Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis, 1 September 2009--31 October 2009

Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
1 September 2009--31 October 2009

2009--1 September

Mark Heinrich, "Iran unlikely to back down over IAEA's atom bomb probe," Reuters, 1 September 2009

Iran Watch, "Iran's Nuclear Timetable," September 1, 2009

Donald Kirk, "Storm over North Korea-Iran arms vessel," Asia Times Online, 1 September 2009

Linda Heard, "Ganging up on Iran," Arab News, 1 September 2009

Jerry Guo, "Buying American in Tehran," New York Times, 1 September 2009

2009--2 September

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli, "Al-Maliki Turns His Back on Iran, Embraces Iraqi Nationalism," Middle East Media Research Institute, No. 544, September 2, 2009

Reuters, "Iran nuclear "threat" hyped: IAEA's ElBaradei," 2 September 2009

Howard LaFranchi, "World powers tell Iran to answer fast on nuclear talks," Christian Science Monitor, 2 September 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute, "Prominent Iranian Ayatollah Yousef Sanei Criticizes Iranian Leadership over Handling of Protests," No. 2516, September 2, 2009

Judy Dempsey, "Merkel Signals Support for Tougher Iran Sanctions," New York Times, 2 September 2009

Farnaz Fassihi, "Obama Reaches Out — Again — to Iran," Wall Street Journal, 2 September 2009

David Montero, "Iran proposes nuclear talks ahead of global summit on sanctions," Christian Science Monitor, 2 September 2009

James Sturcke, "Iran anoints anti-Jewish bomb suspect as defence secretary," The Guardian, 2 September 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran seeks reopening of nuclear talks," Los Angeles Times, 2 September 2009

Edith M. Lederer, "US wants results from Obama nuclear meeting at UN," The Associated Press, 2 September 2009

Margaret Besheer, "Obama to Preside at UN Security Council," Voice of America News, 2 September 2009

Kim Gamel, "Bloodshd at Iranian camp tests US-Iraq transition, The Associated Press, 2 September 2009

Mark Tran, "Reformists accused of plotting unrest in Iran," The Guardian, 2 September 2009

2009--3 September

James Blitz, "Tehran receives two-week deadline to stall UN talks," Financial Times, 3 September 2009

Roger Boyes, "Iran’s offer of nuclear talks hinders Security Council talks on sanctions," Times Online, 3 September 2009

Marilyn Gerlach, "Six world powers press Tehran for quick nuclear talks," Daily Star (Lebanon), 3 September 2009

E.B. Solomont, "Opponents try to bar Ahmadinejad from UN," Jerusalem Post, 3 September 2009

David Usborne, "World Focus: Can the West believe Ahmadinejad when he starts to talk peace?" Independent, 3 September 2009

Najmeh Bozorgmehr, "Iranian regime raises heat on reformists," Financial Times, 3 September 2009

Reuters, "Iran would not discuss nuclear work with powers: TV," 3 September 2009

Spencer S. Hsu, "Man Indicted in Plot to Ship Jet Parts to Iran," Washington Post, 3 September 2009

Hilary Leila Krieger, "Gold warns West against giving Iran time," Jerusalem Post, 3 September 2009

Khaleej Times, "Teheran's Nuclear Choice," 3 September 2009

Henry Meyer, "Iran Won’t Bow to Deadline Demand for Nuclear Talks," Bloomberg, 3 September 2009

Financial Times, "Iran's nuclear call," 3 September 2009

Christa Case Bryant, " Iran approves hard-line cabinet: loyalty over experience?" Christian Science Monitor, 3 September 2009

Ali Akbar Dareini and Sebastian Abbot, "Iran assembly approves most of hard-line Cabinet," The Associated Press, 3 September 2009

Marc Burleigh, "'Big power' Brazil stands by Iran, Venezuela: Lula," AFP, 3 September 2009

2009--4 September

James G. Neuger, Leon Mangasarian, "EU Seeks Pressure on Iran After Ahmadinejad Consolidates Power," Bloomberg, 4 September 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "US faces a tough choice on Iran," Asia Times Online, 4 September 2009

Steve Clemons, "Israel's Nukes and Iran's Nukes," The Washington Note, 4 September 2009

2009--5 September

Christopher Booker, "US dishonours its promise to Iranian refugees," Telegraph, 5 September 2009

Jay Deshmukh, "US offering 'forged' intel on bomb studies: Iran," AFP, 5 September 2009

Xinhua, "Chavez: No proof of Iran nuclear bomb," 5 September 2009

Reuters, "Iran dismisses bomb studies intelligence as forged," 5 September 2009

Aljazeera, "Chavez backs Iran nuclear strategy," 5 September 2009

2009-6 September

Gulf Daily News, "US bomb report 'fake'," 6 September 2009

Robert F. Worth, "Ex-President Denounces Iran's Government," New York Times, 6 September 2009

2009--7 September

Aljazeera, "Nuclear double standard," 7 September 2009

Monavar Khalaj, "Iran rules out nuclear power talks," Financial Times, 7 September 2009

Wall Street Journal, "Venezuela, Iran In $760M Oil Invest Deals - Agencies," 7 September 2009

BBC News, "Accusations fly at IAEA over Iran," 7 September 2009

Zahra Hosseinian, "Iran rules out talks on its nuclear 'rights'," Reuters, 7 September 2009

Robert F. Worth, "Nuclear Agency Said to Be in 'Stalemate' With Iran," New York Times, 7 September 2009

Reuters, "Iran rules out talks on its nuclear 'rights'," 7 September 2009

Reuters, "Iran sees no oil output change at OPEC meeting," 7 September 2009

BBC News, "UN to debate Iran nuclear stance," 7 September 2009

Grant Smith and Ayesha Daya, "OPEC to Hold Quota After Oil Reaches $75 Saudi Target," Bloomberg, 7 September 2009

BBC News, "Iran to import Venezuelan petrol," 7 September 2009

USA Today, "U.N. agency: Nuclear 'stalemate' with Iran," 7 September 2009

2009--8 September

BBC News, "Iran 'to submit nuclear package'," 8 September 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Mottaki: Iran will present proposals for negotiations Wednesday," 8 September 2009

Simon Tisdall, "Iran's revolution? The hardliners won," The Guardian, 8 September 2009

Thomas Erdbrink, "Iranian Invites Six Powers To Tehran," Washington Post, 8 September 2009

Los Angeles Times, "The US and Iran: It's time to talk," 8 September 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran, Venezuela sign 3 energy MoUs," 8 September 2009

Richard Spencer, "Iran's confrontation with West over nuclear programme 'has reached a stalemate', IAEA head says," Telegraph, 8 September 2009

Catherine Philp, "Mohamed ElBaradei left out evidence of Iran bomb, France claims," Times Online, 8 September 2009

CNN, "Venezuela to export gasoline to Iran," 8 September 2009

Voice of America News, "Gates: Arab World Should Unite to Counter Iran Threat," 8 September 2009

Robert M. Morgenthau, "The Emerging Axis of Iran and Venezuela," Wall Street Journal, 8 September 2009

2009--9 September

Robert M. Morgenthau, "The Emerging Axis of Iran and Venezuela," Wall Street Journal, 9 September 2009

Jonathan Stempel, John Wallace, "NY prosecutor targets bank over Iran links-report," Reuters, 9 September 2009

Ha'aretz, "Are Venezuelan Banks aiding Iran's nuclear aspirations?" 9 September 2009

Monavar Khalaj, "Iranian opposition still under siege," Financial Times, 9 September 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "The Stakes Are Raised In Iran," Atlantic Online, 9 September 2009

The Associated Press, "France, Britain, Germany: Iran must engage," 9 September 2009

AFP, "Israeli PM 'made secret visit' to Russia over Iran," 9 September 2009

R. Jeffrey Smith, "Pakistani Scientist Cites Help to Iran," Washington Post, September 9, 2009

William J. Broad, Mark Mazzetti and David E. Sanger, "US Says Iran Has Ability to Expedite a Nuclear Bomb," New York Times, 9 September 2009

Judy Dempsey, "US Stance Toward Russia Again Divides Europe," New York Times, 9 September 2009

