Dennis Ross, left, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right at center, visiting the Natanz uranium enrichment facilities. (l to r): Cris Bouroncle / AFP / Getty; GettyCan The U.S. Contain Iran's Nuclear Ambitions? -- Time Magazine
In late April the Swiss ambassador to Tehran arrived in Washington with a secret message for the small team in charge of Barack Obama's outreach to Iran. The rulers in Tehran were getting ready to release the American journalist Roxana Saberi, who had been charged with spying. But they wanted the U.S. to know that if she was freed, it would not be a concession; it would be a test. For more than two years, U.S. forces in Iraq had been holding three Iranian diplomats they believed were members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, linked to terrorist attacks in the region. Iran was not asking for the three men to be released in exchange for Saberi. But Tehran would be watching for the U.S. response.
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More News On Iran's Nuclear Program
Iran says U.N. report shows its nuclear work peaceful -- Reuters
Iran nuclear program advancing, U.N. agency says -- L.A. Times
Iran in major nuclear expansion, U.N. oversight harder -- Washington Post
Iran Has Centrifuge Capacity for Nuclear Arms, Report Says -- New York Times
Iran Increases Uranium Enrichment Pace, Defies UN Inspectors -- Bloomberg
Iran closer to nuclear weapon capacity -- Washington Times
UN: Iran expands uranium efforts, is blocking monitoring -- Miami Herald/McClatchy