Reuters: President George W. Bush lent support on Friday to European leaders trying to break a deadlock in talks with Iran over its nuclear program. France, Britain and Germany are trying to get Iran to agree to suspend sensitive nuclear work to avoid a referral to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.Bush lends support to Europe on Iran nuclear talks
Reuters: President George W. Bush lent support on Friday to European leaders trying to break a deadlock in talks with Iran over its nuclear program. France, Britain and Germany are trying to get Iran to agree to suspend sensitive nuclear work to avoid a referral to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.500 jurists from 16 countries gather in Paris to discuss terrorism lists
Iran Focus: Paris, Nov. 11 - 500 international jurists, lawyers and politicians yesterday took part in a conference in the French capital to discuss the need to differentiate between terrorism and legitimate resistance to dictatorship.
The international conference was held at the invitation of nine legal and human rights institutions from several European countries.
Iran gives response to EU pressure on nuclear activities: France
AFP: Iran has given a response to EU pressure for it to suspend uranium enrichment, the French foreign ministry said Friday.
Iranian authorities delivered their reply late Thursday to Britain, France and Germany and to EU high representative Javier Solana late Thursday, the ministry said without divulging its contents.
Khamenei aide urges resistance to pressure over nuclear programme
AFP: The top advisor to Iran's supreme leader called on Friday for "resistance" to international pressure over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, complaining that Tehran was subject to "idiotic and childish" demands. The Europeans "have told us to stop our nuclear programme and in return they will sell us commercial jets and trains", Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri said in a speech carried on state radio ahead of Friday's weekly prayers. Iran nuke freeze talks stall
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog has held up a new report on inspections in Iran while Tehran and the EU's "big three" try to break a deadlock in talks aimed at freezing Iran's uranium enrichment programme, diplomats say.Iranians, Europeans Meet on Nuclear Deal
Washington Post: After five days of intense internal deliberations, Iranian officials met with European envoyshere Thursday to seek "clarifications" on a proposed deal that would require Tehran to indefinitely suspend a pivotal aspect
of its nuclear energy program that could be converted to
military use, Western diplomatic sources here said.
Iran Answer on Nuke Freeze Falls Short - Diplomat
Reuters: Iran failed on Thursday to give a definitive answer toan EU demand it freeze sensitive nuclear activities or face referral to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, a diplomat familiar with the talks said.
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EU takes tough stand on Iran nuke freeze-diplomats
Reuters: Iran has told France, Britain and Germany it wants more than promises of future benefits if it suspends its controversial uranium enrichment programme, but the Europeans have refused, Western diplomats said on Thursday.
Iran says will give response on nuclear deal Thursday
AFP: Iran will probably give its formal response Thursday to Britain, France and Germany on whether it will agree to a suspension of some of its nuclear activities in order to avoid possible UN sanctions, a top official told AFP. "We will very probably give our response by tonight," said senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Hossein Moussavian. Iran in Deadlock With Europe on Halting Production of Uranium
New York Times: Iran and European negotiators have become deadlocked in their effort to reach a final agreement for Iran to suspend its production of enriched uranium in exchange for possible economic and political incentives, European officials said Wednesday.
Iraqi health authorities fret rise in drug abuse, blame Iran
AFP: Iraqi health officials are worried about a surge of drug addicts in Iraq and accuse neighbouring countries such as Iran of supplying narcotics through the country's porous borders.
There are no accurate figures on the extent of the problem, but
it is definitely serious, admitted Iraq's interim Health Minister Alaeddin Abdul Sahib Adwan.
Iran Official Warns of NPT Pull-Out if West Presses
Reuters: Iran will pull out of the nuclear Non-ProliferationTreaty (NPT) and develop its atomic program in secret if Western nations threaten or put pressure on Tehran, a senior Iran diplomat was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Iranian government officials have in the past repeatedly said Tehran had no intention of following North Korea's example of withdrawing from the NPT.
Iran bars four photographers from exhibiting 'insulting' work in Paris
AFP: Iran has blocked four local photographers from exhibiting some of their work in Paris after certain pictures were deemed to be "against Islamic values and mocking the image of Iranian women." Sources close to the dispute said Tehran's state-run Museum of Contemporary Art had been due to support the photographers by paying for the packing and shipping ...EU-Iranian nuclear talks hit snag: diplomats
AFP: EU-Iranian nuclear talks to get Iran to suspend uranium enrichment in order to avoid possible UN sanctions have hit a snag, even as deadlines are beginning to fall in the crisis, diplomats told AFP Wednesday. The deadlock, which one diplomat said had Europeans becoming pessimistic about finalizing an agreement, comes as the UN atomic agency is about to issue a report for a meeting that will decide ...Iran at 'crucial point' in nuclear stand-off, issues fresh warning
AFP: Iran is at a "crucial point" in its stand-off with the UN's atomic watchdog, one of the country's most senior figures was quoted Wednesday as saying, as another official warned too much pressure could push nuclear activities "underground". "We should have patience and fortitude to pass through these tough times," former president and top regime cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was also quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.German FM says war not an option in Iran
AFP: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed "great concern" about Iran's nuclear technology programs but said he did not expect Western allies to go to war with Tehran over the issue.
"I do not think that we are heading anytime soon into a confrontation similar to the one in Iraq," Fischer told German news weekly Stern in an issue to be published Thursday.
Bush extends Iran sanctions
AFP: President George W. Bush on Tuesday extended for one year a range of financial sanctions first imposed on Iran in November 1979, the White House announced in a statement.
"Our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal," Bush said in a letter to the US House of Representatives.
Iran's nuclear program will be discussed at conference on Iraq: Powell
AFP: An upcoming conference on Iraq will be a chance to talk with Iran about its nuclear program at a time of intense world pressure on Tehran to renounce nuclear military activity, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said here Tuesday.
The conference will be held at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at the end of November, and Iran has been invited.
Former Iranian president cautions Europeans over nuclear deal
AFP: A top Iranian regime official has warned Britain, France and Germany that the Islamic republic could harden its stance if they failed to show flexibility in a crucial stage of talks over a nuclear stand-off, press reports said Tuesday. "If the Europeans are rational, we can make some assurances... but if they put their foot down, then our attitude will change," powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was quoted as saying by the Hamshahri newspaper. US sceptical about Iran-EU nuclear deal: arms control assistant secretary
AFP: The United States is skeptical about the EU's efforts to cut a deal with Iran to get it to give up uranium enrichment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, a senior US official said here Tuesday.
Assistant Secretary of State for arms control Stephen Rademaker said the United States is "very sceptical of Iran's good faith in these negotiations."
Iran able to churn out medium-range missiles
Reuters: Iran says it is now able to manufacture large quantities of its medium-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile, which defence experts say is capable of hitting Israel or U.S. bases in the Gulf. "We have the capability to mass-produce Shahab-3 missiles," Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani told reporters on Tuesday. His comments, reported on severallocal news agencies, were confirmed by the Defence Ministry.
Iran: Web Writers Purge Underway
Human Rights Watch: The Iranian government is moving to silence Internet and Web-log communications, the last remaining outlet for freedom of expression in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of Irans most high-profile civil society activists rely on the internet to get their message out. 
