Reuters: Iran has started building a second atomic power plant in an oil-rich region near the border with Iraq, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying on Friday by Itar-Tass news agency. Iran starts second atomic power plant – Tass
Reuters: Iran has started building a second atomic power plant in an oil-rich region near the border with Iraq, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying on Friday by Itar-Tass news agency. Correcting the CIA
New York Sun – Editorial: What a difference two months make. On December 3, when the director of national intelligence released an estimate of Iran’s nuclear program that said the Mullahs had suspended its bomb making in 2003, the left could barely contain its glee. Iran plans to start building new nuclear plant, Interfax says
Bloomberg: Iran plans to start construction work on a second nuclear power station “in the near future,” Interfax reported, citing Iranian Ambassador Gholamreza Ansari. Amnesty: Two sisters to be stoned to death in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 08 The international human rights group Amnesty International warned on Thursday that two sisters, Zohreh and Azar Kabiri-niat, were facing execution by stoning in Iran for adultery. Amnesty: Two sisters to be stoned to death in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 08 The international human rights group Amnesty International warned on Thursday that two sisters, Zohreh and Azar Kabiri-niat, were facing execution by stoning in Iran for adultery. Iran is reported to test new centrifuges to make atomic fuel
New York Times: Iran has reportedly begun to deploy a new generation of machinery to produce nuclear fuel, a development bound to intensify a debate in Washington about whether a recent National Intelligence Estimate accurately portrayed Tehrans progress toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon. Iranian nuclear rewrite
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Give Admiral Michael McConnell credit for trying to walk back the cat. Questioned this week by the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Director of National Intelligence defended the “integrity and the professionalism” of the process that produced last December’s stunning National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program. Yet his testimony amounts to a reversal of the previous judgment. Iran bans thousands of election hopefuls
Daily Telegraph: Iran’s regime was yesterday accused of trying to secure an “obedient parliament” after almost a third of the potential candidates in next month’s general election were banned from standing. US sees attacks by Iranian-backed groups up in Iraq
Reuters: Attacks by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq have increased in recent months, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, casting doubt on the view Iran might have reduced its support for violence in the war. France says Iranian “rocket” cannot work in space
Reuters: France said on Thursday an Iranian rocket Tehran says is intended to put a satellite into orbit is in fact a missile that cannot navigate in space, and added to concerns that the technology is aimed at making weapons. 