New York Times: After more than a year and a half of resistance, Iran has given inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency access to a razed military site, but it has failed to meet other demands under its international treaty obligations, officials knowledgeable about the inspections said Sunday.
Before nuclear regulators’ meeting, Iran allows inspectors access to one site
Iran sets up secret team to infiltrate UN nuclear watchdog, say officials
The Daily Telegraph: Iran has formed a top secret team of nuclear specialists to infiltrate the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, the UN-sponsored body that monitors its nuclear programme, The Daily Telegraph has been told.
Small bomb rocks Iranian oil city, no one hurt
Reuters: A percussion bomb exploded in the restive southwestern Iranian oil city of Ahvaz late on Saturday evening but caused no injuries, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Merkel says Iran threatens democratic world
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her first visit to Israel on Sunday to deliver a strong criticism of Iran, saying it threatens not only the Jewish state but the entire democratic world.
Iran says 17 British officers tied to oil-city bombings
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29 Seventeen British army officers and intelligence agents were behind Tuesdays twin bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz, a news agency run by the Office of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday.
Iran says 17 British officers tied to oil-city bombings
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29 Seventeen British army officers and intelligence agents were behind Tuesdays twin bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz, a news agency run by the Office of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday.
Rafsanjani says Iran must defend regional ally Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29 Irans former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani described regional ally Syria as the frontline of Islam against the policies of the state of Israel, adding that the Islamic Republic had to defend it against enemy threats.
Rafsanjani says Iran must defend regional ally Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29 Irans former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani described regional ally Syria as the frontline of Islam against the policies of the state of Israel, adding that the Islamic Republic had to defend it against enemy threats.
North Korea’s plutonium pile attracts Iran
The Sunday Times: The drab compound that houses the Iranian embassy in Pyongyang is the focus of intense scrutiny by diplomats and intelligence services who believe that North Korea is negotiating to sell the Iranians plutonium from its newly enlarged stockpile a sale that would hand Tehran a rapid route to the atomic bomb.
Merkel visits Israel amid worries about Hamas, Iran
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins her first official trip to Israel on Sunday, where she will voice concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme and the victory of Islamist militant Hamas in the Palestinian election.
