an outcome.
The list of possible harmful effects they cite encompasses a minefield of global concerns: no more cooperation on Iran, a setback for progressive tendencies in Russia, new hurdles for Russian membership in the World Trade Organization, a terrible example for nuclear countries such as China and India, dim prospects for better NATO relations. And to top it off, the United States and its president would look ridiculous.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Arms cache seized in Nigeria was
shipped from Iran.
A leading Iranian official acknowledged Monday that an arms cache seized last month in Nigeria belonged to a private company with links to Iran but insisted that the "misunderstandings" between the two nations had been resolved.
More news about Iran published by the LA Times is that Book reading on the decline in the Islamic Republic, clerics and officials warn.
Iran has invested heavily in literacy campaigns over the past 30 years, but some Iranian officials and high-ranking clerics suggest Iranians aren't embracing books after all.
They warned recently that "the culture of reading books" among Iranians is dwindling and, in a string of public speeches during a book event this week, called for the launching of campaigns to increase reading nationwide.
At the same time In western Afghan city, Iran makes itself felt
Almost every morning, crowds of visa-seekers flock to the sprawling Iranian diplomatic mission. Now, a new U.S. Consulate is poised to open as well, staking out a commanding hillside position in a landmark building that was once a luxury hotel.
Diplomats being diplomats, neither the U.S. nor the Iranian side acknowledges any rivalry, or any wish to keep tabs on the other's activities. But in Herat, an hour's drive from the Iranian border, Tehran's growing bid for influence is on clear display.
Meanwhile the New York Times reports that Worm Was Perfect for
Sabotaging Centrifuges
Experts dissecting the computer worm suspected of being aimed at Iran's nuclear program have determined that it was precisely calibrated in a way that could send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control.
Their conclusion, while not definitive, begins to clear some of the fog around the Stuxnet worm, a malicious program detected earlier this year on computers, primarily in Iran but also India, Indonesia and other countries.The Iranian Press TV writes that 'UN rights resolution ploy by West'. Iran has slammed the West for passing a resolution at the UN General Assembly's Third Committee accusing Tehran of rights violations.The resolution was passed while more than 110 countries refrained to vote in favor of it, including 44 nays and 57 abstentions. 80 members voted for the resolution.
The Secretary General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammad Javad Larijani called the move illegal and discredited.
'Iran, Russia should stand together', reports PressTV. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran and Moscow should stand beside one another as two neighbors who share common interests.
"Neighborly curtsey requires Iran and Russia stand beside each other based on common and mutual interests and this is in favor of both countries and the region," Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the Caspian Sea summit on Thursday.
Also PressTV writes that Turkey's coup leaders may go to trial as a legal debate has begun in Turkey over the trial of generals behind the 1980 military coup who were counting on legal loopholes and the statue of limitations. Turkey's former Chief of Staff General Kenan Evren led a right-wing military coup against the government in 1980, staying in power for four years, during which hundreds of lives were lost and the constitution was rewritten.
On September 12 of this year, a public referendum was held, marking the 30th anniversary of the coup. The referendum, which passed by a majority, removed Article 15 from the Constitution which had previously provided Evren and other generals protection from standing trial.
