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AP quoted Iran's parliamentary speaker and former chief negotiator Larijani saying Iran wanted to continue nuclear talks with the West. "Iran wants to continue talks on its nuclear program if Western countries are willing to return to the negotiating table, Iran's former chief negotiator said Tuesday. Ali Larijani, who is now Iran's parliamentary speaker, said the country is prepared to negotiate but cannot accept what he described as 'conditions that were impossible to achieve.'" Read More

AP reported that "A former Iranian official has been sentenced in Los Angeles to nearly three years in prison for violating the U.S. trade embargo against that country." "Seyed Mousavi of Diamond Bar also was fined $12,500 and had his U.S. citizenship revoked Tuesday in federal court. Mousavi was an interrogator for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court before emigrating." Read More

Iranian press covered Larijani's comments that the US would be "awakened from their slumber to a terrifying nightmare" if there were an attack against Iran. Read More

Iranian press reported that "The Iranian Foreign Ministry has published a book on the history of Tehran's nuclear program and the need to continue it." "The book, authored by Kazem Qaribabadi, was unveiled in a ceremony held at the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) headquarters in Tehran on Tuesday. ... "'Nuclear technology plays an undeniable role in the enhancement of mankind's knowledge, control over nature, and humanity's welfare and in raising the standard of living,' the author says in the introduction of the book." Read More