• Islamic Republic spokesman rules out enrichment suspension.
  • Good cop: Larijani says it might talk to Washington if Rice abided by protocol.
  • Good cop: Foreign Minister willing to hold talks without preconditions.
  • Bad Cop: Ahmadinejad promises to thwart enemy plots to stymie Iranian nuke program.
  • MP chides Ahmadinejad’s style, but not his substance.
  • Portugal rewards Iranian intransigence with further trade.
  • Former French Foreign Minister blasts Washington while in Tehran.
  • Iraqi Kurds reach out economically to Iran.
  • Iranian military confronts protesting Iranian Kurdish workers.
  • Textile workers unpaid for two months.
  • Iranian oil workers protest.
  • Expanding ties between Tehran and Latin America. Here, here, here, and here.
  • Picture of the Day: Ahmadinejad opens automobile factory.