Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s Foreign Minister has strongly criticised the police in Saudi Arabia for fingerprinting Iranians including a senior aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran criticises Saudi Arabia for anti-terrorism protocols against its officials
Third option in Iran
Washington Times: The news of a senior U.S. envoy at the Geneva talks with Iranian negotiators could hardly count as a "groundbreaking policy shift" capable of ending the nuclear row with Tehran. Only a week after the talks, the Iranian regime raised the stakes by trumpeting the expansion of its enrichment program, underscoring the futility of the diplomatic push before it even got off the ground.
U.N. atomic inspector in Iran for talks: agency
Reuters: A top U.N. nuclear watchdog official arrived in Iran on Thursday for talks on cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, Iran's IRNA news agency reported.
US seeks tougher action in Iran nuclear standoff
The Guardian: Iran should face "punitive" measures after failing to respond to an international package of incentives that sought to defuse the crisis over its nuclear ambitions, the US said yesterday.
UN nuclear watchdog in Tehran talks amid sanctions calls
AFP: The UN atomic watchdog's number two was in Tehran on Thursday for a new round of talks on Iran's nuclear drive as Western governments said the time had come for the Security Council to impose fresh sanctions.
Iran’s mistake
Washington Times: Aggressively pursuing its so-called "nuclear rights" with thousands of new gas centrifuges now online, Iran is concentrating on producing the weapons-grade material it needs to build nuclear bombs and warheads.
Iran yr/yr inflation at 26.1 pct in July-media
Reuters: Iran's annual inflation was 26.1 percent in the year to July, newspapers said on Thursday, a slight dip from the 26.4 percent reported for the year to June.
Iran invites Egypt Sunni university into Shiite heartland
AFP: Despite Egypt-Iran tensions, the Shiite-dominated Islamic republic has made an unprecedented request for Cairo's Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, to open a branch in Tehran.
Russia asks that Iran be given more time
Washington Post: Russia said Wednesday that Iran should be granted more time to respond to a package of incentives that the United States and five other powerful nations have offered Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment efforts, a stance that may slow U.S. and European efforts to impose U.N. sanctions on Tehran.
Ahmadinejad postpones visit to Markazi Province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled his visit to the country’s central province of Markazi.
