Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has said that Tehran had prepared an “updated” proposal and was ready to resume talks with the West on its nuclear program, "in order to ease common concerns in the international arena." Tougher sanctions against Iran are due to be considered at a meeting of the Six Nations in Germany on Wednesday. A German Foreign Office spokesman said on Wednesday: "So far we have not received any such communication from the Iranian government through official channels. Consequently, from our point of view nothing has changed."
Meanwhile, Iran’s new Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was confirmed by the Iranian parliament in Tehran by acclamation, with chants of “Death to Israel”. Vahidi is the suspected mastermind of Argentina's worst terrorist attack and wanted there in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing. Some opposition legislators also voted for him, expressly giving the international arrest warrant (Interpol ‘red notice’) as a reason. Later, Vahidi said he would do his utmost to increase logistical capabilities of the Iran’s armed forces based in the face of the growing threats from hostile countries, particularly Israel.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who appointed Vahid, announced that he will attend the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly later this month in New York, as he did in previous years.
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