Xinhua: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed “deep concern” on Wednesday at Iran’s announcement that it had started work to install 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium. Berlin expresses concern at Iran’s new nuclear activities
Xinhua: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed “deep concern” on Wednesday at Iran’s announcement that it had started work to install 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium. Clerics advise Sadr to keep Mahdi Army
UPI: The influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said his clerical advisers, including Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, rejected calls to disband the Mahdi Army. Iran to open uranium processing plant
AP: Iran will inaugurate a new uranium ore processing plant in less than a year in Ardakan, central Iran, a top nuclear official said Wednesday. Rice to travel to Arab Gulf for talks on Iraq, Mideast peace: official
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Gulf Arab states this month for meetings aimed at stabilizing Iraq and bolstering the Arab-Israeli peace talks, her spokesman said Wednesday. Iran warns West of “bloody nose” over nuclear issue
Reuters: Iran’s president on Wednesday warned the West to expect a “bloody nose” over mounting pressure on Iran to halt its sensitive uranium enrichment activities, state television reported. Iran envoy offers nuclear technology to all Muslim states
AFP: Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi told leaders of the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Wednesday that his country was willing to put its controversial nuclear expertise at the service of all Muslim states. Iran to defy West on nuclear: Ahmadinejad
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed Iran would not halt its nuclear drive in the face of pressure from the West demanding it halt sensitive atomic work. Petraeus says Iranian-backed groups are greatest threat to Iraq
Bloomberg: Shiite militia groups backed by Iran are the greatest long-term threat to Iraq’s stability, according to Army General David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq. Iran drops ten places in FIFA rankings – report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 09 – Irans national soccer team dropped ten places in the FIFA world rankings in March after poor results against Bahrain and Kuwait, the state-owned news agency Mehr reported on Wednesday. Iran drops ten places in FIFA rankings – report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 09 – Irans national soccer team dropped ten places in the FIFA world rankings in March after poor results against Bahrain and Kuwait, the state-owned news agency Mehr reported on Wednesday. 