TEHRAN -- Iran's nuclear chief said Monday that Tehran could consider diluting its 60 percent enriched uranium, but only if all international sanctions are fully lifted, according to the state news agency IRNA.
Mohammad Eslami, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, made the remarks in response to a question about whether the United States had requested a reduction in enrichment during indirect talks in Oman on Friday. (Iran-US-Nuclear Issue-Lift of Sanctions)
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RAMALLAH/CAIRO -- Several Arab and Islamic countries on Monday condemned Israel for its recent decisions to deepen control over the West Bank and expand Jewish settlements.
In a brief press statement, Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh urged the Arab League Council, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the United Nations Security Council to hold emergency meetings to discuss what he described as "dangerous decisions" by the Israeli government. (Arab and Islamic countries-Israel-West Bank)
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TEHRAN -- The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, will lead a delegation to the Omani capital of Muscat on Tuesday, according to the SNSC-affiliated Nour News.
Larijani is scheduled to meet with high-ranking Omani officials to discuss regional and international developments, as well as bilateral relations, the news outlet reported Monday. (Iran-US-Nuclear talks)
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CAIRO -- Fifty-three migrants, including two infants, were dead or missing after their rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday.
The vessel, which was carrying 55 people, overturned on Friday north of the city of Zuwara, northwestern Libya. Only two survivors, both Nigerian women, were rescued by Libyan authorities. One survivor reported losing her husband in the wreck; the other lost her two children, the IOM said. (Libya-Migrants-Casualties) Enditem
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