Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, discusses the ongoing talks in Vienna with France, Russia, the U.S. and the IAEA. He says his nation is willing to send fissile material abroad to be processed for medical purposes back in Iran. (Samuel Kubani / AFP/Getty Images / October 21, 2009)Iran Delays Response To IAEA On Nuclear Fuel Offer -- Washington Post
Iran said Friday that it would respond next week to an international offer to supply fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Tehran, leaving unclear whether it was prepared to accept a deal that would reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium and assuage Western concerns about its nuclear program.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
We Have Met the Enemy . . . And it is Iran -- Michael Ledeen, Weekly Standard
China, India Stoke 21st-Century Rivalry -- Peter Wonacott, Wall Street Journal
Obama Needs an Afghan Decision -- Daniel Fata, German Marshall Fund/Real Clear World
So where is that European missile defense radar? -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal
Detente on Ice (with Iran) - Washington Post editorial.
Counting Backward (Iraq) -- New York Times editorial
Bosnia and American Exceptionalism -- Bob Dole, Wall Street Journal opinion
The Grand Mufti's Mission -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post opinion
Turkey Turns East as EU Clings to Past -- Philip Stephens, Financial Times
Hold the Champagne on Chinese Economy -- Michael Auslin, The American
Obama's Intentions vs. Mideast Reality -- Shira Herzog, Globe and Mail
The real battle for Sudan (and not a film star in sight) -- Alan Philps, The National
Israel in Denial over Turkish Rage -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian