Dow Jones: A U.K. court Friday ordered the U.K.’s home secretary to lift a six-year ban on Iran’s Peoples Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, which is part of a broader coalition group that forms the main opposition to the current regime in Tehran.
UK court tells UK government to lift Iran opposition ban
EU disappointed after nuclear talks, Iran digs in
Reuters: The European Union said it was disappointed after talks with Iran on Friday seen as a last chance to avert U.S. pressure for tougher international sanctions over Tehran’s disputed atomic program.
Germany holds man over classified exports to Iran
DPA: A man has been arrested in Germany for exporting military or nuclear items to Iran, federal prosecutors in the southern justice capital of Karlsruhe said Thursday.
Iran defiant ahead of EU nuclear talks
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains defiant ahead of the latest talks with the European Union seeking a solution to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme, media reported on Thursday.
Iran leader issues warning in spy case
AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened Wednesday that his government would expose details of conversations between a former Iranian nuclear negotiator whom the president had labeled a spy and foreigners he was accused of colluding with.
Iran and EU face tough nuclear talks
Reuters: Chances of a breakthrough appear slim when Iran’s main nuclear negotiator meets Europe’s top diplomat on Friday in a last effort to avert tougher sanctions over Tehran’s disputed atomic program.
Iran leader dubs summit a failure
The Guardian: George Bush formally relaunched Israeli-Palestinian negotiations yesterday, inviting Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas to meet again at the White House the morning after the Annapolis summit showcased US determination to bring peace to the Middle East despite near-universal scepticism about the prospects.
Iran cracks down on ‘obscene’ rap music
AFP: Iran on Thursday said that it planned to launch a crackdown on rap music, complaining that the words used by rap artists were “obscene”, the state IRNA news agency reported.
Bush renews pledge to back Israel if Iran attacks
Reuters: President George W. Bush on Wednesday reiterated his pledge the United States would defend Israel if it was attacked by Iran, a country whose president has urged that the Jewish state be “wiped off the map.”
IAEA sealing Russian nuclear fuel bound for Iran
Reuters: Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are set on Thursday to finish sealing uranium fuel that Russia intends to send to Iran’s first atomic power station, a Russian nuclear official said.