BBC News, "Europe backs Obama foreign policy," 9 September 2009

William J. Broad, Mark Mazzetti and David E. Sanger, "Agencies Say Iran Has Enough Nuclear Fuel to Build a Bomb," New York Times, 9 September 2009

Mark Tran, "Iranian hunger strikers ready to die in support of raided refugee camp," The Guardian, 9 September 2009

2009--10 September

Washington Post, "A Friend to Iran," 10 September 2009

ABC Online, "Israel linked to 'hijacked' ship mystery," 10 September 2009

Borzou Daragahi and Julia Damianova, "Iran submits proposals for possible nuclear talks with world powers," Los Angeles Times, 10 September 2009

Washington Post, "A Friend to Iran," 10 September 2009

Paul Richter, "US rejects Iran's offer of talks," Los Angeles Times, 10 September 2009

Clifford J. Levy, "Russia Signals Opposition to New Sanctions Against Iran," New York Times, 10 September 2009

Max Boot, "A Serious Iran Policy vs. Wishful Thinking," Commentary, 10 September 2009

2009--11 September

Barak Ravid, "France implores Moscow to cancel sale of missiles to Iran," Ha'aretz, 11 September 2009

Charles Levinson, "Netanyahu's Secrecy Sparks Anger," Wall Street Journal, 11 September 2009

Sheera Frenkel, "Israel admits Binyamin Netanyahu's secret trip to Moscow," Times Online, 11 September 2009

Barak Ravid, "PM's secret Moscow visit was part of campaign against missile sales to Iran," Ha'aretz, 11 September 2009

New York Times, "That September Deadline," 11 September 2009

Mark Landler, David E. Sanger, "US to Accept Iran's Proposal to Hold Face-to-Face Talks," New York Times, 11 September 2009

Barak Ravid, "France implores Moscow to cancel sale of missiles to Iran," Ha'aretz, 11 September 2009

Washington Post, "Iran's Non-Response," 11 September 2009

Marc Champion and Jay Solomon, "Russia Rejects New Iran Sanctions," Wall Street Journal, 11 September 2009

Ron Kampeas, "Iran's counter-offer: global disarmament, Palestinian rights," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 11 September 2009

Louis Charbonneau, "US drafts UN resolution urging nuclear disarmament," Reuters, 11 September 2009

BBC News, "Putin warns against Iran attack," 11 September 2009

Howard LaFranchi, "US official disavows ‘artificial deadlines’ for action on Iran," Christian Science Monitor, 11 September 2009

2009--12 September

Jonathan Tirone, James G. Neuger, "US Seeks Meeting With Iran for Nuclear Talks," Bloomberg, 12 September 2009

Matt Spetalnick, Jeremy Pelofsky, "US to focus on nuclear issue in Iran talks: W.House," Reuters, 12 September 2009

Laura Rozen, "Testing Iran's offer for talks," Politico, 12 September 2009

Jeffrey Mankoff, "The Road to Tehran Does Not Run Through Moscow," Huffington Post, 12 September 2009

Glenn Kessler, "US Accepts Offer From Tehran for Broad Talks," Washington Post, 12 September 2009

Daniel Dombey, "Big powers seek Iran arms talks," Financial Times, 12 September 2009

Reuters, "Senior House Members Press U.S. Envoy over Protection of Camp Ashraf, Demand Release," 12 September 2009

Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim, "EU calls for nuclear talks with Iran," Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2009

New York Times, "US Accepts Iran's Offer Of Talks With Major Powers," 12 September 2009

Nicholas Kralev and Barbara Slavin, "US agrees to Iran, North Korea talks," Washington Times, 12 September 2009

Philip Sherwell, David Eimer, "Barack Obama starts US talks with 'axis of evil': North Korea and Iran," Telegraph, 12 September 2009

Times Online, "Putin until 2024?" 12 September 2009

Reuters, "U.S. to focus on nuclear issue in Iran talks: W.House," 12 September 2009

2009--13 September

Tony Allen-Mills, "Talks end 30-year US-Iran standoff," Times Online, 13 September 2009

Salman Ansari Javid, "Iran's nuclear proposal," Tehran Times, 13 September 2009

Robin Wright and Robert Litwak, "Rethinking our Iran strategy," Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2009

Barak Ravid and Amir Oren, "Iran again rules out talks on nuclear 'rights'," Ha'aretz, 13 September 2009

Los Angeles Times, "Druze leader Jumblatt says Iran can supply nation's weapons," 13 September 2009

BBC News, "Iran insists on nuclear 'right'," 13 September 2009

A. Savyon, "The Iranian Regime Faces Challenges from Within and from Without - Qods Day and the Nuclear Issue," Middle East Media Research Institute, No. 546, September 13, 2009

2009--14 September

AFP, "Obama can't change Iran policy: Ahmadinejad aide," 14 September 2009

Justin Blum, "Iran Gains U.S. Military Technology Through Malaysia Middlemen," Bloomberg, 14 September 2009

Howard LaFranchi, "US will join talks with Iran," The Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 2009

2009--15 September

Jerusalem Post, "Russia praises Iran's willingness to meet world powers on nuclear issue," 15 September 2009

Robert Marquand, "Europeans set low expectations for Iran talks," Christian Science Monitor, 15 September 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "Obama Is 'Pushing Israel To War'," Atlantic Online, 15 September 2009

Laura Rozen, "US drafts new nuclear resolution," Politico, 15 September 2009

Tariq Alhomayed, "Will Iran Become Part of the Arab League?" Asharq Alawsat, 15 September 2009

New York Times, "Iran Talks Likely In Turkey - EU's Solana," 15 September 2009

Mark Landler, "Clinton Lays Out Iran Requirements," New York Times, 15 September 2009

Eric Fingerhut, "Who's leading who into war with Iran?," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 15 September 2009

Bret Stephens, "Obama Is Pushing Israel Toward War," Wall Street Journal, 15 September 2009

2009--16 September

Eric Etheridge, "The Latest on Bombing or Talking to Iran," New York Times, September 16, 2009

Mu Xuequan, "US insists on discussing nuclear issue during talks with Iran," Xinhua, 16 September 2009

Tehran Times, "Enemies cannot cut off Iran's gasoline supply: Ahmadinejad," 16 September 2009

BBC News, "Iran warns India on gas pipeline," 16 September 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Sarkozy: Iran working on nukes today," 16 September 2009

Richard Beeston, "Russian President hints at U-turn over Iran sanctions," The Times, September 16, 2009

Dmitry Sidorov, "The Kremlin Wants A War in Iran," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 September 2009

Washington Post, "A Test for Iran," 16 September 2009

AFP, "Obama, Sarkozy discuss Iran nuclear 'compliance'," 16 September 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Iran's North Korean model," 16 September 2009

Eric Etheridge, "The Latest on Bombing or Talking to Iran," New York Times, September 16, 2009

Jonathan Tobin, "Breaking the Law to 'Engage' Iran," Commentary, 16 September 2009

2009--17 September

AFP, "IAEA denies report it is sure Iran is seeking bomb," 17 September 2009

Mark Heinrich, "More IAEA nations back non-nuclear Mideast in vote," Reuters, 17 September 2009

Times of India, "Pipeline: Iran could ditch India for China," 17 September 2009

BBC News, "Obama shelves Europe missile plan," 17 September 2009

New York Times, "Barak Says Nuke - Armed Iran Couldn't Destroy Israel," 17 September 2009

Robert F. Worth, "Iran: A Warning for Would-Be Protesters," New York TImes, 17 September 2009

Christian Science Monitor, "Obama's deft move on anti-Iran defense missiles," 17 September 2009

2009--18 September

Julian Borger, "IAEA secret report: Iran worked on nuclear warhead," The Guardian, 18 September 2009

Yaakov Katz, Herb Keinon, "'IAEA: Iran can now build nuclear bomb'," Jerusalem Post, 18 September 2009

Gerald F. Seib, "The Iran Experiment," Wall Street Journal, 18 September 2009

Janine Zacharia, "Obama Missile Plan Wins Russia Praise, No Iran Shift," Bloomberg, 18 September 2009

