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Russia and China Balk at Bans on IranUNITED NATIONS -- Major powers are considering proposals for sanctions on Iran's nuclear ambitions that include penalties against Tehran's Revolutionary Guards as well as the Tehran's state-owned Bank Sepah. more By Reuters

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 11:36:41 GMTU.S. Says Iranian Women's Arrests Part Of 'Alarming' Pattern The United States says it is "deeply" concerned by reports that Iranian authorities attacked peaceful women's rights protesters at a gathering to mark International Women's Day. more By RFE/RL
Posted 9/3/2007 @ 11:22:24 GMTA Key Summit and Russia's Hour of Decision While regional powers convene in Baghdad to discuss Iraqi security on Saturday, one of the key participants, Iran, finds itself at a critical juncture with Russia over the completion and fueling of the Bushehr nuclear power station. A matter of keen importance to Iran, the coincidence of timing of these two issues underscores the complexity of its foreign policy and the difficulties it will encounter if the talks with Russia fail to bear fruit. more By Asia Times Online

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 11:16:34 GMTIran and the US: At Least they're TalkingThis year's great shamal, al-Haffar ("the Driller"), which will appear over the Arabian Desert hardly weeks from now, caressing the sand dunes to wild ecstasy and bathing the land with its hot, dry dust storms, cannot substantially add to the turbulence in the region. more By Asia Times Online

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 10:53:2 GMTSecret Network Helped DefectorWASHINGTON -- A well-organized Iranian dissident group helped arrange the defection of Iran's former deputy defense minister in Turkey last month, and experts say more defectors are on the way as opposition to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad increases within Iran. more By New York Post

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 10:43:18 GMTU.S. and Iran Have Been Talking, QuietlyThe White House insists that the United States won't talk directly with Iran until Tehran suspends its nuclear program. But U.S. officials have been discreetly meeting their Iranian counterparts one-on-one for more than a decade, often under the auspices of the United Nations. more By Los Angeles Times

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 10:19:16 GMTA Predator Becomes More Dangerous When WoundedIn the energy-rich Middle East, only two countries have failed to subordinate themselves to Washington's basic demands: Iran and Syria. Accordingly both are enemies, Iran by far the more important. As was the norm during the cold war, resort to violence is regularly justified as a reaction to the malign influence of the main enemy, often on the flimsiest of pretexts. more By The Guardian