Bloomberg: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said talks over his country’s development of enriched uranium will be more productive after the U.S. election and expressed optimism the two sides will “be able to take some steps forward.”
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says talks will progress after U.S. election
Iran’s rial currency dives to historic low
Reuters: The Iranian rial slumped on Saturday to a historic low against the U.S. dollar, according to Iranian media and currency tracking websites.
Syria’s Assad to win, victory to be Tehran’s too: Iran official
Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will defeat an uprising against him, scoring a victory over the United States and its allies in a move that will also represent a triumph for Iran, an advisor to Iran’s supreme leader was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Iranian news agency picks up Onion article as fact
AP: An Iranian news agency picked up — as fact — a story from the paper about a supposed survey showing an overwhelming majority of rural white Americans would rather vote for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than President Barack Obama.
Iran nuclear tensions sharpen
AFP: Western powers stepped up pressure on Iran on Friday, as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama stressed their “shared goal” to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb.
Landmark decision by U.S. State Department a victory for justice
UPI: U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has belatedly, and despite resistance from within her department, allowed justice to prevail by delisting as a Foreign Terrorist Organization the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.
Israelis see no Iran war this year after Netanyahu’s speech
Reuters: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.N. speech about Iranian nuclear advances has dampened speculation in Israel that he could order a war this year.
Argentina, Iran meet over Jewish center bombing
AFP: The foreign ministers of Argentina and Iran met at the United Nations to discuss the deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, officials said.
Romney ‘stands with’ Netanyahu on Iran
AFP: White House hopeful Mitt Romney expressed solidarity Thursday with Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli leader called for a “red line” on Iran to stop it from reaching nuclear weapons capability.
China says Iran nuclear talks at “crucial stage”
Reuters: China said on Thursday that the disagreement over Iran’s nuclear program had reached “a new, crucial stage,” calling for Tehran to begin a new round of talks with world powers, something a U.S. official said could happen at some point.
