Bush warns Iran not to meddle in Iraq

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – United States President George W. Bush warned Iran and Syria on Saturday not to meddle in Iraqi affairs and to allow democracy to develop in that country.

Iran-nuclear-cartoon: The price of a nuclear weapon

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – The following cartoon appeared in Friday’s edition of the London-based Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat.

Iran-nuclear-cartoon: The price of a nuclear weapon

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – The following cartoon appeared in Friday’s edition of the London-based Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat.

Russia says deal “impossible” if Iran ignores IAEA demands

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – Russia has said that a deal with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is “impossible” unless Tehran suspended its uranium enrichment activities, a request that has been outright rejected by Iranian officials, the Russian News & Information Agency quoted a Russian negotiator as having said on Saturday.

Russia says deal “impossible” if Iran ignores IAEA demands

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – Russia has said that a deal with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is “impossible” unless Tehran suspended its uranium enrichment activities, a request that has been outright rejected by Iranian officials, the Russian News & Information Agency quoted a Russian negotiator as having said on Saturday.

Ten arrested in Iran capital ahead of fire festival

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 – Iran’s State Security Forces have arrested ten people in Tehran for distribution of fireworks days before Iranians celebrate a traditional “fire” festival which dates back to 500 B.C. Persia. The festival is barely tolerated by the authorities in the Islamic Republic, who object to it on the grounds that it is “un-Islamic”.

Ten arrested in Iran capital ahead of fire festival

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 – Iran’s State Security Forces have arrested ten people in Tehran for distribution of fireworks days before Iranians celebrate a traditional “fire” festival which dates back to 500 B.C. Persia. The festival is barely tolerated by the authorities in the Islamic Republic, who object to it on the grounds that it is “un-Islamic”.

Iran reaffirms possible use of oil weapon

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 – Iran will cut off its oil exports to the West if the United Nations Security Council orders sanctions to be imposed on the Islamic Republic, the country’s powerful Interior Minister declared on Saturday.

Iran reaffirms possible use of oil weapon

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 – Iran will cut off its oil exports to the West if the United Nations Security Council orders sanctions to be imposed on the Islamic Republic, the country’s powerful Interior Minister declared on Saturday.

Tehran’s nuclear duplicity

Washington Times – Editorial: Iranian officials openly brag to one another about their success in fooling European Union negotiators into believing they had stopped their efforts to produce nuclear fuel, according to Hassan Rowhani, who until last last year headed talks with the European Union 3 — Britain, France and Germany.