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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 |
 Reuters: The global financial crisis has eclipsed Western jitters over Iran's nuclear program and may have put paid to the possibility of the United States or Israel resorting to preemptive military strikes. |
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
 Daily Telegraph: Iranian security forces have arrested two suspected 'spy pigeons' near the Natanz nuclear facility. |
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
 Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed concerns about possible human rights abuses in Iran and urged the country to do more to combat discrimination against women and minorities. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 AP: Senior diplomats from six world powers on Monday discussed the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, but they failed anew to reach a consensus on how or whether to proceed, U.S. officials said. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 AFP: Iran will not hang minors convicted of drug trafficking but those found guilty of murder could still face the gallows, a senior judicial official was quoted on Monday as saying. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 Reuters: An Iranian official has cast doubt on reports that the judiciary has banned executions of juvenile offenders, saying in comments reported on Monday that only a victim's family could commute a killer's sentence. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 AFP: Security forces in Natanz have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near Iran's controversial uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Monday. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 Los Angeles Times: Iran's envoy to OPEC has been a busy guy. As oil prices plunged in recent weeks, Mohammad Ali Khatibi has been working the phones and traveling in a frenetic attempt to get the oil-producing cartel to agree to reduce supply to keep the price from dropping further. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
 AP: Iran says its failure to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council is an injustice. Japan defeated Iran in a secret ballot Friday to secure the non-permanent Asian seat on the Council. |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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 Washington Times: Iraq and Iran will top the foreign policy agenda for the next U.S. president, but the financial crisis and Iraq politics are likely to limit options no matter who wins.
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Sunday, 19 October 2008 |
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 New York Times: They wake before dawn, with time to exercise, eat and pray before the day’s first class in firing Kalashnikov rifles.
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Sunday, 19 October 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran on Saturday blamed what it said was intolerance of its independent positions by the West for its failure to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council, which has imposed sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear work. |
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Sunday, 19 October 2008 |
 AFP: Iran said on Saturday that OPEC should cut oil output at its emergency meeting next week amid prospects of reduced demand in the face of the global economic slowdown, the state broadcaster reported. |
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
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 Deutsche Welle: In efforts to tighten sanctions against Iran, the German government is trying to convince banking, insurance and energy companies to break ties with Teheran, according to a German magazine report.
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
 UPI: Russia will ship nearly 1,000 tons of supplies to the Iranian city of Bushehr to help build a nuclear power plant, an Iranian official said Friday. |
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
 New York Times: Turkey, Austria and Japan won nonpermanent seats on the United Nations Security Council on Friday, defeating Iceland and Iran in elections in the General Assembly. |
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
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 The Guardian: Maybe it looked too delicious to resist or perhaps the hours of waiting had simply provoked appetites beyond control.
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
 Reuters: The U.N. General Assembly on Friday elected Japan, Turkey, Austria, Mexico and Uganda to seats on the Security Council for 2009-10, rejecting bids by Iran and Iceland. |
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
 AP: China is blocking high-level talks about imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, apparently in retaliation for U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, according to U.S. officials and diplomats briefed on the matter. |
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
 Los Angeles Times: A new report based on previously classified documents suggests that the Nixon and Ford administrations created conditions that helped destabilize Iran in the late 1970s and contributed to the country's Islamic Revolution. |
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 17 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in Doroud, western Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
 Washington Times: The next president's war will measure America's commitment to defending democracy and promoting genuine international security in the 21st century. |
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
 Reuters: A British soldier, accused of being an Iranian spy, took photos of former Prime Minister Tony Blair when he visited Afghanistan, a court heard on Thursday. |
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 Reuters: The U.S. Treasury on Thursday vowed to take additional actions to target the risk of terrorist financing emanating from Iran following a new warning from an international anti-money-laundering body. |
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 AP: Iranian state-run television says the country's army air force has begun a military exercise near Iran's northwestern border with Turkey. |
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 AFP: Private Iranian carrier Mahan Airlines announced on Thursday that it will operate three flights a week between Tehran and Baghdad, the first scheduled air link in nearly 30 years. |
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 New York Times: More than 20 members of Parliament petitioned their colleagues on Wednesday to impeach the interior minister after investigations indicated that he did not hold several academic degrees that he had claimed. |
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran blamed the United States on Thursday for triggering global financial meltdown, saying the "hegemonic" nature of the U.S. economy affected other economies. |
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AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched phase six of the giant South Pars gas field on Tuesday after a two-year delay, state television reported. 
