Los Angeles Times: Warning that a premature American departure from Iraq would create turmoil throughout the region, President Bush said Wednesday that his determination Bush says Iraq exit would bolster Iran
Los Angeles Times: Warning that a premature American departure from Iraq would create turmoil throughout the region, President Bush said Wednesday that his determination Ahmadinejad: Iran’s “international mission” to limit Israeli power
DPA: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran had an ‘international mission’ to stop Israeli hegemony in the Middle East, state news agency IRNA reported Thursday. Syria, seeking investors, turns cautiously to Iran
New York Times: Ahmed Ansare likes to think of himself as a pioneer. His petroleum recycling business, the Damascus Petrochemical Refinery Company, was the first private Iranian company to set foot in Syria, the first of many, it now seems. France: Iran to run nearly 3,000 uranium centrifuges soon
AP: Iran is set to run almost 3,000 centrifuges by the end of the month, nearing the threshold for industrial-scale uranium enrichment in its contested nuclear program, French diplomatic officials said Wednesday. France urges EU to take lead on Iran sanctions
Reuters: France’s foreign minister called on the European Union to take the lead in widening financial sanctions on Iran, saying the world could not afford to wait for U.N. action to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Iran could strike U.S. by 2015, U.S. officials say
FOX News: Iranian technology is on pace to build a long-range missile that could strike the United States within a decade, a high-level Pentagon official told FOX News. Bush holds up North Korea as possible model for Iran
Reuters: President George W. Bush on Wednesday held up North Korea as a possible model for resolving the Iranian nuclear standoff and reaffirmed a U.S. offer of talks if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment. EU envoy warns Iran on nuclear progress
AP: The European Union’s top envoy warned Iran on Wednesday that the EU wanted to see progress in international negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program or risk new sanctions by the end of the year. Detained Iranian an intelligence agent: US general
AFP: An Iranian arrested by US forces in Iraq’s Kurdish region had been involved in Tehran’s intelligence operations in Iraq for more than a decade, an American general said on Wednesday. Iranian says US can’t afford another war
AP: Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday the United States is not in a position to attack his country because Washington cannot afford another costly war in the region. 