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The Latest from Iran (30 October): Tehran's Mixed Messages
1314 GMT: Nuclear Watch. Laura Rozen of Al Monitor, from US and European sources, writes that Tehran --- in another sign of interest in furthering talks over its nuclear programme --- has appointed the head of a think tank as its central point of contact for unofficial "Track 2" talks with Americans.
In the past, Track 2 talks have substituted for the lack of official discussions between Tehran and Washington. The intriguing possibility now, given recent revelations of secret meetings between US and Iranian officials --- including the Supreme Leader's top advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, according to EA sources --- is that the unofficial channels may be supporting a new initiative between the regime and the US Government.
Rozen writes that Mostafa Dolatyar, a career Iranian diplomat who heads the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), which has close ties to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has been named the regime's liaison for contacts with "unofficial" American experts, including former senior US officials.
0555 GMT: Foreign Affairs (Sudanese Front). Maggie Fick of the Associated Press reviews the recent tension over alleged links between Sudan and Iran, with last week's explosion at a Sudanese arms factory --- allegedly the result of an Israeli airstrike --- and two Iranian warships docked at the country's main port.
0510 GMT: With a lull in the political attacks on him on Tuesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tried to display his authority through a series of Presidential setpieces.
The pro-Ahmadinejad State news agency IRNA highlights the President's phone call to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sleiman, following the car bomb in Beirut earlier this month that killed senior intelligence officer Wissam al-Hassan and raised fears of open fighting throughout . According to IRNA, Ahmadinejad said "enemies" had targeted the security and integrity of Lebanon.
In another statement, Ahmadinejad heralded the expansion of economic ties with Armenia, while Al-Hayat claimed that the President will visit Baghdad in November to participate in the International Conference on Combating Terrorism, meet Iraqi officials, sign security and economic agreements, an d discuss the Syrian crisis.
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