UPI: An internal security forces helicopter crashed in southern Iran Friday, killing two and injuring four. The Iranian News Agency, IRNA, said the helicopter crashed
on the outskirts of the city of Kharambid in southern Iran.
Helicopter crash kills two in Iran
UPI: An internal security forces helicopter crashed in southern Iran Friday, killing two and injuring four. The Iranian News Agency, IRNA, said the helicopter crashed
on the outskirts of the city of Kharambid in southern Iran.
Iran, Syria Undermine Efforts in Iraq, CIA Says
Reuters: The director of the CIA accused Iran on Thursday of meddling in Iraq and said Syria was not working hard enough to stop militants entering the country to undermine Baghdad’s efforts at stability. “I think it’s fair to say that just about everybody who’s been watching understands that Iran has been meddling in the affairs of Iraq,” CIA Director Porter Goss told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in a presentation on … Iran says will never return UK naval boats
Reuters: Iran will never return three British naval boats it seized last year on its border with Iraq, a senior military official has been quoted as saying. Britain has demanded Tehran hand over the boats which were captured last June along with eight British serviceman in the narrow Shatt al-Arab waterway which divides southwestern Iran from Iraq. The men were freed after three days. Expert on Iran: Subvert regime
Miami Herald: A Middle East security expert who served in the Reagan administration said Wednesday that the United States needs to work with an Iranian opposition group that’s now on the national list of terror organizations. Raymond Tanter, who cofounded the newly formed Iran Policy Committee think tank, advocated what he called “forceful diplomacy” to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons.
4 Iranian Brothers Freed After 3 Years
Los Angeles Times: Four Iranian brothers jailed as threats to national security were freed from an immigration detention facility Wednesday after more than three years in custody. The sudden release of the Mirmehdis Mohammed, 34, Mohsen, 37, Mojtaba, 41, and Mostafa, 45 was announced at 6:15 p.m. and came in time for the beginning of the Persian new year early Sunday. Iran’s Khatami Says Halting Nuclear Program Is ‘Unacceptable’
Bloomberg: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, said it’s “unacceptable” for the Islamic republic to halt its nuclear enrichment program as demanded by the EU and U.S. Iran is building a heavy-water nuclear reactor that it says is for generating electricity. It has rejected calls by the U.S. for it to abandon the program. Bush Says Iran Faces UN Action If It Won’t End Nuclear Program
Bloomberg: President George W. Bush said the U.S. and its European allies are prepared to seek sanctions against Iran if the government there rejects a proposal offering economic incentives in exchange for ending nuclear development. “We go to the Security Council if they reject the offer, and I hope they don’t,” Bush said at a news conference today in Washington. Iran hardliners keep lid on ancient fire festival
Reuters: Iranian authorities beat up and tear gassed exuberant young revellers as they breathed new life into a pre-Islamic fire festival with a night of dancing, flirting and fireworks. The Islamic Republic, which has an awkward relationship with its ancient Zoroastrian religion, only gave guarded recognition to the “Chaharshanbe Souri” festival last year.Iran has officialy told EU it will not give up enrichment: top negotiator
AFP: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, said on Wednesday that Iranian nuclear negotiators have definitively and officially told Europeans that Iran will never accept a permanent halt to its enrichment programme. UN’s Nuclear Chief Tells Iran to Open Up More
Reuters: The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog Wednesday hailed last week’s offer by Washington of political concessions in European-led talks with Iran but said Tehran must open more to inspections for diplomacy to succeed. 