Reuters: Iran will sign a contract with France’s Renault by Friday to produce the no-frills Logan model in a deal Tehran hopes will revive moribund foreign investment, the industry minister said on Tuesday.
Iran sees Renault deal signed by Friday
Iranian health minister denies human bird flu cases
Reuters: Iran’s health minister on Tuesday denied that tests on two dead pneumonia patients had shown they had the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus and insisted the results were negative.
UN powers to discuss Iran atomic incentives
Reuters: United Nations Security Council powers meet on Wednesday to try to hammer out a joint strategy to stop Iran enriching uranium and to consider a package of incentives drafted by European countries.
Iran, N.Korea nuclear crises in focus at Asia talks
Reuters: Efforts to block Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs will be in the spotlight when ministers and officials from 28 Asian and Middle Eastern countries begin talks in Doha on Tuesday.
Iranian exile group aims to build bridges
Wall Street Journal: As tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to mount, an Iranian exile group viewed here as a terrorist organization is lobbying to play a greater role in the struggle against Tehran. And it is winning some support in Congress.
Tests on two dead Iranians show H5N1 bird flu
Reuters: Tests in Iran on the bodies of a brother and sister who died after falling ill with pneumonia-like symptoms showed they had the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, an Iranian medical official said on Monday.
Iran’s Azeri minority protests mocking cartoon
Reuters: Members of Iran’s Azeri minority hurled stones in violent protests on Monday, enraged by a newspaper cartoon they said insulted them, a semi-official news agency and a witness said.
Iran nuclear plans may be environment hazard – UAE
Reuters: The United Arab Emirates said on Monday Gulf countries planned to hold talks with Iran over concerns that Tehran’s nuclear programme could pose an environmental threat to them.
U.S. using financial clout to squeeze Iran
USA TODAY: In private talks with foreign bankers, U.S. officials are highlighting the risks of operating in Iran in a bid to squeeze the country’s hard-line clerical regime.
Iran Says It Won’t Negotiate, `Back Down’ on Uranium
Bloomberg: Iran won’t negotiate over its uranium enrichment, Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said today, amid European efforts to draw up a proposal that would convince Iran to halt its nuclear program.
