AFP: Iran’s decision to resume some of its sensitive nuclear work is “irreversible” despite the danger of being referred to the UN Security Council, a senior official told AFP on Thursday. His comment followed the European Union ratcheting up pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme — ahead of crisis talks between the two sides slated for next week — with an EU warning that it could yet haul the Islamic state before the UN Security Council. Iran says decision to restart nuclear activities ‘irreversible’
AFP: Iran’s decision to resume some of its sensitive nuclear work is “irreversible” despite the danger of being referred to the UN Security Council, a senior official told AFP on Thursday. His comment followed the European Union ratcheting up pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme — ahead of crisis talks between the two sides slated for next week — with an EU warning that it could yet haul the Islamic state before the UN Security Council. Iran wants significant incentives for a deal
New York Times: Iran and the European Union will not break their impasse over restraining Tehran’s nuclear development program unless the Europeans offer significant incentives like a deal for 10 nuclear reactors, a top Iranian negotiator said Wednesday.California Conference for Democratic Change in Iran
U.S. Newswire: On Sunday May 22, a conference will be held in Huntington Beach California where hundreds will join leaders of the Iranian Diaspora across California, along with an array of distinguished guests and speakers to voice support for a democratic, secular republic in Iran. The event, which will commence at 2 p.m., will call for a US policy in support of democratic change in Iran.Anti-US rally in Iran over alleged Koran desecration
AFP: At least 1,000 Iranians in the holy city of Qom protested Wednesday over desecration of the Koran at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, even though a story alleging the abuse has been retracted. The demonstrators, mostly students from Shiite Muslim seminaries, chanted “Death to America” and other anti-US slogans.
Iran facing real prospect of Security Council referral: diplomats
AFP: The chances of Iran being hauled before the UN Security Council over its suspect nuclear programme have never been stronger, diplomats said ahead of crucial talks in Europe next week. When the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany meet the Islamic republic’s top nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani, the “only thing we will agree upon is that we disagree”, a European diplomat told AFP. Registering New Influence, Iran Sends a Top Aide to Iraq
New York Times: Wasting little time in registering its new influence in Iraq, Iran sent its foreign minister to Baghdad on Tuesday only 48 hours after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became the first high-level visitor to hold talks with Iraq’s new Shiite-majority government. The arrival of the Iranian, Kamal Kharrazi, underscored changes in the political landscape that many Iraqis find dizzying: almost 25 years after Iraq and Iran started an eight-year war that left a million people dead, the government in Baghdad is now led by officials with close personal, religious and political ties to Iran’s ruling Shiite ayatollahs. New bid to break Iran nuke impasse
CNN: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his counterparts from France and Germany will meet an Iranian delegation next week to try to break the impasse over Tehran’s nuclear program, Straw said Tuesday. “I hope, but I can’t predict, that the negotiations at the beginning of next week will be fruitful,” Straw told reporters at a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Iran sees little hope for deal in nuclear meeting
AFP: Iran said Tuesday it had little hope of reaching an agreement in emergency nuclear talks with Britain, France and Germany, saying the Europeans were hostage to the hardline US position. “There is not a very big chance for an agreement,” nuclear negotiator Cyrus Nasseri told AFP. Reporters Without Borders calls on the international community to support the Canadian government’s
Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders congratulates the Canadian government’s decision to limit its’ diplomatic relations with Iranian authorities to back demands for justice in the case of the murdered Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. “We call upon the international community and especially the European Union, to support Canada’s actions” declared Reporters Without Borders. Iran: Woman sentenced to stoning, man to execution
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 18 An Iranian woman was sentenced yesterday to death by stoning in Tehran, according to a state-run daily.The young woman, only identified by her first name Fatemeh, 25 years old, was given two death sentences, for murder and having an affair.
