AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told visiting Syrian president and staunch regional ally Bashar al-Assad that Tehran is serious about finding a practical solution to the nuclear crisis.
Iran tells Syria it is serious in nuclear talks
Iraqi troops capture suspected Shiite militiamen
AP: The U.S. military says a Shiite militiaman believed to have recently returned from Iran has been detained with four other suspects south of Baghdad.
19 killed in Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 – At least 19 people were killed and 31 others injured when a truck slammed into a passenger bus on a highway between the southern Iranian cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirjan on Sunday.
19 killed in Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 – At least 19 people were killed and 31 others injured when a truck slammed into a passenger bus on a highway between the southern Iranian cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirjan on Sunday.
Report says Iran accuses arrested Baha’is of Israel links
Reuters: Seven detained Baha'i believers have confessed to setting up an illegal organisation in Iran that took orders from Israel and others to undermine the Islamic system, an Iranian newspaper reported on Sunday.
Defiant Iran spurns deal over uranium plant
Independent on Sunday: Iran's President has issued a defiant warning to his country's "enemies" as Tehran ignored a deadline from world powers hoping to curb Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Iran vows no nuclear retreat
Reuters: Iran said on Saturday it would not back down "one iota" in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran's disputed atomic ambitions.
Iran expects OPEC to control quotas: minister
AFP: Iran, the number two oil producer in OPEC, expects the cartel to discuss ways of controlling the quotas of member countries at its next meeting in September, the official news agency IRNA said.
German FM presses Iran for nuclear answer
AP: Germany's foreign minister urged Iran to stop playing for time and deliver a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, according to an interview released Saturday.
Weak dollar caused 30 percent of oil price rise: Iran
Reuters: The falling value of the dollar is to blame for around a third of the rise in the price of oil, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
