Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the dangers of incendiary rhetoric when two men met in New York on Sunday before this week’s annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.
U.N. chief warns Iran’s Ahmadinejad on fiery rhetoric
Britain, France, Germany call for new Iran sanctions
AFP: Britain, France and Germany have officially called for new European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said.
Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran
AFP: President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran’s nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore, according to remarks aired Sunday.
Ahmadinejad says Iran will defend itself from potential attack
Bloomberg: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his nation will defend itself if attacked by Israel, according to excerpts of a CNN interview scheduled for broadcast tomorrow night.
400 protest near French embassy in Iran
AFP: Around 400 people demonstrated in front of the French embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest inflammatory depictions of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed in an American-made film and in a French satirical magazine.
Americans deserve pre-emptive debate on Iran strike
Bloomberg: There is a robust debate on the virtues and risks of trying to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities. That discussion is taking place in Israel.
Strike on Iran would trigger ‘World War III’: Guards
AFP: Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam on Sunday, a day after his boss warned that conflict was inevitable.
Iran commander says could launch pre-emptive strike on Israel
Reuters: Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the Jewish state were preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran inaugurates new currency trading center
AP: Iran’s state radio is reporting that the country has inaugurated a new hard currency trading center to undercut the black market.
Iran arrests daughter of ex-president Rafsanjani: reports
AFP: The daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been arrested and jailed under a six-month sentence for “propaganda against the regime,” the Tehran prosecutor’s office said in a statement carried by official media on Sunday.
