Bloomberg: Russia dismissed concerns by Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers over Iran, after the group rebuked the country, calling on banks worldwide to be wary of risks of doing business with the Islamic republic.
Russia dismisses G-7 concerns over risks of dealing with Iran
Coalition kills 49 in hunt for Iran-tied insurgent leader
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 22 Coalition forces killed at least 49 people on Sunday during operations in the Baghdad slum Sadr City aimed at capturing a senior official of a rogue armed Shiite militia backed by Iran, the U.S. military announced.
Coalition kills 49 in hunt for Iran-tied insurgent leader
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 22 Coalition forces killed at least 49 people on Sunday during operations in the Baghdad slum Sadr City aimed at capturing a senior official of a rogue armed Shiite militia backed by Iran, the U.S. military announced.
Iran’s president moves to tighten grip on nuclear policy
The Guardian: Doubts surrounded the future of Iran’s foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, yesterday after the departure of the country’s chief nuclear negotiator appeared to signal a significant power shift to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran targets couples in continued moral crackdown
AFP: Iran’s police are to keep up their moral crackdown through the winter months, confronting couples whose behaviour in public is deemed to be inappropriate, officials said on Sunday.
Irans former nuclear envoy to aid successor
New York Times: Irans chief nuclear negotiator, who resigned Saturday, will accompany his replacement to nuclear talks in Rome on Tuesday with Javier Solana, the European Unions foreign policy chief, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday
Bolton book cites effort to halt Powell’s Iran initiative
Washington Post: On the eve of the 2004 presidential elections, then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell secretly attempted to shift U.S. policy on Iran by telling key allies he wanted to offer “carrots” to the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear ambitions, former U.N. ambassador John R. Bolton writes in his soon-to-be-published memoir.
Joint chiefs chairman looks beyond current wars
New York Times: The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff plans to press Congress and the public to sustain the current high levels of military spending even after the Iraq war arguing for money to repair and replace worn-out weapons and to restore American ground forces he described as breakable, though not yet broken.
Cheney warns Iran of ‘serious consequences’ on nuclear program
Bloomberg: Vice President Dick Cheney said Iran faces “serious consequences” if it continues to pursue development of nuclear weapons.
Cheney calls Iran an obstacle to peace
Reuters: Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday described Iran as an obstacle to peace in the Middle East and said the world could not stand by and allow it to develop a nuclear weapon.