BBC News, "Iran 'does not need' nuclear arms," 18 September 2009

George Jahn, "Nuclear conference criticizes Israeli nukes," The Associated Press, 18 September 2009

David Blair, "Iran has expertise to build nuclear bomb, says UN report," Telegraph, 18 September 2009

New York Times, "Iran's Captives," 18 September 2009

Robert Worth, "Despite Warning, Thousands Rally in Iran," New York Times, 18 September 2009

Adam Entous, "Revised US assessment on Iran drives policy shift," Reuters, 18 September 2009

Michael Ellemen, "Missile shift 'defends Iran's neighbours'," BBC News, 18 September 2009

2009--19 September

Times of India, "Israel wants US to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," 19 September 2009

Kim Landers, "US sends nuclear talks ultimatum to Iran," ABC Online, 19 September 2009

Catherine Philp, Tony Halpin, and Giles Whittell, "Clinton warns Iran: talk to us about your weapons or face isolation," Times Online, 19 September 2009

Robert M. Gates, "A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe," New York Times, 19 September 2009

Rick Moran, "UN General Assembly urges Israel to accept nuclear inspections," American Thinker, 19 September 2009

Los Angeles Times, "U.S., Iran: So much to talk about," 19 September 2009

Clifford Levy and Peter Baker, "Russia's Reaction on Missile Plan Leaves Iran Issue Hanging," New York Times, 19 September 2009

Helene Cooper, "Obama and Ahmadinejad: The Politics of Face Time," New York Times, 19 September 2009

2009--20 September

Gulf Daily News, "Obama aims to isolate Iran and protect Gulf countries," 20 September 2009

AFP, "Khamenei says Iran 'rejects' nuclear weapons," 20 September 2009

Parisa Hafezi, Elizabeth Fullerton, "Foreign media poisoning Iran's atmosphere: Khamenei," Washington Post, 20 September 2009

Doyle McManus, "The clocks are ticking on Iran," Los Angeles Times, 20 September 2009

Julian Borger, "Barack Obama ready to slash US nuclear arsenal," The Guardian, 20 September 2009

Times of India, "UK says Iran must take 'concrete steps' over nuclear fears," 20 September 2009

Philippe Naughton, "Israel will not attack Iran, says Kremlin," Times Online, 20 September 2009

2009--21 September

Tehran Times, "Iran’s IAEA ambassador: Package has opened ‘new window of opportunity’ to West," 21 September 2009

Christi Parsons and Paul Richter, "This week, the world is watching Obama," Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2009

Tehran Times, "IAEA denies report Iran is seeking bomb," 21 September 2009

Xinhua, "Medvedev says Israel not intend to strike Iran," 21 September 2009

Daniel R. Coats, Charles S. Robb and Charles F. Wald, "Last Chance for Iran," Washington Post, September 21, 2009

Thomas Erdbrink, "As Talks With U.S. Near, Iran Denies Nuclear Arms Effort," Washington Post, September 21, 2009

New York Times, "Iran Inquiry Is Sought," 21 September 2009

Mark Landler, "At U.N., Views on Iran and N. Korea Are Divided," New York Times, 21 September 2009

AFP, "Iran welcomes US shelving of missile shield," 21 September 2009

2009--22 September

Greg Miller, "US says Pakistan, Iran helping Taliban," Los Angeles Times, 22 September 2009

Hossein Askari, "A smarter way to sanction Iran," Christian Science Monitor, 22 September 2009

Thomas Friedman, "Cracks in Iran’s Clique," New York Times, 22 September 2009

New York Times, "Iran Says Wants Abolition Of Nuclear Weapons - Japan," 22 September 2009

2009--23 September

Middle East Media Research Institute, "Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister: Iran's Policy of Exporting the Islamic Revolution Is No Different Than the Nazi Occupation of Europe," No. 2558, September 23, 2009

Aljazeera, "Iran wants open nuclear talks," 23 September 2009

Washington Post, "China firms selling fuel to Iran as US sanctions loom," 23 September 2009

Daniel Fineren, Chen Aizhu, "China Firms Selling Fuel to Iran as US Sanctions Loom," New York Times, 23 September 2009

Greg Bruno, "The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions," Council on Foreign Relations, 23 September 2009

Bill Varner and Janine Zacharia, "Obama Arms Summit Skirts Iran, North Korea Disputes," Bloomberg, 23 September 2009

Lou Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi, "Iran hit with new demand as UN meets," Reuters, 23 September 2009

Mark Landler and Nazila Fathi, "President of Iran Defends His Legitimacy," New York Times, 23 September 2009

2009--24 September

Spencer Swartz, "Big Oil Traders Cut Shipments to Tehran Amid Sanctions Talk," Wall Street Journal, 24 September 2009

Jeffrey Heller, Alan Elsner, "Netanyahu calls at UN for world to act on Iran," Reuters, 24 September 2009

Gavin Rabinowitz, "Iranian bomb greatest threat to world: Netanyahu," AFP, 24 September 2009

New York Times, "The Subject Was Nuclear Weapons," 24 September 2009

Reuters, "Sanctions against Iran," 24 September 2009

Ben Blanchard, Claudia Parsons, "China, Britain diverge on Iran nuclear sanctions," Reuters, 24 September 2009

Christopher Bodeen, "China: Sanctions not the way push Iran on nukes," The Associated Press, 24 September 2009

Julian Borger, "China maintains opposition to Iran sanctions ahead of crucial meeting," The Guardian, 24 September 2009

Rob Mudge, "Western nations must get China on board on Iran issue," Deutsche Welle, 24 September 2009

Fabiola Moura, "Iran's Relations With Brazil Have 'No Limits,' Ahmadinejad Says," Bloomberg, 24 September 2009

AFP, "US cool on Iran offer of nuclear experts talks," 24 September 2009

Laura Rozen, "US navigates Iran challenge," Politico, 24 September 2009

Aljazeera, "Iran hits out at Western 'terror'," 24 September 2009

2009--25 September

Lou Charbonneau, Will Dunham, "EU's Solana: Iran must engage at October meeting," Reuters, 25 September 2009

Darren Ennis, Howard Goller, "EU urges Iran to work to resolve nuclear dispute," Reuters, 25 September 2009

Jonathan Weisman, "U.N. Passes Nuclear-Safeguards Plan," Wall Street Journal, 25 September 2009

Daniel Dombey, Harvey Morris, "Obama wins UN support for nuclear controls," Financial Times, 25 September 2009

Kevin Whitelaw, "Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Opinion Of Just A Few'," NPR, 25 September 2009

Christian Science Monitor, "China must stop coddling Iran," 25 September 2009

Council on Foreign Relations, "The Significance of Iran's 'Secret' Nuclear Plant," Interviewee: Michael A. Levi, Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, 25 September 2009

Marc Ambinder, "Obama, Terror, Nukes and the Week That Was," Atlantic Online, 25 September 2009

Daily Star (Lebanon), "Ahmadinejad's offer of Iranian-US cooperation may be too little too late," 25 September 2009

Frank James, "Obama Missile Move Appears To Get Russians Closer To Iran Sanctions," NPR, 25 September 2009

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, "World reaction to Iran's nuclear sites," BBC News, 25 September 2009

Peter Spiegel, "Will Moscow Cooperate on Iran Sanctions?" Wall Street Journal, 25 September 2009

Simon Tisdall, "Iran has been caught red-handed," The Guardian, 25 September 2009

Katherine Butler, "Iran, Russia and the missile chess game," Independent, 25 September 2009

Amir Mizroch, "Analysis: If Russia moves, China may follow on Iran sanctions," Jerusalem Post, 25 September 2009

Mark Heinrich, "Iran tells IAEA it is building 2nd enrichment plant," Reuters, 25 September 2009

Mark Heinrich, "Iran's relations with UN nuclear watchdog," Reuters, 25 September 2009

David E. Sanger and William J. Broad, "U.S. and Allies Warn Iran Over Nuclear ‘Deception’," New York Times, 25 September 2009

Edward Cody, "Exiles Accuse Iran of Working On Detonators," Washington Post, 25 September 2009

