Iran news headlines on Saturday include Iran releasing new indigenous fighter jet,Qaher-313; US Defense Secretary accusing Iran ofescalating efforts to destabilizethe Middle East; USVice President stressing on US willingness fordirect talks with Iran; Vatican dismissingTurkish gunman claim aboutIranian link to pope shooting;Iran security chief traveling ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican is dismissing Mehmet Ali Agca's latest claim about who ordered him to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The Turkish gunman, who has changed his account many times, writes in "They Promised Me Paradise," released Thursday in Italy, that Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the killing and that he was ...