Bloomberg: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it’s “unlikely” the United Nations Security Council will take action over his country’s nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad says UN action on Iran stance `unlikely’
Iranian president defiant on nuclear program
Associated Press : Iran’s hard-line president on Tuesday challenged the authority of the U.N. Security Council as Iran faces a deadline to halt its uranium enrichment or face economic and political sanctions.
EU’s Solana working to set up talks with Iranian nuclear envoy
AFP : European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana is trying to set up a meeting with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator as a deadline approaches for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, an EU diplomat said Tuesday.
France ready to talk to Iran to end nuclear crisis
AFP : France is ready to renew dialogue with Iran on ending the standoff over its nuclear program but will continue to insist that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Tuesday.
Head of banned Iran daily acquitted over cartoon
Reuters : The managing director of an Iranian daily has been acquitted of insulting Iran’s Azeri minority, four months after the newspaper was banned for a cartoon that sparked protests, an official said on Monday.
Oil prices up as market focuses on Iran
The Associated Press : Oil prices rebounded Tuesday as the market shifted its attention to Iran and other supply issues on signs that tropical storm Ernesto would avoid Gulf of Mexico oil facilities.
Door to dialogue must be kept open for Iran: French, German FMs
AFP: The international community must preserve the “possibility for dialogue” with Iran over its contested nuclear program, the foreign ministers of France and Germany agreed in a meeting here Monday.
Levey: Iran ‘central banker of terror’
AP: Iran, a primary source of funding for militant group Hezbollah, is a “central banker of terror,” a top Treasury Department official said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Iran: Bolton not competent to be in UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran said on Monday that the United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was not competent to be in the world body.
Iran: Bolton not competent to be in UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran said on Monday that the United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was not competent to be in the world body.