FOX News, "Obama's Charge Against Iran Could Limit Diplomatic Options," 25 September 2009

Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti, "A Cryptic Note From Tehran Ignites Days of Urgent Diplomacy," New York Times, 25 September 2009

Neil MacFarquhar, "Iran’s Leader Mocks West’s Accusations," New York Times, 25 September 2009

Marco Sibaja, "Brazil VP says country should build nuclear arms," The Associated Press, 25 September 2009

2009--26 September

David Blair, "Barack Obama's vision of American foreign policy," Telegraph, 26 September 2009

James Blitz, Geoff Dyer, "Moscow hardens stance towards Tehran," Financial Times, 26 September 2009

MK Bhadrakumar, "Moscow holds the line on Iran sanctions," Asia Times Online, September 26, 2009

Hashem Kalantari, Fredrik Dahl, "Obama Accuses Iran Of Evasion Before Geneva Talks," New York Times, 26 September 2009

Adrian Blomfield, "Iran's second uranium enrichment plant may have made Israeli strike less likely," Telegraph, 26 September 2009

Julian Borger and Patrick Wintour, "Why Iran confessed to secret nuclear site built inside mountain," The Guardian, 26 September 2009

Howard L. Berman, "Dealing With Iran's Deception," Washington Post, September 26, 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "The world picks sides ahead of Iran talks," Asia Times Online, 26 September 2009

Lachlan Carmichael, "Clinton welcomes Iran move to admit IAEA inspectors," AFP, 26 September 2009

Li Xianzhi, "Evidence needed to prove Iran's nuclear program: Brazilian president," Xinhua, 26 September 2009

David Sanger and WIlliam Broad, "US to Demand Inspection of New Iran Plant 'Within Weeks', New York Times, 26 September 2009

2009--27 September

Ray Takeyh, "Beware of Iranians Bearing Talks," Washington Post, 27 September 2009

Jon Hilsenrath, "Turning Up the Heat on Iran," Wall Street Journal, 27 September 2009

Eliot A. Cohen, "There Are Only Two Choices Left on Iran," Wall Street Journal, 27 September 2009

Yossi Melman, "How many more secret nuke sites does Iran have?" Ha'aretz, 27 September 2009

Times Online, "China is the key to unlocking Iran," 27 September 2009

Reuters, "Gates favors diplomacy not military action on Iran," 27 September 2009

Richard Spencer, "Israel urges West to stand firm against Iran," Telegraph, 27 September 2009

BBC News, "Iran missile tests stoke tensions," 27 September 2009

Jim Puzzanghera and Christi Parsons, "U.S., allies to press Iran for free access to facility," Los Angeles Times, September 27, 2009

Tania Branigan, "Can China help to defuse the nuclear threat from Iran?" The Guardian, 27 September 2009

Times Online, "China is the key to unlocking Iran," 27 September 2009

Clifford Levy, "Warmer U.S.-Russia Relations May Yield Little in Action Toward Iran," New York Times, 27 September 2009

2009--28 September

Richard Spencer, Alex Spillius, "Iran given one last chance to talk on nuclear programme," Telegraph, 28 September 2009

Daily Star (Lebanon), "A coherent response from Iran is now required," 28 September 2009

Arab News, "Editorial: IAEA and Israel," 28 September 2009

Paul Richter, "Defense Secretary Robert Gates says severe sanctions on Iran could work," Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2009

Dawn, "Iran’s intentions," 28 September 2009

Alan Cowell, Nazila Fathi, "Iran Test-Fires Missiles That Put Israel in Range," New York Times, 28 September 2009

Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung, "Iran Tests Missiles On Eve Of Talks," Washington Post, 28 September 2009

Alan Cowell and Nazila Fathi, "Iran Is Reported to Test a Long-Range Missile," New York Times, 28 September 2009

New York Times, "Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile, Report Says," 28 September 2009

William J. Broad, Mark Mazzetti, and Devid E. Sanger, "A Nuclear Debate: Is Iran Designing Warheads?" New York Times, September 28, 2009

Reuters, "Russia worried by Iran missile tests: Lavrov," 28 September 2009

Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, "How to Press the Advantage With Iran," New York Times, 28 September 2009

2009--29 September

Greg Bruno, "Iran's Nuclear Program," Council on Foreign Relations, 29 September 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran, Arab world follow coordinated diplomacy," 29 September 2009

Fang Yang, "Russia against extra sanctions on Iran because of missile tests," Xinhua, 29 September 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran will accept no preconditions at Geneva talks: MP," 29 September 2009

The Associated Press, "US officials: Digging, clues revealed Iranian site," 29 September 2009

Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Harvey Morris, and Charles Clover, "Missile test increases tensions with west," Financial Times, 29 September 2009

New York Times, "Iran to Give Time Soon For Atom Plant Inspection," 29 September 2009

Yaakov Katz, "Analysis: Come spring, Israel will have to decide on Iran," Jerusalem Post, 29 September 2009

Charles Cooper, "Liberals And Left To War Over Iran?" CBS News, 29 September 2009

Matthias Kuntzel, "Iran Has No Right to Nuclear Technology," Wall Street Journal, 29 September 2009

Neil MacFarquhar, "Iran Is Seeking a 'Two-Way Street' at Talks," New York Times, 29 September 2009

Gary Milhollin and Valerie Lincy, "Lifting Iran's Nuclear Veil," New York Times, 29 September 2009

Reuters, "What Iran experts are saying about sanctions," 29 September 2009

Scott Shane, "In New Confrontation With Iran, Path to Iraq Is Again in Spotlight," New York Times, 29 September 2009

2009--30 September

Council on Foreign Relations, "What Iran Wants," Interviewee: Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran, Interviewer: Greg Bruno, 30 September 2009

William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, "Iran's Statement May Offer Window Into Nuclear Efforts," New York Times, 30 September 2009

Dan Williams, "Israel rethinks anti-Iran warnings," Reuters, 30 September 2009

New York Times, "Interview With Iran's Foreign Minister," 30 September 2009

Paul Richter and Christi Parsons, "Iran offers conflicting messages," Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2009

Richard Boudreaux, "Israel mutes its rhetoric against Iran as talks loom," Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2009

John Pomfret, "Oil, Ideology Keep China From Joining Push Against Iran," Washington Post, 30 September 2009

Chris Buckley, "China, US risk rifts in Middle East: former Chinese envoy," Reuters, 30 September 2009

Haviv Rettig Gur, "'US Jews back military strike on Iran'," Jerusalem Post, 30 September 2009

Charles Clover, Andrew England, "Saudis call on Russia to halt sale of missiles," Financial Times, 30 September 2009

2009--1 October

Steve Erlanger and Mark Landler, "Iran Agrees to Send Enriched Uranium to Russia," New York Times, 1 October 2009

Alistair Crooke, "LAT: The Power, and Threat, of Iran," Council on Foreign Relations, 1 October 2009

Paul Reynolds, "Talks herald new phase for Iran," BBC News, 1 October 2009

John Kerry, "Time for diplomacy to end the stand-off with Iran," Financial Times, 1 October 2009

Yaakov Katz, "Security and Defense: To attack or not to attack...?" Jerusalem Post, 1 October 2009

Daniel Dombey, James Blitz, "US and allies in disagreement on tactics for talks," Financial Times, 1 October 2009

Nazila Fathi, "Iranian Opposition Leader Warns Against Sanctions," New York Times, 1 October 2009

Tom Doggett, "US lawmakers vote to punish Iran's fuel suppliers," Reuters, 1 October 2009

Steve Clemons, "Good Start with Iran?" Washington Note, 1 October 2009

Dean Nelson, "Should we be so afraid of Iran?" Telegraph, 1 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran may consider withdrawing from NPT: MP," 1 October 2009

FOX News, "Diplomats: Iran, 6 World Powers Consider New Talks," 1 October 2009

Daily Star (Lebanon), "What will China's rising influence mean for the Middle East region?" 1 October 2009

Daniel Carty, "Can Saudi Weapons Deal Prod Russia To Turn Back on Iran?" CBS News, 1 October 2009

2009--2 October

James Blitz, Daniel Dombey, "Iran signals cut in uranium stocks," Financial Times, 2 October 2009

