Iran calls new UN sanctions 'worthless' (AP)

US denies Iran rift, war plans (AFP)
AFP - The White House denied Wednesday that a rift over Iran cost the commander of US forces in the Middle East his job and said no one inside the US government was even suggesting war...

U.N. council approves new sanctions on Iran (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.N. Security Council imposed a third round of sanctions on Iran on Monday for refusing to suspend sensitive nuclear activities but Tehran dismissed the council's decision as...

Iran says it now runs more than 5,000 centrifuges (AP)
AP - Iran has more than 5,000 centrifuges to process uranium at its enrichment plant, its nuclear chief said Wednesday, in the country's latest defiance of U.N. demands that it halt the...

Analysis: Stable Iraq could influence Mideast (AP)
AP - As violence in Iraq recedes, neighboring states are pondering how to deal with an unwieldy country that could re-emerge as a key player along with Saudi Arabia and Iran in one of the...

Iran's leader gives thumbs down during Bush speech (AP)
AP - Iran's leader flashed a thumbs-down Tuesday as President Bush denounced Tehran as a sponsor of global terrorism in his farewell address to the U.N.