New York Times: A Sunni Arab leader of a citizen patrol group in Baghdad who had been a proponent of reconciliation in his neighborhood was assassinated over the weekend.
Sunni proponent of reconciliation is killed
Iran tells U.N. atom body not to bend to U.S. pressure
Reuters: Iran urged the U.N. nuclear watchdog not to be swayed by U.S. pressure in its report on the disputed Iranian atomic program due to be released on Monday.
IAEA report on Iran as early as Monday
AFP: The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA will publish its latest report on Iran's nuclear programme as early as Monday afternoon, sources close to the agency said Sunday.
Iranian forfeit
New York Sun – Editorial: Iran's wheelchair basketball team forfeited a game against America over the weekend at the Paralympics in Beijing.
Iran condemns Japan as ‘pro-US stooge’ in battle for United Nations seat
Sunday Telegraph: Iran will this week launch an audacious bid for election to the United Nations Security Council, the same body that has passed a series of resolutions against the Islamic regime for its illicit nuclear programme.
Bar Ahmadinejad
Washington Times – By Senator John Barrasso: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should deny the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, entry to the United States. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I am asking Miss Rice to ban Mr. Ahmadinejad, a major sponsor of fundamentalist Islam and an enemy of the United States, from entering our country.
Iran says oil prices down on stronger dollar
Reuters: Iran's oil minister said on Sunday the stronger dollar was behind falling oil prices, and said the market was still oversupplied with oil as OPEC's decision to cut output had not been fully implemented.
Bombs kill 10 in Baghdad and near Iranian border
AP: A bomb concealed in a kiosk used to sell ice killed four people and wounded nine others Saturday at a security checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said.
Iran calls US sanctions on shipping line illegal
AP: Iran on Friday condemned U.S. sanctions on the country's largest shipping line as "illegal and unjustifiable," insisting the company never engaged in any illicit activities such as the transfer of equipment for Tehran's missile and nuclear programs.
15 people killed in Iran bus crash
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 12 – At least 15 people were killed on Friday when a bus veered off a bridge on a highway west of the Iranian capital Tehran.