Mark Hosenball, "Split Over Iran Nukes," Newsweek, 2 October 2009

Richard Spencer, "Analysis: Iran to escape nuclear sanctions until 2010," Telegraph, 2 October 2009

Fred Kaplan, "Iran's Friendly Nuke Talk," Slate, 2 October 2009

Alex Spillius, "Brown and Sarkozy rowed with Obama over Iranian nuclear announcement," Telegraph, 2 October 2009

George Galloway, "The hawks are circling," The Guardian, 2 October 2009

James Blitz, Daniel Dombey, "Tehran agrees to inspection," Financial Times, 2 October 2009

Paul Richter, "Deal buys Iran time to obscure activities at nuclear plant, officials say," Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2009

Daniel Dombey, James Blitz, "Obama hails tentative agreement over Iran's nuclear programme," Financial Times, 2 October 2009

Helene Cooper, "US Wonders if Iran Is Playing for Time," New York Times, 2 October 2009

Xinhua, "Iran invites powers to "enhanced" high-level talks," 2 October 2009

Paul Rogers, "Iran, America, Israel: the nuclear gamble," Open Democracy, 2 October 2009

Peter Grier, "It was Uncle Sam who first gave Iran nuclear equipment," Christian Science Monitor, 2 October 2009

The Guardian, "Iran: Talking is the only option," 2 October 2009

Mark Hosenball, "Split Over Iran Nukes," Newsweek, October 2, 2009

John Limbert, "How to Talk to the Iranians," Atlantic Online, 2 October 2009

Christian Caryl, "The Other Ticking Clock in Iran," Foreign Policy, 2 October 2009

2009--3 October

James Blitz, Daniel Dombey and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, "France warns US on deal with Iran," Financial Times, October 3 2009

Jay Solomon, "Iran Diplomacy Shifts to UN Watchdog," Wall Street Journal, 3 October 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "October surprise in US-Iran relations," Asia Times Online, 3 October 2009

Harry Siegel, "New claim in leaked UN report," Politico, 3 October 2009

William J. Broad, David E. Sanger, "Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb," New York Times, 3 October 2009

Fareed Zakaria, "Containing a Nuclear Iran," Newsweek, 3 October 2009

Los Angeles Times, "U.N. nuclear chief arrives in Iran," 3 October 2009

Elise Labott, "Analysis: Iran is winner in nuclear talks, at least for now," CNN International, 3 October 2009

New York Times, "Negotiating With Tehran," 3 October 2009

David Gauthier-Villars, "France Plays Unaccustomed Role: Diplomatic Hawk," Wall Street Journal, 3 October 2009

Fox News, "Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger 'On the Record'," 3 October 2009

USA Today, "Congress readies Iran sanctions if diplomacy fails," 3 October 2009

Washington Post, "Report says Iran has data to make atom bomb," 3 October 2009

Aljazeera, "US 'silent on Israeli nuclear arms'," 3 October 2009

William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, "Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb," New York Times, 3 October 2009

Los Angeles Times, "U.N. nuclear chief arrives in Iran," 3 October 2009

2009--4 October

Daily Times (Pakistan), "‘Tehran held upper hand at Geneva talks’," 4 October 2009

Jackson Diehl, "The Coming Failure On Iran," Washington Post, 4 October 2009

Fred Hiatt, "Does Russia Get It?" Washington Post, 4 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Announcement of new nuclear fuel plant was timely: MP," 4 October 2009

Jackson Diehl, "The Coming Failure On Iran," Washington Post, 4 October 2009

Fred Hiatt, "Does Russia Get It?" Washington Post, 4 October 2009

Reuters, "Qatar Nat'l Bank denies investment in Iran oil field," 4 October 2009

FOX News, "Report: Iran Has Information to Make Nuclear Bomb," 4 October 2009

Tehran Times, "ElBaradei's trip to Iran not linked to Geneva talks: AEOI spokesman," 4 October 2009

Tehran Times, "5+1 group didn't ask Iran to suspend enrichment: Jalili," 4 October 2009

David E. Sanger and Nazila Fathi, "Iran Agrees to Allow Inspectors on Oct. 25," New York Times, 4 October 2009

Charlie Savage and Mark Landler, "Black Market Shows Iran Can Adapt to Sanctions," New York Times, 4 October 2009

2009--5 October

Jerusalem Post, "Mofaz: Iran 'buying time' in negotiations over nuclear program," 5 October 2009

Aljazeera, "Yemeni cleric blames Iran for war," 5 October 2009

Jeffrey Fleishman and Ramin Mostaghim, "Iran sets date for inspection of nuclear plant," Los Angeles Times, 5 October 2009

Eric Etheridge, "Did Iran Blink?" New York Times, 5 October 2009

2009--6 October

Jim Abrams, "US Officials: Iran's behavior will bring penalties," The Associated Press, 6 October 2009

Ron Kampeas, "Time line of recent Iran revelations, plans for sanctions," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 6 October 2009

AFP, "Clinton calls Iran nuclear talks a 'positive' step," 6 October 2009

Adam Rawnsley, "Gates Hints at More Secret Nuke Sites in Iran," Wired News, 6 October 2009

AFP, "US lawmakers to debate tough new Iran sanctions," 6 October 2009

AFP, "Iran closes three newspapers," 6 October 2009

Gareth Porter, "Leaked Iran Paper Based on Intel That Split IAEA," Truthout, 06 October 2009

Ben Katcher, "Imposing More Sanctions On Iran Will Not Work," The Washington Note, 6 October 2009

2009--7 October

Ben Smith, "Majority backs 'military conflict' with Iran," Politico, 7 October 2009

Bret Stephens, "How Israel Was Disarmed," Wall Street Journal, 7 October 2009

Tehran Times, "The road ahead for US-Iran relations," 7 October 2009

Times Online, "Nuclear power," 7 October 2009

James Sturcke, "Chávez jokes about helping Iran build nuclear bomb," The Guardian, 7 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran, Iraq seek expansion of judicial ties," 7 October 2009

Xinhua, "Iran to sue US over illegal treatment of detained Iranian diplomats," 7 October 2009

Helder Marinho, "Iran Says It Is Ready for Foreign Investment in Energy Industry," Bloomberg, 7 October 2009

Leon T. Hader, "Let France, Israel, the Saudis Deter Iran," The Huffington Post, 7 October 2009

Bobby Ghosh, Bruce Crumley, "CIA Knew About Iran's Secret Nuclear Plant Long Before Disclosure." Time, 7 October 2009

Lara Logan, "Cooperation Rises between Iran and Taliban," CBS News, 7 October 2009

Julian Borger, "Iran: US behind missing scientist," The Guardian, 7 October 2009

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, "Saudi king aiming to split Syria-Iran alliance," 7 October 2009

Julien Barnes-Dacey, "Fearful of Iran's influence, Saudi king reaches out to Syria," Christian Science Monitor, 7 October 2009

Michael J. Totten, "Iran Isn’t Stalinist Russia," Commentary, 7 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "'US may be planning to bomb Iran'," 7 October 2009

2009--8 October

Mark Heinrich, "Struggle looms to build on Iranian nuclear deals," Reuters, 8 October 2009

Tony Karon, "Iran: Can the US Take 'Yes, But' for an Answer?" Time, 8 October 2009

Dore Gold, "Waiting for the deadline on Iran - again," Jerusalem Post, 8 October 2009

Jim Lobe, "US public skeptical - and hawkish - on Iran," Asia Times Online, 8 October 2009

Ira Chernus, "Obama trapped behind wall of containment," Asia Times Online, 8 October 2009

Gareth Porter, "Leaked Iran paper exposes IAEA rift," Asia Times Online, 8 October 2009

Reuters, "Reformist website: Iran protester gets death sentence," 8 October 2009

David Wagner, "Is now the time to trust Iran?" Jerusalem Post, 8 October 2009

Yossi Melman, "Iranian nuke defections offer peek at shadow war," Ha'aretz, 8 October 2009

Haviv Rettig Gur, "Israel mum over Iran claim of int'l offers to sell it uranium," Jerusalem Post, 8 October 2009

