Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran (AP)

Herman Nackaerts (R), head of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrives from Iran next to delegates Raphael Grossi (L) and Laura Rockwook at the airport in Vienna February 22, 2012. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement with Iran during talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected a request to visit a military site. The team from the IAEA had hoped to inspect a site at Parchin, southeast of the capital Tehran, where the agency believes there is a containment chamber to test explosives, suggesting possible weapon development. Iran has denied the charge that it is developing nuclear weapons. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerAP - Russia said Wednesday the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to investigate allegations the Islamic Republic hid secret work on atomic arms, but the U.S. and its allies accused Tehran of nuclear defiance.
U.S., European security officials discount Iran-Al Qaeda links (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. and European officials are downplaying allegations that Iran and al Qaeda have recently stepped up cooperation in preparation for possible attacks on U.S. and other Western targets.
Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail (Reuters)

Herman Nackaerts (R), head of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrives from Iran next to delegates Raphael Grossi (L) and Laura Rockwook at the airport in Vienna February 22, 2012. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement with Iran during talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected a request to visit a military site. The team from the IAEA had hoped to inspect a site at Parchin, southeast of the capital Tehran, where the agency believes there is a containment chamber to test explosives, suggesting possible weapon development. Iran has denied the charge that it is developing nuclear weapons. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
Russia warns Israel not to attack Iran (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia warned Israel on Wednesday that attacking Iran would be a disastrous and played down the failure of a U.N. nuclear agency mission to Tehran, saying there is still a chance for new talks over the Iranian atomic program.
Israeli minister rejects foreign warnings on Iran (AP)
AP - Israel's foreign minister says the Jewish state will not bow to foreign pressure in deciding whether to attack Iran.
Questions remain: Iran blocks nuclear experts from key site (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Key questions about Iran's nuclear program remain unresolved despite two days of talks with UN experts in Tehran about possible weapons efforts.
Khamenei: No obstacles can stop Iran's nuclear course (Reuters)
Reuters - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran's nuclear course would not change regardless of international sanctions, assassinations or other pressures.
A Diplomatic Solution to the Iran Nuclear Standoff May Depend On Compromises (Time.com)
Time.com - Sanctions on Iran are beginning to work, goes the argument from the Obama Administration, and they should be given more time to bring Tehran to heel
Mother visits ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran (AP)
AP - The mother of a former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran on a spying conviction has visited her son in an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the Michigan family said Tuesday.
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AP - Italy officials: Divers find 4 more bodies in cruise ship wreckage, bringing day's total to 8.
New claims suggest sweep of Iran's covert plots (AP)

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, Thai immigration officers escort detained Iranian Mohammad Kharzei, center, at the immigration headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand. In Bangkok, the three Iranian suspects in custody appeared to take advantage of Thailand's foreigner-friendly culture to live openly while allegedly putting together a bomb cache whose targets, police say, included the Israeli Embassy.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)AP - Piece by piece, the tools for an alleged Iranian-directed murder team were smuggled into Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. A sniper rifle with silencer. Pistols. Sixteen pieces of plastic explosives and detonators.
Azerbaijan says it busts alleged pro-Iran group (AP)
AP - Azerbaijan's security agency said Tuesday it has busted a suspected terrorist group working for Iran's secret services, the second such claim this year as tensions rise between the two neighbors.
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