Iranian Official Says Its Nuclear Program Won't Be Stopped; More On Hasan's Views

Good morning.

As the day begins there are reports from Iran that one of its officials has told Reuters that neither economic sanctions nor the threat of a military attack will derail its nuclear program. And:

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, told Reuters the agency's concern that Tehran may be hiding more nuclear work after it unveiled the enrichment site was an unfair political judgment beyond its mandate.

On Morning Edition, NPR's Mike Shuster talked with host Steve Inskeep about the first look that international inspectors have gotten of a previously secret uranium enrichment facility in Iran:

Other stories making headlines this morning include:

— The Associated Press — "Obama, Hu Divided Over Economy, Human Rights": "President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers."

Related report on Morning Edition — From Beijing, NPR's Scott Horsley talked with Steve Inskeep about Obama's effort to press the Chinese leader on human rights issues:

Also on Morning Edition — NPR's Anthony Kuhn reported on the Chinese people's reaction to Obama's visit:

— ABC News — Officials Say Hasan Sought 'War Crimes' Prosecutions of American Soldiers: "Major Nidal Malik Hasan's military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts to open criminal prosecutions of soldiers he claimed had confessed to 'war crimes' during psychiatric counseling, according to investigative reports circulated among federal law enforcement officials." Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder for the Nov. 5 shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.

— The Seattle Times — "Paul Allen Being Treated For Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma": "The Microsoft co-founder was diagnosed earlier this month with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer similar to the one that led to his early retirement from the software company in 1983." Allen is 56.

From a related story by the Associated Press: "In a memo sent to employees, the CEO of Allen's investment firm says the 56-year-old Allen received the diagnosis this month and has begun chemotherapy. The CEO, Jody Patton, noted that doctors say Allen has a relatively common form of the disease — and that Allen survived Hodgkin's disease in the 1980s."

— The Salt Lake Tribune — Woman In Elizabeth Smart Case Expected To Plead Guilty: Wanda Eileen Barzee, "the 64-year-old wife of street preacher Brian David Mitchell," is expected to plead guilty today to federal charges for her role in the 2002 abduction of Utah girl Elizabeth Smart.

Contributing: Chinita Anderson of Morning Edition.