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Yahoo! News: World - Iran
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Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran
(AP)
 AP - Russia said Wednesday the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to investigate allegations the Islamic Republic hid secret work on atomic arms, but the U.S. and its allies accused Tehran of nuclear defiance.
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U.S., European security officials discount Iran-Al Qaeda links
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. and European officials are downplaying allegations that Iran and al Qaeda have recently stepped up cooperation in preparation for possible attacks on U.S. and other Western targets.
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Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
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Russia warns Israel not to attack Iran
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russia warned Israel on Wednesday that attacking Iran would be a disastrous and played down the failure of a U.N. nuclear agency mission to Tehran, saying there is still a chance for new talks over the Iranian atomic program.
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(AP)
AP - Italy officials: Divers find 4 more bodies in cruise ship wreckage, bringing day's total to 8.
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Israeli minister rejects foreign warnings on Iran
(AP)
AP - Israel's foreign minister says the Jewish state will not bow to foreign pressure in deciding whether to attack Iran.
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Questions remain: Iran blocks nuclear experts from key site
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Key questions about Iran's nuclear program remain unresolved despite two days of talks with UN experts in Tehran about possible weapons efforts.
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Khamenei: No obstacles can stop Iran's nuclear course
(Reuters)
Reuters - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran's nuclear course would not change regardless of international sanctions, assassinations or other pressures.
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A Diplomatic Solution to the Iran Nuclear Standoff May Depend On Compromises
(Time.com)
Time.com - Sanctions on Iran are beginning to work, goes the argument from the Obama Administration, and they should be given more time to bring Tehran to heel
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Mother visits ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran
(AP)
AP - The mother of a former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran on a spying conviction has visited her son in an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the Michigan family said Tuesday.
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New claims suggest sweep of Iran's covert plots
(AP)
 AP - Piece by piece, the tools for an alleged Iranian-directed murder team were smuggled into Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. A sniper rifle with silencer. Pistols. Sixteen pieces of plastic explosives and detonators.
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Azerbaijan says it busts alleged pro-Iran group
(AP)
AP - Azerbaijan's security agency said Tuesday it has busted a suspected terrorist group working for Iran's secret services, the second such claim this year as tensions rise between the two neighbors.
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Iran says would act against enemies if endangered
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran would take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it felt its national interests were endangered, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic's armed forces was quoted by a semi-official news agency as saying on Tuesday.
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Exclusive: China, India plan Iran oil cuts of 10 percent or more
(Reuters)
Reuters - China, India and Japan are planning cuts of at least 10 percent in Iranian crude imports as tightening U.S. sanctions make it difficult for the top Asian buyers to keep doing business with the OPEC producer.
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Iran announces candidate list for March 2 election
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Guardian Council, which vets election candidates in Iran, has approved 3,444 individuals out of more than 5,000 who applied to run in the March 2 parliamentary polls, ISNA news agency said on Tuesday.
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Iranian navy ships return from Syria through Suez
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two Iranian naval ships returned from Syria through the Suez Canal Tuesday, a Suez Canal source said.
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Israelis fear homefront vulnerable to Iran attacks
(AP)
 AP - Despite its confident saber-rattling, Israel's concern is growing that the country is vulnerable to a devastating counterstrike if it attacks Iran's nuclear program.
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Top Obama security adviser concludes Israel visit
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser has concluded three days of talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem amid an escalating focus on Iran's nuclear intentions. The visit comes in advance of a March 5 meeting at the White House between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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IEA says EU could live with abrupt Iran oil halt
(Reuters)
Reuters - The European Union could cope with an abrupt halt by Iran of oil exports to the region because buyers of Iranian oil are already adjusting to the EU's forthcoming ban on Iranian shipments, an International Energy Agency official said on Monday.
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Azerbaijan arrests Iranian journalist
(AP)
AP - An Iranian journalist has been arrested and jailed in Azerbaijan as tensions rise between the two neighbors.
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