Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Barack Obama's declaration that, if elected, he would be willing to sit down and talk to Iran "without preconditions" has been widely discussed in this country.
Iran’s preconditions
Iran rejects idea of U.S. NGO presence: media
Reuters: Iran will refuse any request by U.S.-based non-governmental organization American-Iranian Council (AIC) to open an office in the Islamic Republic, the interior minister said in comments published on Wednesday.
Iran launches delayed South Pars gas phase
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched phase six of the giant South Pars gas field on Tuesday after a two-year delay, state television reported.
Financial meltdown defuses military options on Iran
Reuters: The global financial crisis has eclipsed Western jitters over Iran's nuclear program and may have put paid to the possibility of the United States or Israel resorting to preemptive military strikes.
Iran arrests pigeons ‘spying’ on nuclear site
Daily Telegraph: Iranian security forces have arrested two suspected 'spy pigeons' near the Natanz nuclear facility.
U.N. concerned on Iran human rights
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed concerns about possible human rights abuses in Iran and urged the country to do more to combat discrimination against women and minorities.
Iran talks produce no result
AP: Senior diplomats from six world powers on Monday discussed the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, but they failed anew to reach a consensus on how or whether to proceed, U.S. officials said.
Iran says juvenile killers still face gallows
AFP: Iran will not hang minors convicted of drug trafficking but those found guilty of murder could still face the gallows, a senior judicial official was quoted on Monday as saying.
Iran official casts doubt on ban of youth executions
Reuters: An Iranian official has cast doubt on reports that the judiciary has banned executions of juvenile offenders, saying in comments reported on Monday that only a victim's family could commute a killer's sentence.
Iran busts ‘spy pigeons’ near nuclear site
AFP: Security forces in Natanz have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near Iran's controversial uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Monday.
