Los Angeles Times: U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Thursday accused Iran of "pushing very hard" to derail a security agreement that would authorize American troops to remain in Iraq past Dec. 31.
U.S. blames Iran for delay in Iraq pact
Russia forces West to go it alone against Iran nuclear programme
Daily Telegraph: Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov used a series of meetings with his Western counterparts, including David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, to signal that Moscow had gone cold on international efforts to reign in the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
Iran’s president: Nation must control nuclear fuel
AP: Iran needs the ability to produce nuclear fuel because it cannot rely on other nations to supply enriched uranium to the Islamic regime's planned reactors, the Iranian president said Thursday.
Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran
The Guardian: Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.
Iran to launch satellite carrier rocket to space
AP: Iran plans to launch a satellite into space soon using its own satellite carrier rocket, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
Russia, US agree to hold ministerial meeting on Iran
AFP: The United States and Russia agreed here to hold further ministerial-level meetings in the future in a bid to stop Iran's sensitive nuclear work, a senior US official said Wednesday.
Iran says support to atomic inspectors was a mistake
Bloomberg: Iran's cooperation with atomic inspectors over a cache of alleged documents showing the Persian Gulf country sought to make a nuclear weapon was a mistake and will be limited in the future, an Iranian diplomat said.
West slams Iran “challenge” to IAEA on nuclear issue
Reuters: Western powers said on Wednesday that Iran's expansion of uranium enrichment, while stalling an inquiry into its nuclear program, posed a crucial challenge to the UN atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
France still wants six powers to meet on Iran
AFP: France still hopes the six world powers leading an international response to Iran's nuclear programme will meet this week, despite Russian reluctance, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Iran steps up policing of Islamic dress – report
Reuters: Iran has doubled the number of police assigned to its more than year-long crackdown against women flouting Islamic dress codes, Kargozaran newspaper said on Wednesday.