Al Pessin, "US Advances Deployment of 'Bunker Buster' Bomb," Voice of America News, 8 October 2009

Investor's Business Daily, "MOP + UON Spells Trouble For Iran," 8 October 2009

AFP, "US lawmakers call for Obama's report on Iran by January 31," 8 October 2009

2009--9 October

Jerusalem Post, "Venezuela: Iran-backed mineral probe finds uranium," 9 October 2009

Lee Smith, "If Tehran Gets the Bomb …How Iranian nukes would reshape the Middle East," Slate, 9 October 2009

Ali Akbar Dareini, "Iran to 'blow up the heart of Israel' if attacked," The Associated Press, 9 October 2009

David Horovitz, "Watching and waiting," Jerusalem Post, 9 October 2009

Mustafa El-Labbad, "Calculations in Geneva," Al-Ahram Weekly, 9 October 2009

Graham Usher, "Rehashing Iraq in Iran," Al-Ahram Weekly, 9 October 2009

Jay Solomon, "US, Allies Confer on New Iran Sanctions," Wall Street Journal, 9 October 2009

2009--10 October

Jeffrey Fleishman, Ramin Mostaghim, "2 get death sentences for post-election uprising in Iran," Los Angeles Times, 10 October 2009

Michael Slackman, "Tehran Plans to Execute 3 Protesters of Election," New York Times, 10 October 2009

Ali Akbar Dareini, "Iran will enrich uranium further if talks fail," The Associated Press, 10 October 2009

CBS News, "US Sees Signs Iran Is Moving In Right Direction," 10 October 2009

Katie Reid, Jeff Mason, "Iran discussed on sidelines of Turkey-Armenia deal," Reuters, 10 October 2009

Hossein Jaseb, Hashem Kalantari, "Iran needs up to 300kg of nuclear fuel: report," Reuters, 10 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Iranian cleric hails 'great victory' in Geneva," 10 October 2009

AFP, "Mystery over missing Iranian in Saudi deepens," 10 October 2009

BBC News, "Amnesty decries Iran death ruling," 10 October 2009

The Associated Press, "Iran looms over Clinton trip to Europe, Russia," 10 October 2009

2009--11 October

Tehran Times, "MP: US request for talks shows Iran's power," 11 October 2009

Golnaz Esfandiari, "Iran Death Sentences Seen As Move To Intimidate Opposition," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 11 October 2009

Glenn Kessler, "Iran Seeks Deal for Reactor," Washington Post, 11 October 2009

Associated Press, "Clinton says Iran must show action on nuke program," 11 October 2009

Mary Beth Sheridan, "Clinton: US Confident in Pakistan's Control Over Nuclear Weapons," Washington Post, 11 October 2009

Tom Rivers, "Clinton: World Will Not Wait for Iran," Voice of America News, 11 October 2009

Rosa Prince, "Hillary Clinton and David Miliband tell Iran: time is running out for nuclear deal," Telegraph, 11 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "'Israel will not attack Iran under current circumstances'," 11 October 2009

Amir Oren, "The nuclear challenge," Ha'aretz, 11 October 2009

Yaakov Katz, "Israel, US to simulate response to war," Jerusalem Post, 11 October 2009

Times of India, "Israel, United States to hold key missile exercise amid nuclear row with Iran," 11 October 2009

Paul Harris, "Clinton woos Russia over Iran sanctions," The Guardian, 11 October 2009

AFP, "Mystery over missing Iranian in Saudi deepens," 11 October 2009

M.J. Rosenberg, "Neocons In Agony: They Know That Obama Peace Prize Means No Iran Attack," TPMCafe, October 11, 2009

2009--12 October

Reuters, "Iran sees possible Total deal worth $7.5-8 bln," 12 October 2009

Wall Street Journal, "Iran Talks With RAK Gas To Export To UAE -State Agency," 12 October 2009

Farhad Pouladi, "Iran opposition leaders demand to speak on TV," AFP, 12 October 2009

Hashem Kalantari and Fredrik Dahl, "Iran MPs back outlines of subsidy reform plan," Reuters, 12 October 2009

Jay Deshmukh, "Iran dismisses Clinton threat as Britain bars firms," AFP, 12 October 2009

John Vinocur, "This Time, the Hawks Are French," New York Times, 12 October 2009

Ali Sheikholeslami, "UK Bans Trade Ties With Iran Bank, Shipping Line," Bloomberg, 12 October 2009

Nasser Karimi, "Iran parliament moves ahead with fuel subsidy cuts," The Associated Press, 12 October 2009

Greg Miller and Julian E. Barnes, "Diplomacy in the lead on Iran nuclear issue -- for now," Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2009

2009--13 October

Business Week, "Iran, South Korea sign euro1.24 billion gas deal," 13 October 2009

Reuters, "Sanctions against Iran," 13 October 2009

Jay Deshmukh, "'Positive interest' by US for Iran talks," AFP, 13 October 2009

Al Jazeera, "Iran rejects deadlines on nuclear issue," 13 October 2009

Julian Borger, "Iran Threatens To Go It Alone on Uranium Enrichment If Talks Collapse," The Guardian, 13 October 2009

Jeffrey Herf, "A Dangerous Iran? Here's A Plan," CBS News, 13 October 2009

Mark Landler and Clifford J. Levy, "Russia Resists US Position on Sanctions for Iran," New York Times, 13 October 2009

Jake Sherman, "Bipartisan backing for Iran sanctions," Politico, 13 October 2009

2009--14 October

Catherine Philp, "Iran starts criminal inquiry into defeated candidate Mehdi Karroubi," Times Online, 14 October 2009

Andrea Mitchell, "Another setback on Iran," msnbc.com, 14 October 2009

Daily Times (Pakistan), "Assets safe despite UK ban: Bank Mellat," 14 October 2009

Robert Tait, "Iran not too fussy to trade with US," Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2009

Mu Xuequan, "Iran dismisses Western sanction threats over nuclear program," Xinhua, 14 October 2009

Reuven Pedatzur, "Nobel for Obama rules out US war with Iran," Ha'aretz, 14 October 2009

Yaakov Katz, "'We must do everything to stop Iran'," Jerusalem Post, 14 October 2009

Michael Slackman, "Some See Iran as Ready to Strike a Nuclear Deal," New York Times, 14 October 2009

Steve Weissman, "Let's Get Real About Israel and Iran," Truthout, 14 October 2009

Abe Greenwald, "Let States Divest from Iran," Commentary, 14 October 2009

2009--15 October

Joe Klein, "Russian Autumn," Time, 15 October 2009

Peter Feaver, "Foreign Policy: Stuck Between Nyet And A Hard Place," NPR, 15 October 2009

Tom Doggett, Christian Wiessner, "US Congress oks sanctions on Iran's fuel suppliers," Reuters, 15 October 2009

Roger Cohen, "An Ordinary Israel," New York Times, 15 October 2009

Lin Zhi, "Ahmadinejad: New US sanctions unlikely," Xinhua, 15 October 2009

Chris Buckley, "Chinese Premier hails cooperation with Iran," Reuters, 15 October 2009

John P. Hannah, "Cripple Iran to save it," Los Angeles Times, 15 October 2009

Washington Post, "How to Engage Iran," 15 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "'Israel will attack Iran after December'," 15 October 2009

Jad Mouawad, "Book on Marc Rich Details His Iran Oil Deals," New York Times, 15 October 2009

2009--16 October

Mark Heinrich, "Iranian go-slow dims deal chances at Vienna atom talks," Reuters, 16 October 2009

Eric Beech, Matthew Jones, "US mulling new assessment of Iran threat: report," Washington Post, 16 October 2009

Adrian Blomfield, "Interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres," Telegraph, 16 October 2009

Siobhan Gorman, Jay Solomon, "U.S. Considers a New Assessment of Iran Threat," Wall Street Journal, 16 October 2009

Marc Ginsberg, "Russia "Nyet!" and China "Bu Shi!" to Tougher Iran Sanctions," Huffington Post, 16 October 2009

David Pierson, "China's links to Iran a snag for sanctions," Los Angeles Times, 16 October 2009

