AFP: Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet next Tuesday for new talks on Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Larijani, Solana to hold talks on Iran’s nuclear programme
Watchdog: Iran worst violator of press freedoms in region
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 17 The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst violator of press freedoms in the Middle East.
Watchdog: Iran worst violator of press freedoms in region
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 17 The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst violator of press freedoms in the Middle East.
In Iran, Putin warns against military action
New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said at a summit meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran on Tuesday that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable. In a declaration, the countries agreed that none would allow their territories to be used as a base for military strikes against any of the others.
The Putin touch
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Vladimir Putin paid Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a visit yesterday, the first Russian leader to hit Tehran since Joseph Stalin in 1943. But let’s not get too carried away by the comparison.
To compete, Iranian state TV adapts
New York Times: Iran is bending its religious restrictions on television series in an effort to attract more of the countrys audience to state-run television.
Powell says Iran nuke row can be solved
AP: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed hope Wednesday for a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to Iran’s nuclear row.
Banks warned about Iranian finances
AP: The Bush administration issued a warning Tuesday to U.S banks that Iranian entities may try to skirt financial sanctions by using various “deceptive practices.”
Putin blames ‘worn-out’ equipment for delay in Iran’s nuclear reactor
AFP: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed technical problems and worn-out equipment for the delays in completing Iran’s first nuclear power plant, being built with Russian help.
Republicans saber rattle on Iran
AFP: Republican White House candidates pounded Iran Tuesday, with Rudolph Giuliani warning of a military strike to deprive it of a nuclear bomb, and a top rival lashing “terror masters” in Tehran.
