Reuters: Iran has no plans to set preconditions for any further talks with the United States to discuss Iraq, a senior Iranian official was quoted on Friday as saying.
Cleric says fatwa against Rushdie “still alive”
Reuters: A prominent Iranian cleric said on Friday the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 was “still alive” in the Islamic Republic.
In Brief: Man hanged in public in western Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – A man was hanged in public in Khorramabad, western Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
In Brief: Man hanged in public in western Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – A man was hanged in public in Khorramabad, western Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
Iran says talks, not sanctions, only way in atom row
Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator told major powers on Thursday that talks, not more sanctions, offered the only way forward for resolving an escalating standoff over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
Russia: Iran no missile threat
AP: Iran poses no threat to Russia, top diplomats and military officials said Thursday as Moscow pressed its argument for the United States to abandon plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
Iran has 100 kg “enriched uranium materials”
Reuters: Iran has 100 kg of enriched uranium material in storage, the interior minister said, in comments likely to worry Western powers who fear the Islamic Republic is seeking to build nuclear bombs.
U.N. states lag on Iran sanction reports
AP: Less than 40 percent of U.N. member states have filed required reports on how they are complying with sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, the chairman of a monitoring committee said Thursday.
Iran dismisses charges it is arming Taliban
Reuters: Iran on Thursday rejected U.S. accusations it is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying an attack on its consulate there showed the hostility of the Sunni militant group towards Shi’ite Iran.
Iranian weapons still flowing into Iraq: U.S. general
Reuters: Smuggled weapons and deadly explosives are still coming into Iraq from neighboring Iran and continue to kill American soldiers, a top U.S. commander said on Thursday.