Yaakov Lappin, "China 'strongly opposes' Iranian nukes," Jerusalem Post, 16 October 2009

Shai Oster, "China's Remarks Cast Doubt on Any Support for Sanctions," Wall Street Journal, 16 October 2009

Nick Baumann, "On Tape: Bolton Backs Israeli Nuke Strike On Iran?" Mother Jones, 16 October 2009

2009--17 October

David Ignatius, "Is there more time left on Iran's nuclear clock?" Daily Star (Lebanon), 17 October 2009

Pepe Escobar, "Putin lays down law for Clinton," Asia Times Online, 17 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "'US spy agencies may rewrite Iran NIE'," 17 October 2009

Tehran Times, "China committed to strengthening Iran ties, Russia rebuffs US," 17 October 2009

AFP, "Turkish PM slams Israel as a 'persecutor'," 17 October 2009

AFP, "Iran shipping firm denies UK charge of nuke ties," 17 October 2009

William Hartung, "The Truth About Iran and The Bomb," TPMCafe, 17 October 2009

2009--18 October

Peter Grier, "Iran's nuclear disclosures: why they matter," Christian Science Monitor, 18 October 2009

Aluf Benn, "The price of Netanyahu's policy," Ha'aretz, 18 October 2009

Shlomo Shamir, Barak Ravid, "Source: Report won't halt peace talks," Ha'aretz, 18 October 2009

Reuters, "Suicide bomber kills Iran Guards commanders," 18 October 2009

Laura Rozen, "US condemns Iran suicide attack," Politico, 18 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Ahmadinejad vows to strike back at those behind suicide bombing," 18 October 2009

Ladane Nasseri, "Iran Says Military Commanders Killed in Suicide Blast," Bloomberg, 18 October 2009

Michael Slackman, Mona el-Naggar, "Iran Guard Commanders Are Killed in Bombings," New York Times, 18 October 2009

Salman Ansari Javid, "Russia, China dismissed calls for sanctions," Tehran Times, 18 October 2009

Tariq Alhomayed, "Will Iran Establish Ties with Israel?" Asharq Alawsat, 18 October 2009

Khaleej Times, "Experts doubt effectiveness of US sanctions on Iran," 18 October 2009

Xinhua, "Iran attributes terrorist bomb attack to enemies' hostility," 18 October 2009

Reuters, "Iran blames 'foreign elements' for attack on Guards," 18 October 2009

Glenn Kessler, "Talks on Iranian Reactor Deal Show Divisions on Sanctions," Washington Post, 18 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat hyped," 18 October 2009

Khaleej Times, "Iran to seek guaranteed supply of nuclear fuel at Vienna," 18 October 2009

Stephen C. Webster, "Report: Iran incapable of producing nuke within six to eight years," Raw Story, 18 October 2009

Dan Raviv, "Game Plan: If Israel Strikes Iran First," CBS News, 18 October 2009

Joseph Cirincione, "Five Myths About Iran's Nuclear Program," Washington Post, October 18, 2009

2009--19 October

Fox News, "Iran Warns U.S., U.K. of Retaliation After Attack," 19 October 2009

Xinhua, "Iran plans to start uranium enrichment if talks fail: report," 19 October 2009

Yaakov Lappin, "Analysis: Now Iran has its own terrorism problem," Jerusalem Post, 19 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran and Russia propose oil trade without US dollar," 19 October 2009

Con Coughlin, "Iran is not in the mood to make peace with the West over its nuclear programme," Telegraph, 19 October 2009

Jeffrey Fleishman, "U.S., allies begin talks with Iran on nuclear program," Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2009

Jennifer Rubin, "Iran Is Winning," Commentary, 19 October 2009

2009--20 October

The Associated Press, "UN condemns Iranian terrorist attack," 20 October 2009

Massoumeh Torfeh, "Iran's evasive blame game," The Guardian, 20 October 2009

AFP, "UN condemns Iran attack, raises toll to 57," 20 October 2009

Tom Gjelten, "Iran, US Wage A Quiet War Over The Economy." NPR, 20 October 2009

Reuters, "Iran says nuclear technology program to go ahead," 20 October 2009

Robert Marquand, "Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna," Christian Science Monitor, 20 October 2009

Global Security, "Washington in favor of processing Iran's LEU in Russia, France," 20 October 2009

2009--21 October

Arab News, "Editorials: Blame game," 21 October 2009

Dawn (Pakistan), "Iranian General wants to hunt rebels in Pakistan," 21 October 2009

Mark Heinrich and Sylvia Westall, "Iran, 3 powers have till Friday to OK nuclear deal," Reuters, 21 October 2009

Reuters, "Eyeing Iran, Israel tests missile defenses with US," 21 October 2009

Brian Knowlton, "Clinton Says Iran and North Korea Must Curb Nuclear Ambitions," New York Times, 21 October 2009

2009--22 October

Paul Rogers, "America and Iran: big bombs and base politics," Open Democracy, 22 October 2009

Daily Times, "Iranian strike inside Pakistan a distant option: analysts," 22 October 2009

Mahan Abedin, "Iran trapped in a ring of unrest," Asia Times Online, 22 October 2009

Aljazeera, "US-Israeli missile war games begin," 22 October 2009

BBC News, "Israel 'met Iran' at atomic talks," 22 October 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "US, Iran move closer to nuclear deal," Los Angeles Times, 22 October 2009

David Crawford, "Iran Uranium Deal Appears to Be Close," Wall Street Journal, 22 October 2009

Press TV, "France, Israel 'exchange' nuclear intel on Iran," 22 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "'Iran may gain enrichment legitimacy'," 22 October 2009

Isabel Kershner, "Israel Signals Concern on Iran Talks," New York Times, 23 October 2009

BBC News, "The business of Iranian sanctions," 23 October 2009

Robert Marquand, "What Might Derail the Iran Nuclear Deal?" Christian Science Monitor, 22 October 2009

Keith Ellison, "Why increased US sanctions on Iran don't work," The Hill, 22 October 2009

2009--23 October

Howard LaFranchi, "Iran nuclear deal: How serious is Tehran's balk?" Christian Science Monitor, 23 October 2009

Richard Spencer, "Israeli military strike more likely after Iran misses nuclear deadline," Telegraph, 23 October 2009

Nathan Hodge, "In Israel, a Key Test of Obama's Retooled Missile Shield," Wired News, 23 October 2009

Charles Levinson, "U.S., Israel Start Defense Drill," Wall Street Journal, 23 October 2009

Yaakov Lappin, "'US-Israel drill unrelated to current events'," Jerusalem Post, 23 October 2009

Anshel Pfeffer, "IDF, US army simulate Iran missile attack," Ha'aretz, 23 October 2009

Reuters, "Russia agrees to Iran nuclear deal: Lavrov," 23 October 2009

Strategy Page, "U.S. And Israel Train To Stop Iran," 23 October 2009

Press TV, "Iran's Interior Minister in Pakistan over Jundallah," 23 October 2009

Barak Ravid and Yossi Melman, "EU official: Israel out of the loop on Iran talks," Ha'aretz, 23 October 2009

ABC News, "Israel Anxious Over Iran Nuclear Deal," 23 October 2009

Fox News, "Israel Worried Iran Will Use Uranium Deal for Nukes," 23 October 2009

Meir Javedanfar, "Iran will emerge victorious," The Guardian, 23 October 2009

Justin Raimondo, "Our Two-Faced Iran Policy," Antiwar.com, 23 October 2009

2009--24 October

Philip Sherwell, "Blow to Barack Obama's strategy as Iranian lawmaker attacks UN nuclear deal," Telegraph, 24 October 2009

Anne Penketh, "Tough American sanctions likely as Tehran stalls for time," Independent, 24 October 2009

Wall Street Journal, "Dickering Over Uranium," 24 October 2009

David Horovitz, "Stand with us," Jerusalem Post, 24 October 2009

Hossein Jaseb and Hashem Kalantari, "Iran says committed to crude production quota: report," Reuters, 24 October 2009

Ha'aretz, "Netanyahu: U.S.-led effort is best way to stop Iran danger," 24 October 2009

