AP: The U.N. nuclear chief said Monday that Iran is blocking his watchdog agency from verifying whether the nation has any ambitions for nuclear weaponry.
UN nuclear chief says Iran blocking progress
IAEA still undecided on nature of Iran nuclear program
AFP: UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said here Monday that his agency was still unable to determine whether or not there were undeclared nuclear activities in Iran.
UAE banks step up pressure on Iranian firms: report
AFP: Local banks in the United Arab Emirates have stepped up pressure on Iranian firms by freezing their assets and refusing to deal with merchants doing business with Iran, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Iran president says is not ill, counters reports
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday he was healthy, countering reports suggesting he was ill and that his political future could be threatened.
Commander: Iran arming Mideast ‘liberation armies’
AP: An Iranian government Web site is quoting a top Revolutionary Guards commander as saying Iran supplies weapons to "liberation armies" in the Middle East.
Khamenei’s ‘aide rules out presidential run’
AFP: Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, has ruled out standing in presidential elections slated for June 2009, Iran's labour news agency ILNA reported on Sunday.
Iran says OPEC may decrease production further
AP: Iran's OPEC governor says the organization may consider another cut in oil production due to a glut in the market.
Top Iran minister faces impeachment
AFP: Iran's parliament will move to impeach Interior Minister Ali Kordan for "dishonesty" early November after he confessed to holding a fake Oxford University degree, the ISNA news agency said on Sunday.
Report: Iranian president has fallen ill
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fallen ill due to exhaustion brought on by his heavy workload, the state-run news agency reported quoting a close associate.
Military pact traps Baghdad between US demands and Iranian fears
AFP: As the United States and Iraq approach a deal on the future US military presence in the country, Baghdad is trapped between Washington's demands and Tehran's fears about US influence in the region, politicians and analysts say.
