Iran Nuclear Talks: Tehran 'Will Not Step Back One Iota' -- BBC
Iran's Supreme Leader has warned his country will not step back "one iota" from its nuclear rights, as it resumes talks with world powers in Geneva.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he would not intervene directly in the negotiations, but that he had set "red lines" for Iran's representatives.
President Barack Obama meanwhile urged US senators not to impose new sanctions on Iran to allow time for diplomacy.
He was unsure if it would be possible to reach an interim agreement soon.
"We don't know if we'll be able to close a deal with Iran this week or next week," he told a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) forum in Washington on Tuesday.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syrian army captures key town of Qara from rebels.
Beirut suicide blasts raise tensions in Lebanon as Sunni militants target Iran.
Turkey says Assad exploiting delays to Syria peace talks.
Iran nuclear talks set to resume in spite of unease in both Tehran and Washington.
Iran calls Israel 'rabid dog' amid nuclear talks. Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘doomed to collapse’.
Deadly bomb attacks strike Baghdad.
Flight of Iraq Christians resumes amid surge in unrest.
ASIA
Afghan-U.S. security pact in limbo day before crucial Kabul debate.
U.S. to offer Afghans assurances to remove hurdle in post-2014 deal.
Afghan officials in Pakistan for Taliban peace talks: source.
Voter turnout in Nepal is heavy despite violence.
Indonesia 'downgrading' Australia ties amid spying row.
Afghan refugees in Iran face harassment, report finds.
Kim Il-sung ordered doctors to make him live to 120.
China says disaster relief teams and navy medical ship will go to Philippines in coming days.
AFRICA
Egyptian troops killed in car bomb attack on bus.
Explosion wounds 3 French soldiers in North Mali.
DR Congo officers in rape and war crimes trail.
CAR president promises return to security.
Ugandan President accused of subverting East African community.
South Africa mall rescue halted while debris removed.
Mozambicans go to polls amid unrest.
EUROPE
Europeans form 'drone club,' want to compete.
Russian court grants bail to 5 more Greenpeace activists.
Relief for Italy's Letta as minister survives no-confidence vote.
Spanish ships could be mistaken for terrorists and shot at, Gibraltar minister warns.
Sardinia counts cyclone damage as storms pummel Italy.
Church of England paves way for women bishops in 2014.
Russian plane crash: Voice recorder found in wreckage of doomed jet.
AMERICAS
Poll: Obamacare support, his approval sink to new lows.
Maduro gets power to rule by decree.
Toronto mayor vows to go clean while city hall changes the locks.
Biden thanks Panama for Cuba, N. Korea arms interception.
Fernandez reshuffles Argentina cabinet.
Rio's Olympic waterways full of trash, sewage.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Exclusive: US may have let 'dozens' of terrorists into country as refugees.
Counter-terrorism: The dark secrets of Islamic terrorism.
Guantanamo's last UK inmate Shaker Aamer speaks from cell.
Israel rejects bid to free suspected Qaeda operative.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Bernanke: Fed committed to easy policy for as long as needed.
Madonna tops Forbes' highest-paid musicians list.
JPMorgan mortgage settlement is biggest in U.S. history.
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