Daily Telegraph: To chants of “death to the dictator”, hundreds of Iranian students have mounted a vociferous protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iranian students attack ‘fascist Ahmadinejad’
Trucks roll as Iran reopens Iraq border
AFP: A cacophony of horns greeted Iran’s reopening on Monday of its border with northern Iraq as trucks rolled across again two weeks after Tehran shut its frontiers in protest at the US military seizure of an Iranian national.
UN nuclear official to ask Iranians to clarify technical issues
Bloomberg: The United Nations nuclear agency will ask Iranian officials about technical aspects of their work with uranium, under an agreement in which Iran pledged to answer questions previously posed by UN inspectors.
Austria rejects separate EU sanctions against Iran
Reuters: Austria opposes the idea of separate European Union sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme, Austria’s foreign minister was quoted on Monday as telling a German newspaper.
Iran, Kosovo hangs over Sarkozy meeting with Putin
Reuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday holds his first bilateral summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where their shared pragmatism might help them do business despite sharp diplomatic differences.
Did Hillary duck a sucker punch?
Newsweek: Last March, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia introduced a bill to insist that President Bush get congressional authorization if he wanted to attack Iran. The bill languished in obscurity until last week, when Webb got his first and only cosponsor: the Democratic presidential front runner, Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was evidently in too much of a hurry to give Webb the customary senatorial heads-up.
Iran to appoint new envoy to regional ally Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 An Iranian Vice-President has been nominated to take over as the Islamic Republics new ambassador to Syria, it was announced on Monday.
Iran to appoint new envoy to regional ally Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 An Iranian Vice-President has been nominated to take over as the Islamic Republics new ambassador to Syria, it was announced on Monday.
Arrests made in abduction of Britons employed by Montreal company in Iraq
Canadian Press: Three suspected Shiite militiamen believed responsible for the abduction of four employees of a Canadian-based security company have been captured in a pre-dawn raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.
Venezuela’s state airline launches weekly flights to Iran via Syria
Canadian Press: Venezuela’s state airline Conviasa launched flights to Iran via Syria on Sunday with the aim of strengthening commercial relations among the three anti-American states.
