Iran Focus: Brussels, Apr. 29 The European Parliament adopted a resolution yesterday, calling on Iran to end its increasing human rights violations. The EP resolution saidthat it was very concerned that the human rights situation has deteriorated in the last two years and calls on the Iranian authorities to make a serious commitment to reversing this trend.


Iran Focus: Washington, Apr. 29 United States President George W. Bush said during a press conference yesterday that Iran could no be trusted with enriching uranium as part of its nuclear program, after he was questioned on Russias decision to sell nuclear fuel for Iranian reactors. See, what they (Russia) recognize is that — what America recognizes, and what Great Britain, France, and Germany recognize, is that we can’t trust the Iranians when it comes to enriching uranium, …
AFP: Iran’s powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani insisted Friday ahead of renewed talks with Europe that Tehran would pursue its atomic energy programme including uranium enrichment “at all costs”. “Iran wants to possess all the branches of nuclear technology, including enrichment, and it will do so at all costs,” he said at the weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran.
AFP: The United States has sought clarification from Germany on the reported shipment of a German crane for possible use in Iran’s missile program, a senior State Department official said Thursday. “It’s something we’re following, something
New York Times: A day before major negotiations were to resume in London over Iran’s nuclear program, the foreign minister increased the pressure for a quick deal, warning that his country would resume uranium enrichment if there was no progress Friday in the discussions.
Reuters: The Russian nuclear fuel trader TVEL should start fuel shipments for a Moscow-built nuclear reactor in Iran six months before the unit becomes operational in early 2006, a senior company official said on Thursday. Russia is building a 1,000-megawatt nuclear plant in Iran despite strong opposition from the United States, which believes Iran could use Russian know-how to make nuclear weapons.
Reuters: A German crane on a ship to Iran is testing a U.S.-led global agreement to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction.