AFP: European Union Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton has received no written response from Tehran to offers to resume talks on its nuclear programme, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.
EU refutes Iran ‘inactive’ charge in nuclear talks
Iran to put on trial five ‘spies’: prosecutor
AFP: Iran will soon put on trial five people accused of spying for “enemies” on the Islamic republic’s defence, aerospace and cyber programmes, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Wednesday.
Iran arrests top reformist from banned party: report
AFP: Iran has arrested a top reformist from a banned political party which backed opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in last year’s presidential election, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Arrests of 2 Germans in Iran take on political overtones
New York Times: Germany and Iran faced off Tuesday over the case of two Germans arrested in Iran over the weekend while interviewing the son of a woman whose sentence to death by stoning raised an international uproar.
18 Guard members killed in Iran base blast Tuesday
AP: Iran’s state news agency says 18 members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard force were killed in Tuesday’s explosion at a military base in the country’s northwest.
Politics force Iranian director to work abroad
AFP: Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has revealed that the political climate in his homeland is forcing him to work overseas.
Iranian leader Ahmadinejad begins Lebanon visit
BBC: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Lebanon for a visit seen as a boost for Tehran’s Shia ally Hezbollah, an enemy of Israel.
Saudi King, Ahmadinejad talk politics on phone
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah discussed regional affairs by telephone on Tuesday amid tensions over Iraqi and Lebanese politics and a Gulf arms buildup, the official SPA news agency said.
Iran’s singing icon Marzieh dies
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 13 – Marzieh, Iran’s most renowned female singer, passed away on Wednesday.
Government, gold sellers at loggerheads in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 12 – From the Grapevine… Despite attempts by Iranian authorities to compel gold sellers to reopen for business after nearly a month of strikes in various cities, at least half of jewellers and gold merchants are still refusing to end their protests.
