Wall Street Journal: A group of prominent European lawyers plans to accuse the European Union Tuesday of abusing the law in order to keep an Iranian group on its list of terrorist organizations.
Lawyers criticize EU over terrorist blacklist
Iran gives full powers to hard-line Guards in Gulf
AP: The official IRNA news agency says Iran's top leadership has given full powers to the elite Revolutionary Guards as the sole military force in charge of defending the country's territorial Persian Gulf waters.
China urges Iran’s cooperation with nuclear agency
Reuters: China urged Iran on Tuesday to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog but distanced itself from calls for sanctions following a report that said Tehran was stalling scrutiny of its nuclear activities.
Iran blocks probe of alleged atom bomb work: IAEA
Reuters: Iran has stymied a U.N. inquiry into whether it researched ways to make a nuclear bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday, and Britain said it would push hard for tougher sanctions on Iran.
US: Iran courting new sanctions with IAEA stalemate
AFP: The White House warned Iran Monday that it faced possible new sanctions after the UN atomic watchdog reported it had been unable to make much progress in investigating Tehran's suspect nuclear program.
U.S. prods Iran to stop uranium enrichment
Reuters: Iran should stop enriching uranium and other reprocessing activities or face possible further sanctions, the White House said on Monday after a U.N. agency report said Iran was stalling its nuclear inquiry.
Iran’s IAEA envoy says it will continue uranium enrichment
AFP: Iran's ambassador to the UN atomic watchdog said on Monday that his country will continue enriching uranium in defiance of UN Security Council demands, the ISNA news agency reported.
Iranian foreign minister to meet German counterpart
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will meet his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin Monday for talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme, the German government said.
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran blocking arms probe
AP: Iran has steadfastly blocked a U.N. investigation into allegations it tried to make nuclear arms and the probe is now deadlocked, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.
Taliban claim weapons supplied by Iran
Daily Telegraph: A Taliban commander has credited Iranian-supplied weapons with successful operations against coalition forces in Afghanistan. The comments by the commander, who would not be named but operates in the south east of the country where there has been a surge in Taliban attacks, were a rare admission of co-operation between elements within the Iranian regime and forces fighting British and American troops in Afghanistan.
