FROM CNN'S SECURITY CLEARANCE BLOG:
World powers plan to make Iran a "serious" offer of economic incentives at talks next week on its nuclear program, Western officials tell CNN.
In exchange for easing of sanctions barring trade with Iran in gold and other precious metals, the so-called P5+1 diplomatic bloc of countries wants Iran to shut its underground enrichment facility at Fordo, near the holy city of Qom and ship out its stockpile of uranium enriched to 20% purity, the officials said.
The group, comprised of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, plans to deliver the offer at talks next Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Elise Labott has more on the story.
(CNN) - Iran says it has decoded and released footage from a U.S. drone that it downed more than a year ago.
The black and white aerial footage, Iran claims was from a RQ-170 spy plane, was aired by Iranian news agencies and placed on YouTube.
A man, identified in Iranian media as Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, narrates parts of the footage.
CNN can not independently verify the authenticity of the video. Also CNN could not immediately reach Pentagon officials for comment.
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Reza Sayah looks at the claims from Iran, and whether the claims could be true.
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Breaking news comes this morning from the Middle East. Iran claims it has captured a U.S. drone. State TV in Tehran is showing two Revolutionary Guard commanders examining what appears to be a scan eagle drone. But a U.S. defense official told CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr moments ago that all unmanned air vehicles operating in the region are accounted for.
Starr comes to “Early Start” with more on the story. She’s also following the latest on escalating tensions in Syria. President Obama has issued a warning to the Syrian government if it uses chemical weapons against the Syrian people.
The new film "Argo," directed by and starring Ben Affleck, is getting plenty of Oscar buzz.
It's based on an incredible true story of six American embassy workers who escaped capture during the Iranian Revolution in 1979. During the Iranian hostage crisis, 52 Americans were held for 444 days. It started in the Carter administration and ended the day Ronald Reagan took office. The movie documents the little known covert CIA operation that got them out.
This morning on "Early Start," Alina Cho shares her exclusive interview with the "real" embassy workers on whom the film was based.
John Berman fact checks claims on the US Consulate attack in Benghazi and Iran's nuclear capabilities in the VP debate.
Sara Sidner on how Mitt Romney's stance on Israel and Iran are different from the Obama Administration.
(CNN) – A bombing on a bus with Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was likely carried out by a male suicide attacker, the nation's interior minister said Thursday. The attack occurred Wednesday in a parking lot outside Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. Israel has suggested Iran or an Islamic militant group could have been behind it.
"From what we could see on the video cameras ... we identified a person who served as a suicide bomber in this terror attack," Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told Bulgarian National TV.
Another person died from the blast overnight, he said, bringing the death toll to eight. The dead are six Israelis, a Bulgarian bus driver and the suicide bomber. Three people seriously wounded in the attack have been flown to a Sofia hospital, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Thursday. A further 32 wounded people were on their way back to Israel, he said.
The suspect in the attack had a Michigan driver's license, which FBI officials on the scene have identified as fake, Tsvetanov said. As a result, the suspect's identity is "currently unknown," he said, adding that a fingerprint check was being carried out.
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Elise Labott addresses Israel's claim that Iran is behind the blast in Bulgaria.
Brianna Keilar on President Obama's meeting with Russia's Putin on Iran and stimulating struggling global economies.
U.S. Army General James "Spider" Marks says there’s "no immediate threat to the U.S." if Iran has cracked the spy drone plane technology. He expects however that Iran with the help of other nations will continue to work on collecting system information and exploiting the various pieces inside the drone.
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