AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defended Iran's controversial nuclear programme on Thursday, during a visit to Damascus by Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, and promised that cooperation between the two countries would... Full Article at France 24

Saeed Jalili, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in Syria that the only way to deal with the "Zionist enemy" was resistance. Full Article at Ynetnews

A bus of Iranian pilgrims exploded in central Damascus, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday morning. Some Arab media outlets were linking the explosion to the current visit of Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, in Syria. Full Article at Jerusalem Post

A leading arms control expert, George Perkovich says Iran's domestic political turmoil has seemingly caused it to back out of an agreement with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany to send its processed uranium out of the... Full Article at Council on Foreign Relations

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that the Islamic Republic will not retreat one step from the nuclear rights of its nation, the local satellite Press TV reported Tuesday. Full Article at People's Daily Online

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to a Tehran nuclear reactor -- despite the country's apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to curb Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.The Iranian top nuclear... Full Article at Wall Street Journal