AFP: Russia has put new conditions on supplying nuclear fuel for a reactor it is building in Iran, insisting Tehran must clear up questions over possible military atomic development, diplomats said Tuesday.
Moscow puts new conditions on nuclear fuel for Iran reactor
Ahmadinejad says Iran defiant over nuclear energy
AFP: Tehran will not negotiate with countries that refuse it the right to nuclear energy, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a state visit to Algeria.
Iran re-appoints Guardians Council official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s hardline-dominated Majlis, or Parliament, reappointed on Tuesday Ibrahim Azizi as a member of the 12-man Guardians Council.
Iran re-appoints Guardians Council official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s hardline-dominated Majlis, or Parliament, reappointed on Tuesday Ibrahim Azizi as a member of the 12-man Guardians Council.
5 ministers threaten to leave Iraqs cabinet
New York Times: Five ministers suspended their participation in meetings of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Malikis cabinet on Monday, sending a warning signal that they may pull out of his increasingly isolated government if their demands are not met.
U.S. warns missing man’s family about visiting Iran
Reuters: The U.S. State Department on Monday said it has urged the family of a former FBI agent who went missing in Iran to think twice about visiting the country, where four other U.S. citizens have been detained this year.
America accuses Iran as Baghdad talks open
Daily Telegraph: America and Iran exchanged diplomatic blows yesterday in the first substantial talks between the two countries on Iraq’s security situation.
3 to be extradited in alleged JFK plot
AP: A judge Monday ordered three men extradited to the U.S. to face charges in an alleged plot to attack New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, and a confidential U.S. document said they planned to seek help from Iran.
Iran shuts leading reformist paper
AP: Iran’s leading reformist newspaper was shut down Monday for the second time in a year after publishing an interview with a poet who called for greater gender equality, authorities said.
Bush challenges Karzai on Iran
AFP: US President George W. Bush challenged Monday his ally Afghanistan President Hamid Karzi’s contention that Iran played a positive role in his country, maintaining that Tehran was “not a force for good.”
