IAEA: First Iranian response on enrichment deal
AP via Yahoo! News
Iran has given an initial response to a plan that calls for Tehran to ship most of its enriched uranium abroad, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday. An official familiar with Iran's response said Tehran was unwilling to acc...
Iran responds on enrichment deal
USA Today
Iran has given an "initial response" to the International Atomic Energy agency on a plan that calls for Tehran to ship much of its enriched uranium abroad, the IAEA said Thursday. The wording of the IAEA statement appeared to dash Western h...
Hafez Nazeri: From Iran, Music Beyond Politics
NPR News
On the Nazeris' "Passion of Rumi" tour in 2000, they performed to 140,000 people over four nights at Tehran's Saadabad Palace, former home of the shah. Having had the experience of living in New York for the better part of a decade, the you...
Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law to face trial
YAHOO!
TEHRAN (AFP) – Shahpour Kazemi, the brother-in-law of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi , will face trial, Tehran prosecutor was quoted as saying by several local newspapers. He did not elaborate. Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard...
WRAPUP 1-Iran, Australia and Syria dig out Asian Cup wins
ESPN.com
Triple champions Iran needed a 73rd-minute header from Osasuna midfielder Javad Nekonam to defeat stubborn Jordan 1-0 in Tehran. Iran are first in Group E with seven points from three matches, two clear of Thailand who won 3-1 in Singapore ...
Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The enemy, which has been thwarted in its plans for a velvet coup, is trying to keep up the fever of their subversive activities at foreign art and cinematic events," he said in Tehran. One TV producer says that since the election, authorit...
Saudi Arabia's oil-price policy not hostage to Tehran worries
The Daily Star Lebanon
Saudi Arabia might seek to brake any new oil price spike, mainly to protect a fragile global economy and prolong its own role as the world's top oil producer - and if that hurts regional rival Iran, it will shed no tears.Immediate pressure ...
Iran Said to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Deal
International Herald Tribune
European and U.S. officials said that Iran refused to go along with the one feature of a draft agreement that could undermine Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon: a plan to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country.
Iran to propose two amendments to IAEA deal: report
AFP via Yahoo! News
Iran will propose two amendments to a UN-drafted deal under which most of Tehran's low-enriched uranium will be sent abroad for conversion into nuclear fuel, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Iran sets up Internet crime unit
Forbes
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian police have set up a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a possible attack on the opposition, which relies on that medium to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday Polic...
IAEA reviews Iran's proposal on uranium enrichment
Washington Post
TEHRAN -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended a possible compromise with world powers over a nuclear fuel deal Thursday as Iran formally responded to a U.N.-backed proposal aimed at stalling its ability to make nuclear weapons.
Iran Lawmakers Say Tehran Will Reject UN-Backed Nuclear Deal
Voice of America
Iranian technicians work at a facility near Isfahan, south of Tehran, that produces uranium fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor (File) Some Iranian lawmakers are saying Iran will reject a U.N.-backed proposal for Iran's uranium to be enr...
Turkey open to storing Iranian uranium
Deutsche Welle
Tehran has been hesitant to export its uranium stockpile in exchange for more highly-enriched uranium to power a Tehran medical reactor. In response, the IAEA suggested keeping it in a friendly third country, like Turkey, while waiting for ...
