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German orchestra to make rare Iran trip (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:54:02 GMT

A German orchestra will play Beethoven and Brahms in Tehran in a rare visit by a European ensemble amid tension between Iran and the West.


Has Iran paused its uranium enrichment program? (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:24:00 GMT

VIENNA— Iran appears not to have significantly expanded its uranium enrichment program this summer, a development that has many experts wondering whether the threat of sanctions finally has had an impact on the Iranian government.


Iran says current OPEC production is enough (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:50:05 GMT

Iran, OPEC's second largest oil producer, said on Saturday it does not foresee any change in the cartel's output ceiling being decided on at the September 11 meeting in Vienna.


Iran set to begin smart-bomb production (UPI)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:59:44 GMT

Iran said it would begin production of a new precision “smart” bomb for its air force this weekend.


U.S. Relations with Iran Remain Cool (NPR)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:12:06 GMT

For now, the United States and Iran talk only under certain circumstances -- such as the meetings that U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker has had with his Iranian counterpart to discuss security in Iraq.


Experts hopeful Iran slowed nuclear program (The State)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:14:47 GMT

VIENNA — Iran appears not to have significantly expanded its uranium enrichment program this summer, a development that has many experts wondering whether the threat of sanctions finally has had an impact on the Iranian government. Experts won’t know for sure if Iran has paused its program until a report this week from a team of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, who were in Iran ...


Iran: Western-Style Barbers Shut (New York Times)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:11:09 GMT

Iran has shut down 13 barbershops over the last two weeks that were offering ?deviant Western styles? and eyebrow plucking for men.


German orchestra to make rare Iran trip (Lexington Herald-Leader)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:27:02 GMT

A German orchestra will play Beethoven and Brahms in Tehran in a rare visit by a European ensemble amid tension between Iran and the West. The 60-member Osnabrueck Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Hermann Baeumer will perform Wednesday and Thursday as part of an exchange that saw the Tehran Symphony Orchestra perform to a packed hall last year in Osnabrueck. Iran and Western governments ...


General rips Iran as Iraq foe (The Washington Times)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:59:43 GMT

A top Army commander in Iraq yesterday said Iran's Revolutionary Guard is trying to disrupt U.S. military gains by ramping up weapons and training support for radical Shi'ite groups.


U.S. Relations with Iran Remain Cool (NPR)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:07:42 GMT

Weekend Edition Saturday , August 25, 2007 · From his office on the State Department's seventh floor, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns sees many dangers of a rising Iran.