Washington Post: The number of roadside bombs and other explosive devices found in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level in two years, in part because of Iranian efforts to stop the weapons from flowing into the country, a top U.S. military official said Thursday.
Explosive weapons on wane in Iraq, U.S. says
EU’s Solana to file key Iran nuclear report with or without new talks
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will file a key report on Iran’s willingness to engage in nuclear talks with or without a new meeting with Tehran’s nuclear envoy, his spokeswoman said Friday.
U.S. to seek new sanctions against Iran
Washington Post: The Bush administration plans to push for new sanctions against Iran after the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency reported yesterday that Tehran is providing “diminishing” information about its controversial nuclear program, U.S. officials said.
Report raises new doubts on Iran nuclear program
New York Times: The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report on Thursday that Iran had made new but incomplete disclosures about its past nuclear activities, missing a critical deadline under an agreement with the agency and virtually assuring a new push by the United States to impose stricter international sanctions.
INTERVIEW-Iran min says too early to call OPEC’s Dec meet
Reuters: Iran Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said on Friday it was too early to say what action OPEC might take when it meets in early December, leaving the door open for a possible production rise to cool prices.
Iran says upgrading electricity lines to Turkey
Reuters: Iran and Turkey have started upgrading electricity transmission lines to boost capacity to 2,000 megawatts in two years, Iranian officials said on Thursday.
U.S. Treasury’s Levey says bankers worldwide are shunning Iran
Bloomberg: U.S. Treasury Department measures targeting Iran, similar to those used against North Korea, are having a significant effect in financially isolating the country, Stuart Levey, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in Tokyo.
Iran was blocked from buying nuclear materials at least 75 times, group says
New York Times: Iran has been denied purchases of nuclear-related materials at least 75 times over the past nine years because of suspicions the purchases could have been used for building bombs, according to an international monitoring group.
France’s Sarkozy to visit China, Iran in focus
Reuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to visit China at the end of the month, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, in a trip that is likely to focus on human rights and international hotspots such as Iran.
UK urges Iran to “come clean” on nuclear program
Reuters: Britain urged Iran to “come clean” about its nuclear program on Thursday and repeated a threat to pursue further U.N. and European Union sanctions.