Voice of America News, "Iran to Respond to UN Uranium Proposal Next Week," 24 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Russia to continue military cooperation with Iran," 24 October 2009

Tehran Times, "US lawmakers to toughen anti-Iran sanctions," 24 October 2009

Washington Post, "Obama calls Sarkozy, Medvedev on Iran nuclear plan," 24 October 2009

2009--25 October

Ladane Nasseri, "UN Nuclear Team in Iran Visits Newly Revealed Site," Bloomberg, 25 October 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Top Iran official says West's nuclear plan a coverup for theft," Los Angeles Times, 25 October 2009

AFP, "US, France, Russia pledge support for Iran nuclear deal," 25 October 2009

Newsday, "UN inspectors visit once-secret Iranian site," 25 October 2009

Hossein Jaseb, "U.N. experts in Iran to inspect new nuclear site," Reuters, 25 October 2009

Times of India, "UN inspectors arrive in Iran to check controversial nuclear plant," 25 October 2009

Daily Times (Pakistan), "Gilani assures Iran of tracking down Sistan attackers," 25 October 2009

Amos Harel, "Expect more trickery from Iran in nuclear talks," Ha'aretz, 25 October 2009

Tehran Times, "Swiss EGL in talks with Turkey to transit Iranian gas," 25 October 2009

David E. Sanger, "Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Deal," New York Times, 25 October 2009

2009--26 October

Yossi Melman, "As world awaits Tehran on nukes deal, inspectors travel to Iran," Ha'aretz, 26 October 2009

Hashem Kalantari, "MP says Iran leader opposes direct talks with US," Reuters, 26 October 2009

BBC News, "Turkey chastises the West on Iran," 26 October 2009

Ha'aretz, "Report: Turkey PM says Lieberman threatened to nuke Gaza," 26 October 2009

Robert Tait, "'Iran is our friend,' says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan," The Guardian, 26 October 2009

United Press International, "Iran plans to increase gas exports," 26 October 2009

United Press International, "Iran prepares for US gas sanctions," 26 October 2009

New York Times, "Iran May Endorse Deal," 26 October 2009

2009--27 October

Huma Yusuf, " Pakistan releases 11 Iranian guards after cross-border incursion," Christian Science Monitor, 27 October 2009

Dan Bilefsky, "Tensions Between Turkey and the West Increase," New York Times, 27 October 2009

Stephen Kinzer, "Turkey leads the Muslim world," The Guardian, 27 October 2009

Jay Deshmukh and Farhad Pouladi , "Iran to accept nuclear fuel deal but wants key changes: TV," AFP, 27 October 2009

Iason Athanasiadis, "Erdogan hits West over Iran nuke pressure," Washington Times, 27 October 2009

Robert Burns, "Analysis: US making plans for Iran nuke strategy," Associated Press, 27 October 2009

2009--28 October

Rob Mudge, "Which way will Turkey turn, East or West?" Deutsche Welle, 28 October 2009

Los Angeles Times, "Ahmadinejad, Turkish premier find common ground on nuclear issue," October 28, 2009

Aljazeera, "Iran hails Turkey's nuclear support," 28 October 2009

AFP, "US ready to respond if Iran falters: Obama adviser," 28 October 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran reportedly to seek to alter nuclear plan," Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2009

Veronika Oleksyn, "IAEA team back from Iran inspection," Associated Press, 28 October 2009

Mu Xuequan, "Russia says has not delivered S-300 systems to Iran," Xinhua, 28 October 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Russian deputy PM: No S-300 delivery to Iran yet," 28 October 2009

Edith M. Lederer, "UN chief says Iran should accept uranium plan," Associated Press, 28 October 2009

Barry Rubin, "Containment of a Nuclear Iran: Sounds good but it's a risky and possibly losing strategy," The Rubin Report, 28 October 2009

Ali Akbar Dareini, "Iran supreme leader: Questioning elections a crime," The Associated Press, 28 October 2009

2009--29 October

BBC News, "UN hopes for Iran nuclear accord," 29 October 2009

George Jahn, "Iran Lauds Nuke 'Cooperation'--but Hedges on Deal," ABC News, 29 October 2009

Julian Borger, "The fading of an Iranian mirage," The Guardian, 29 October 2009

Robert Marquand, "Iran stalls nuclear program deal as clock ticks towards sanctions," Christian Science Monitor, 29 October 2009

Dilip Hiro, "Why Obama's Iran Policy Will Fail," CBS News, 29 October 2009

Richard Spencer, "Iran claims victory in nuclear battle with the West," Telegraph, 29 October 2009

Corey Flintoff, "Iran Makes Counter Offer On Nuclear Deal," NPR, 29 October 2009

Richard Spencer, "Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal," Telegraph, 29 October 2009

Julian Borger, "Iran's conditions push nuclear deal close to collapse," The Guardian, 29 October 2009

Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett, "What serious diplomacy looks like -- in Turkey," Politico, 29 October 2009

Ilene R. Prusher, "To defend against Iran missiles, US and Israel conduct joint exercises," Christian Science Monitor, 29 October 2009

Jonathan Ferziger, "US Destroyer's Visit to Israel Shows Support, Commander Says," Bloomberg, 29 October 2009

Israel Today, "'US better act before Israel attacks Iran'," 29 October 2009

Associated Press, "Ahmadinejad says West now cooperating with Iran," 29 October 2009

Reuters, "Iran ready to cooperate on nuclear fuel," 29 October 2009

Washington Post, "Sanctions unlikely soon, Kremlin says," 29 October 2009

Paul Richter, "House panel approves bill to punish Iran," Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2009

Bernie Becker, "Senate Panel Authorizes Stronger Iran Sanctions," New York Times, 29 October 2009

Janine Zacharia, "Senate Panel Backs Iran Petroleum Investment Sanction," Bloomberg, 29 October 2009

Dimitri K. Simes, "Moscow in the Middle," Time, 29 October 2009

Henry Meyer, Anthony DiPaola, "Iran May Evade US Sanctions as UAE Delivers Fuel," Bloomberg, 29 October 2009

George Jahn, "Iran Lauds Nuke 'Cooperation' _ but Hedges on Deal," ABC News, 29 October 2009

Rachel Donadio, "Vatican City: Pope Calls On Iran to Allow Christian Worship," New York Times, 29 October 2009

2009--30 October

Reza Derakhshi, "Iran wants nuke deal altered," Arab News, 30 October 2009

Anne Tang, "Obama to meet Turkish PM in early December: White House," Xinhua, 30 October 2009

Institute of International Trade, "Limited Sanction for Oil Companies," 30 October 2009

Forbes, "Turkey plans to dump dollar in trade with Iran," 30 October 2009

Glenn Kessler and Thomas Erdbrink, "Iran counters UN on uranium plan," Washington Post, 30 October 2009

David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger, "Iran reportedly rejects accord," Boston Globe, 30 October 2009

Chip Cummins, Jay Solomon, and David Crawford, "Iran Seeks to Alter Agreement," Wall Street Journal, 30 October 2009

Hilary Leila Krieger and Herb Keinon, "Congress turns up pressure on Iran," Jerusalem Post, 30 October 2009

Andrew Stern, "Iran scholar urges U.S. to shift focus to democracy," Reuters, 30 October 2009

Yossi Klein Halevi, "The Return of Israel's Existential Dread," Wall Street Journal, 30 October 2009

2009--31 October

Jean Yackley, "Turkey's Erdogan slams nuclear sanctions on Iran," Reuters, 31 October 2009

Reuters, "Iran says in talks on Nabucco participation-report," 31 October 2009

Los Angeles Times, "Turkey flirts with Tehran," 31 October 2009

Aresu Eqbali, "Ahmadinejad says West still untrustworthy over Iran talks," AFP, 31 October 2009

Fredrik Dahl and Hossein Jaseb, "Senior Iran MPs reject U.N. atom fuel plan," Reuters, 31 October 2009

AFP, "Iran says EU firms in talks to bring its gas to Nabucco," 31 October 2009

Reuters, "Clinton urges Iran to take deal, won't 'wait forever'," 31 October 2009

Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis 1 September 2009--31 October 2009

Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
1 September 2009--31 October 2009