Reuters: Iran on Thursday denied reports a minister exchanged a rare handshake with his Israeli counterpart at a tourism fair in Spain, a state news agency said on Thursday.
Iran denies handshake report with Israeli official
PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Jan 21
Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran to unveil three new home-built satellites: report
AFP: Iran will unveil three new satellites in February, a report said Wednesday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.
Iranian who quit Oslo embassy post applies for asylum
Bloomberg: Mohammad-Reza Heydari, the Iranian diplomat in Oslo who resigned to protest his government’s treatment of demonstrators, said he has applied to Norway for political asylum.
Iran plans to knock three zeros off currency: report
AFP: Iran plans to knock three zeros from its national currency, the rial, so it can recover value it has lost in recent years, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Iran snubs nuclear fuel deal: diplomats
AFP: Iran has responded to a UN-brokered nuclear fuel supply deal, rejecting some of the conditions called for by the West and insisting on a simultaneous exchange of fuel, diplomats here said Wednesday.
Obama administration must intervene in Iraqi election crisis
Washington Post – Editorial: Iraq's march toward a crucial national election has had the feel of a cheap carnival ride, with sickening plunges and barely averted derailments at every turn. Now a new twist poses the most serious threat yet to the prospect of a free and fair election
U.S. spy agencies see Iran pushing atom bomb research
Reuters: U.S. spy agencies updating intelligence on Iran see growing evidence that Tehran has pushed forward with nuclear weapons research but has yet to relaunch its atomic bomb program in full, U.S. officials said.
APNewsBreak:Iran rejects heart of nuclear proposal
AP: Iran has issued a formal response effectively rejecting an international proposal that it quickly export most of the material it would need to make a nuclear warhead, diplomats said Tuesday.
UK govt eyes financial sanctions on Iran
AFP: Foreign Secretary David Miliband voiced support Tuesday for financial sanctions against Iran, saying they could help bring the Islamic state into line in its nuclear standoff with the West.
