AFP: Iran reaffirmed strongly Tuesday that it will pursue a full-scale nuclear program, from mining uranium, to enriching it and also building a heavy-water reactor which can produce plutonium, in comments by a senior official at a conference in Paris. Iran reaffirms full nuclear program
AFP: Iran reaffirmed strongly Tuesday that it will pursue a full-scale nuclear program, from mining uranium, to enriching it and also building a heavy-water reactor which can produce plutonium, in comments by a senior official at a conference in Paris. Israel has no intention of striking Iranian nuclear sites: Sharon
AFP: Israel has no intention of launching a strike against Iranian nuclear installations, a top official said Tuesday, quoting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon made the comments during talks with a visiting delegation from the US Congress, despite months of press reports to the contrary, the official told AFP.
UK parliamentarians and jurists call for removal of terror-tag from Iranian Mojahedin
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 22 Dozens of British parliamentarians and prominent international law experts called today on Whitehall to remove Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), from the UK list of proscribed organisations. UK parliamentarians and jurists call for removal of terror-tag from Iranian Mojahedin
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 22 Dozens of British parliamentarians and prominent international law experts called today on Whitehall to remove Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), from the UK list of proscribed organisations.British parliamentarians and jurists urge removal of Iranian opposition from terror list
AP: An Iranian opposition group on Tuesday called on the British government to remove the People’s Mujahedeen militia from a list of terrorist organizations. The Mujahedeen regard themselves as legitimate opposition to the hardline clerical regime in Tehran and claim that Britain, along with the European Union and the United States, classify them as terrorists to appease the Iranian government. British officials deny the allegation. US brushes off call for Iran security guarantees
AFP: The United States on Monday brushed off a call by the top UN nuclear inspector that it give Iran security assurances in return for Tehran renouncing suspected efforts to develop a nuclear bomb. The State Department reiterated Washington’s support for efforts by its European allies to negotiate an end to Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions and said the ball was in Tehran’s court. Iran’s supreme leader urges no let-up in nuclear work
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged officials on Monday to press on with nuclear work and take no heed of US allegations Tehran is seeking a nuclear weapon, two days before a new round of Iran-EU nuclear talks. “I advise the officials not to pay attention to the enemies’ threats and to go their own way, doing their job,” Khamenei said in the northeastern city of Mashhad, in an address broadcast on state television. UN urges US engagement over Iran
BBC: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has urged the US to become more engaged in attempts to resolve a dispute about Iran’s nuclear programme. IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei said Washington would have to step in as Tehran needed security guarantees beyond those given by the EU.
New year party gets political on streets of Tehran
The Guardian: At first the ear-splitting explosions, blazing bonfires and choking stench of teargas could have been mistaken for the prelude to a new Iranian revolution. In reality the occasion, Chahar Shanbeh Souri, was celebratory. Iranians young and old, male and female, were gathered in Mirdamad Street, in one of Tehran’s most affluent neighbourhoods, to mark the opening of festivities for Norouz, the new year in the ancient Zoroastrian calendar. In Iran, a time for courage
Denver Post: This is a time to celebrate the acts of courage. This is a time to reflect on progress we’ve made. This is a time to call for change. This is a time to salute the women around the world who have strived for freedom and equality. Iranian women have faced the darkest period of their history in the last three decades and wish to prevent the same thing happening to the women of Iraq. 