AFP: A senior US official called on the international community Wednesday to cooperate with Washington in persuading Iran to agree to fresh talks on its nuclear programme.
US says diplomacy the ‘way forward’ in Iran nuclear stand-off
Florida divests from Iran, Sudan
AP: Florida’s public employee retirement fund will divest nearly $1.3 billion invested with 21 companies doing business in Iran or Sudan, an action state officials hope will be imitated across the nation.
General says Iran can strike back at Israel
New York Times: A senior military official warned on Wednesday that Iran had prepared a plan to attack Israel if Israel bombed Iran, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
India’s long-established ties with Iran straining alliance with U.S.
Washington Post: India’s long-standing ties with Iran appear to be threatening the beleaguered nuclear energy deal between Washington and New Delhi and, more broadly, their growing strategic alliance.
Iran nuclear talks must not last years: Kouchner
Reuters: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said he supports talks between Iran and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog about Tehran’s atomic program, but the dialogue should not drag on for years.
Iran frees American citizen held since May
Washington Post: Iran released New York-based social scientist Kian Tajbakhsh from Evin Prison in Tehran late last night, according to George Soros’s Open Society Institute, for which Tajbakhsh has served as a consultant.
Iran leader denied bid to visit Ground Zero
New York Times: A remark by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly that the Police Department was considering a request by Iran that its president visit ground zero set off complaints yesterday before the department corrected itself.
Irans Mottaki to go to New York for Iraq meeting
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 Irans Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will travel to New York to attend a United Nations meeting on Iraq, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
Irans Mottaki to go to New York for Iraq meeting
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 Irans Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will travel to New York to attend a United Nations meeting on Iraq, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
Iran media chief in Spain
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 Irans Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi, arrived in Madrid on Wednesday to take part in the 10th annual meeting of the International Network of Cultural Policy (INCP), state media reported.
