AP: Iran accused Germany’s Siemens on Saturday of implanting tiny explosives inside equipment the Islamic Republic purchased for its disputed nuclear program, a charge the technology giant denied.
Iran accuses Siemens of nuclear sabotage
Israel war on Iran ‘will happen’: Guards chief
AFP: An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards reportedly said in comments published on Saturday, the first time that Iran has acknowledged the probability of open armed conflict.
Iranian dissidents convince U.S. to drop terror label
New York Times: The Iranian opposition group that attracted that A-list of Washington backers, many of them generously compensated for speeches, learned Friday that it had achieved its goal.
Lift restrictions on women’s education, rights group tells Iran
Reuters: Thirty-six universities across Iran have banned women from 77 different majors, including accounting, counseling, and engineering, for the school year that begins on Saturday, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported in August.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad heads to New York for UN meet
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to leave Tehran for New York on Saturday for the UN General Assembly, where he will deliver his final speech to the world gathering, state television reported.
Senate approves resolution on Iran
AP: The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that reaffirms U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option.
Iran shows no hesitation about intervening in Syria
Washington Post: While the United States and other Western powers hang back, and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar offer weak and poorly coordinated aid, Iran has mounted a concerted and escalating campaign to prop up the government. Iran has sent men as well as arms, cash and technical support.
Clinton to take Iran opposition group off terror list
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to remove an Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, from a terror blacklist after 15 years, US lawmakers said Friday.
Iran may be behind cyber attacks aimed at U.S. banks
Bloomberg: Cyber attacks against U.S. banks in recent days may have been carried out by Iran’s government, Senator Joseph Lieberman said.
US rejects linking Iraq aid to Iranian overflights row
AFP: The United States said Thursday it did not support linking aid to Iraq to US demands for Baghdad to inspect Iranian planes flying over its territory for illicit arms shipments to the Syrian regime.
