Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog is likely to report this week that Iran has improved cooperation with an inquiry over its atomic work but diplomats say it may not resolve any key questions over the program.
IAEA seen citing some progress in Iran atomic probe
Rice accuses Iran of spreading extremism
Reuters: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday accused Iran of spreading “violent extremism” across the Middle East and said a strong Palestinian state could act as a bulwark against this threat.
IAEA chief to visit Iran spokesman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 13 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei will make a trip to Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told state-run news agencies on Tuesday.
IAEA chief to visit Iran spokesman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 13 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei will make a trip to Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told state-run news agencies on Tuesday.
China-Iran oil talks slowed by terms, not politics
Reuters: China’s drive to invest in Iran’s biggest undeveloped oilfield in return for gas supplies is being stymied by tough commercial negotiations, not the threat of more sanctions, Chinese oil officials said on Tuesday.
Iran and China vow to boost ties
Reuters: Iran and China vowed on Tuesday to boost ties that Beijing believes will help preserve regional and international peace, official Iranian media reported.
Iran says OPEC won’t consider oil hike in Riyadh
Reuters: Iran’s OPEC governor said on Monday OPEC ministers were not due to discuss a possible output rise at a meeting this month in Saudi Arabia but the idea would be raised at a December meeting in the United Arab Emirates.
Brown: UK will lead tough Iran strategy
The Guardian: Gordon Brown declared last night that Britain “will lead” the international campaign to stop Iran’s nuclear programme, calling for new sanctions on oil and gas investments in the Islamic republic if it fails to comply with UN resolutions.
Iran asks Interpol to arrest five Argentines-agency
Reuters: Iran has made a request to Interpol for the arrest of five Argentines, a news agency said on Tuesday, in the latest development in a tit-for-tat row over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires.
Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister
The Times: Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt.
