
AFP: The United States warned Iran Thursday that the installation of next-generation centrifuges at one of its main nuclear plants, as reported by the UN atomic agency, would be a “provocative step.”
Iran installing new nuclear equipment: IAEA
AFP: Iran has begun installing next-generation equipment at one of its main nuclear plants, a new IAEA report said Thursday, drawing condemnation from the United States, Britain and Israel five days before Iranian talks with world powers.
Iran plans to build oil refinery in Pakistan
AP: An Iranian semi-official news agency says Iran is planning to build an oil refinery in Pakistan. The plan is part of Iran’s effort to decrease international pressure on its oil industry, which has been target of international sanctions over the country’s disputed nuclear program.
