Iran releases five British sailors after yacht incident (The World)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday’s release and praised Tehran’s handling of the incident.
Clash with gunmen in Iran kills 4 policemen (Khaleej Times)
TEHRAN — An Iranian government-owned newspaper says a clash with armed drug smugglers in southern Iran left four policemen dead.
U.S. and Germany losing patience with Iran – Ya Libnan
Adding to the growing international pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “our patience is being sorely tested” and that fresh sanctions must be considered if Iran continued to rebuff the U.
Iran, Twitter and the new media world (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Speech given at Media140 conference in Sydney, 5/11/09: Since I've been asked to speak about Iran – and I will speak more about it shortly – I want to begin by acknowledging that in the last 24 hours, people – many of them young people – have been shot at, beaten and arrested in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
Will Iran Help or Hinder Obama in Afghanistan? (Time Magazine)
Tehran quietly helped the U.S. overthrow the Taliban in 2001. But as tensions with the West mount, Iran’s interests in cooperating in Afghanistan may be trumped by more hostile priorities
US issues new appeal over ex-agent missing in Iran (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The White House issued a new appeal to Iran on Thursday for information regarding a former FBI agent who disappeared 1,000 days ago while visiting an Iranian resort island in the Gulf.
Anti- Iran Resolution Puts Iran’s Trust In IAEA At Risk (Bernama)
TEHRAN, Dec 3 (Bernama) — Iran said on Wednesday that it has lost trust in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following a politically-motivated resolution it passed against Tehran on November 27, Iranian national news agency (Irna) reported Thursday.
Discord returns over Iran subsidy reform plan (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters TEHRAN, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reissued a threat to withdraw plans to reform Iran’s costly subsidy system, after parliament passed it to the Guardian Council for …
Ahmadinejad: Iran to make stronger enriched uranium (Arizona Daily Star)
VIENNA — In a defiant speech, Iran’s president declared Wednesday that his country will enrich uranium to a much higher level — a fresh rejection of an international plan to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
