Iran
Yemeni authorities have stopped a boat in their territorial waters carrying a large cache of explosives, weapons, and money, including surface-to-air missiles, said U.S. officials on Monday, according to Reuters. Officials said there were indications that the weapons traced back to Iran.
In a seemingly quirky turn of events, state-sponsored Iranian television has announced that the Islamic Republic has has successfully put a monkey into space as a prelude to manned space flight.
Iran Officials warns Western nations not to continue with sanctions against Iran
As the final presidential debate on foreign policy looms, the New York Times reports that Obama administration is in talks with the Iranian government and have decided to meet for talks after the November 6 election, according to an unnamed senior official in the white house.
Iran calls sanctions "inhuman," ineffective
The semi-official news agency publish and plagiarized a story on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President Barack Obama on Friday.
The Israeli Prime Minister, which is scheduled to speak in front of the UN General Assembly today, is expected to set an ultimatum for Iran.
The Iranian president addressed a group of leaders at the U.N. General Assembly during his eighth visit as president.
