Reuters: Iran will stop any attacker before he can "pull the trigger" and sanctions intended to isolate the Islamic Republic have not worked, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a military parade on Sunday.
Iran vows to block any attack
Iran-trained Shiite Iraqis returning to launch bombings: police
AFP: Groups of Shiite extremists trained in Iran are returning to Iraq with plans to bomb high-profile targets, the chief of Dhi Qar province's police said Saturday.
Russia defies West over nuclear Iran
Sunday Times: Russia will resist western pressure for tougher United Nations sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, it said yesterday.
Iran replaces governor of central bank: official
AFP: The president of Iran's central bank has been replaced after inflation rose more than 27 percent in the year that he held the office, a senior government official told AFP on Saturday.
Russia against new U.N. measures on Iran
Reuters: Russia is against the United Nations taking any extra measures on Iran over its nuclear program for now, and thinks efforts towards dialogue should continue, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Hadley troubled by Iran’s defiance
Washington Times: Stephen Hadley, the president's national security advisor, said Friday that Iran’s recent defiance of international nuclear monitors is “troubling,” but expressed hope that Russia will continue to work with the U.S. on pressuring Tehran.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran, Israel on ‘collision course’
Los Angeles Times: Iran's highest authority lashed out against Israel on Friday with some of his harshest comments in recent memory about the Jewish state.
Irans chief cleric says country is not a friend to Israelis
New York Times: Iran’s supreme religious leader on Friday rejected the notion that his country was a friend to the Israeli people, but he also called on critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop using the issue to undermine him.
Big powers committed to exploring more sanctions against Iran: US
AFP: The United States and five other powers meeting here Friday are "committed to exploring possible further" sanctions against Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work, the State Department said.
Agriculture ministers rubber stamp terror list
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Hoping to accommodate Tehran, Brussels placed an Iranian dissident group on the EU list of terrorist organizations — and got the bloc's agriculture ministers to rubber stamp the decision without any debate. Now lawyers from across Europe are accusing the EU of abusing the law.
