11 April, 2009

Iran president says he’s open to nuclear talks
Iran’s president said Thursday his country is open to talks with the US and other countries over its nuclear program. But he insisted the talks must be…
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_nuclear

What’s Iran’s Beef With Roxana Saberi?
Iran’s leaders haven’t gone out of their way to praise Barack Obama. But they’ve held back the virulent rhetoric, so worn during the Bush years, as if to see what Obama may have planned. Their response to his recent message to Iran was …
middleeast.about.com/b/2009/04/10/whats
-irans-beef-with-roxana-saberi.htm

Commentary “ Blog Archive “ Iran Gets Closer
By Emanuele Ottolenghi
Speaking in Isfahan on Thursday, Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announced that Iran’s nuclear program had crossed another important threshold and now Iran could rightfully claim to have mastered the nuclear cycle. …
www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/ottolenghi/61882

America and Iran: Secret Talks in Geneva ‘Revealed’ – Le Temps of …
By WILLIAM KERN
For six years, academics from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, but also from Europe, Switzerland, the Arab states and even Israel, have ignored the embargoes to meet regularly in Europe. …
themoderatevoice.com/28603/wake-up-swiss-bank
-secrecy-is-under-threat-le-temps-of-switzerland/

NEI Nuclear Notes: National Nuclear Day in Iran
By Mark Flanagan
NEI Nuclear Notes: News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry.
neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2009/04/national-nuclear-day-in-iran.html

Epoch Times – Iran Charges Former Iranian-American Journalist with …
By By Genevieve Long/Epoch Times Staff
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has been charged with espionage in Iran.
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/15135/

U.S. To Join Talks With Iran About Regime’s Nuclear Program …
The United States said it will join Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia – the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and Germany from now on when meeting with Iran to discuss its nuclear program. …
forward.com/articles/104724/

10 April, 2009

Iran touts nuclear technology gains – Physics Today News Picks
By Physics Today
Iran touts nuclear technology gains. By Physics Today on April 10, 2009 2:48 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks · Los Angeles Times: On a day marking its first enrichment of uranium, Iran announces two new types of centrifuges and a …
blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2009/04
/iran-touts-nuclear-technology.html

Do Top Obama Officials Differ On Whether Iran Is Trying To Get …
By Greg Sargent
The Obama administration seems to be edging towards fully adopting the position that Iran is definitely trying to develop nuclear weapons — but there also seems to be lingering disagreement between top Obama administration officials …
theplumline.whorunsgov.com/president-obama/do-top-
obama-officials-differ-on-whether-iran-is-trying-to-get-nukes/

Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive – The U.S. and Iran talking – or …
By Eliza, AC360°
Is the U.S. invitation to join talks over Iran’s nuclear ambitions backfiring? Diplomats and journalists around the world are weighing that question. Today Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boasted on national TV of new nuclear …
ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/10/iran-testing-us/

Iran: Three people hanged over 2007 mosque bombing – Adnkronos …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI) – Iran executed three people on Friday, two of them University students, convicted of being involved in the bombing of a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz which killed 14…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3202304206

Riehl World View: Koh: US No Better Than Iran, Nigeria, and Saudi …
By Dan
Apart from Koh’s stance on International Gun Control here, h/t Instapundit, you might not like his take on American exceptionalism, either. Certainly the 73% of Americans who don’t see the UN as an ally shouldn’t. The UN is pretty much.
www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/
04/koh-us-no-better-than-iran-nigeria-and-saudi-arabia.html

Counterterrorism Blog: What is Iran up to in Afghanistan?
By Olivier Guitta
After Pakistan and NATO, Iran is the most important player in Afghanistan. Iran has a long history with Afghanistan: Afghans settled in Iran hundreds of years ago. Today an estimated 2 million Afghans are believed to be living in the …
counterterrorismblog.org/2009/04/what_is_iran_up_to_in_afghanis.php

Iran ready for nuclear talks: Ahmadinejad – GEO.tv
ISFAHAN: Irans president said Thursday his country is open to talks with the US and other countries over its nuclear program. But he insisted the talks must be based on respect for Irans rights,
www.geo.tv/4-10-2009/39507.htm

Jihad Watch: As Passover begins, Iran fails to pass over the …
By Robert
During the intersessional open-ended working group on 9 April (first day of Passover and the eve of Easter), during discussions on the aptly-designated‘Rolling text’, the Iranian ambassador suggested that the controversial (for Iran …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025617.php

Iran hangs three people over 2007 mosque bombing Asharq Alawsat …
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran executed on Friday three people convicted of being involved in the bombing of a mosque which killed 14 Iranians in the southern city of Shiraz in 2007, the official IRNA news agency reported.…
www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=16348

“Iran declares new progress in nuclear drive MajimboKenya.com …
By Editor
ISFAHAN, Iran (Reuters) – Iran announced further progress in its disputed nuclear program on Thursday, a day after world powers said they would invite Tehran to direct talks, but the declaration met some Western skepticism. …
majimbokenya.com/home/2009/04/09/
iran-declares-new-progress-in-nuclear-drive/

Iran’s New Year “Nowruz” An Ecological Bridge To Make Peace With …
By Karin Kloosterman
Iran’s political makeup and leadership may not be making many friends these days, but its annual festival Nowruz, or the Persian New Year festival, is being celebrated in a number of countries, and by several different religions as well …
israelity.com/2009/04/10/iran-nowruz/