October 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Speaking at a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised growing trade between Europe and Russia. And he reaffirmed the Kremlin's position that negotiations -- not threats -- are the key to progress with Tehran. Putin also confirmed he will fly to Iran later tonight as planned, despite reports of a possible assassination plot against him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has shrugged off reports of an alleged plot to kill him in Iran and is going ahead with a historic trip to Tehran to attend a Caspian Sea summit.
Leaders of Iran and the four other Caspian states are meeting in Tehran this week to try to hammer out a legal framework for use of the sea and its rich resources.
President Vladimir Putin is in Germany today for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has stressed the need for "good relations at all levels" with Russia.
October 12, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates held a series of so-called "two-plus-two" meetings in Moscow today with their Russian counterparts, Sergei Lavrov and Anatoly Serdyukov.<br>
Student activists in Iran have faced growing government pressure in the past two years, including threats, detentions, and jail terms. But Radio Farda reports that an October 8 protest appears to signal the limited success officials have had in silencing dissent on university campuses.
While government supporters say a state agency's report that unemployment has fallen below 10 percent shows its policies are working, others question the figure or its significance, saying it might not reflect the realities of the job market.
October 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrive in Moscow on October 12 to discuss plans to deploy parts of a missile-defense shield in Central Europe.
October 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- An Iranian animal-rights group claims a recent clampdown against keeping dogs as pets appears to have abated in Tehran.
October 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has held talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, saying he and his Russian counterpart found some common ground on the issues of Iran's nuclear program and Kosovo's future.
Shirin Ebadi (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, October 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer and human-rights activist, says rights abuses have worsened in Iran in the past year, but that military action is not the solution to Iran's domestic problems. Nobel laureate Ebadi was in Prague this week for the Forum 2000 conference, an annual gathering of figures from politics, academia, and business, where Toumaj Tahbaz of Radio Farda caught up with her.
PRAGUE, October 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iran's top human rights lawyer has warned that a potential U.S. military strike against Iran would worsen the country's human rights situation by giving the government an excuse to intensify its crackdown on critics.
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