UPI: One of Iran's top clerics says that Western powers are "too inconsequential" to threaten Iran over its nuclear enrichment program.
Iran cleric calls West ‘inconsequential’
Rebels in Iran execute two captive policemen: report
AFP: An Iranian Sunni rebel group has said it has executed two more of 16 Iranian border police it says it seized two weeks ago, Al-Arabiya television reported on Friday.
G8 urges Iran to suspend enrichment
AFP: Group of Eight foreign ministers urged Iran on Friday to suspend uranium enrichment and "act in a more responsible and constructive manner in the region," a call dismissed in Tehran as double-speak.
G8 urges Iran to respond to nuclear incentives
Reuters: The Group of Eight nations urged Iran on Friday to respond positively to the latest in a series of Western incentives that have so far failed to persuade Tehran to curb its nuclear activities.
G8 presses NKorea, Iran on nuclear disputes
AFP: Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrial powers called Friday on Iran and North Korea to end their nuclear programmes, officials said.
Iran defiant on EU sanctions
Press Association: New EU sanctions on Iran will have no effect on its nuclear activities, the country's president said.
U.S. and allies stress diplomacy in Iran nuclear row
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that U.S. allies including Israel favour the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.
Iranian engineer pleads guilty in nuke plant case
AP: An Iranian engineer has pleaded guilty to transporting stolen property he obtained at a former job at the largest nuclear plant in the United States.
Coalition of the ineffectual
Washington Post – By Richard Perle: "A successful multilateral coalition" is how Condoleezza Rice described those countries, "united in confronting Iran," on which the administration's Iran policy critically depends. "A complete failure" is Barack Obama's description of the Bush administration's Iran policy.
Iran issues warning over nuclear program
AP: Iran's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned that the West could face a "done deal" if it provokes Iran, in a rare hint by an Iranian official that Tehran could build nuclear weapons if attacked.
