• Tehran prefers carrots; warns that new UN Security Council resolution will worsen situation.
  • Iran condemns Rushdie knighthood as Islamophobia.
  • British ambassador to Tehran lauds improving relations. Inaugurates new joint projects.
  • Supreme Leader meets Turkmenistan delegation.
  • Rice and Burns still see meetings with low, powerless figures as victory rather than humiliation.
  • Diplomatic Drive:
  • Iran and Syria confer, coordinate over Palestinian situation.
  • Norwegian ambassador lauds Iran; Oslo to help erode Tehran’s isolation.
  • Iran and Cuba sign 29 Memorandums of Understanding. Tehran offers loan.
  • Russian foreign minister comes to Tehran.
  • Wanted al-Qaeda operative in Iran?
  • Ayatollah Lankarani dies.
  • Supreme Leader eulogizes.
  • Picture of the Day: Lankarani’s funeral.