Reuters: Russia and Iran have signed a key deal for Russia to supply Iran with nuclear fuel to the Bushehr nuclear plant, Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency has reported. The deal, which also provides for Iran to return spent nuclear fuel to Russia, had been expected to be signed on Saturday but was delayed by 24 hours as talks continued.Russia and Iran sign nuclear deal
Reuters: Russia and Iran have signed a key deal for Russia to supply Iran with nuclear fuel to the Bushehr nuclear plant, Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency has reported. The deal, which also provides for Iran to return spent nuclear fuel to Russia, had been expected to be signed on Saturday but was delayed by 24 hours as talks continued.Iran says enrichment activities ‘not negotiable’
AFP: Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium is “not negotiable”, a top national security official said Sunday in a fresh rejection of European efforts to persuade Tehran to give up its sensitive nuclear technology. “There is a belief among the European negotiators that if they give Iran political, security and economic incentives, Iran will give up enrichment,” nuclear negotiator and top cleric Hassan Rowhani told state media. UN atomic agency meets with Iran on top of the agenda
AFP: The UN atomic agency begins a meeting Monday withjust about everybody from Washington to Tehran wanting to reach a decision about whether Iran is secretly developing nuclear weapons but no one expecting it to come this week.
Workers demonstrate in Iran after 10 months without pay
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 26 Workers from Iran’s Pars Textiles yesterday protested outside the governor’s office in Gilan (Iran’s Caspian coastal province) after having gone more than 10 months without pay. At least 180 workers took part in the protest demanding that the government take action against their employer.
Workers demonstrate in Iran after 10 months without pay
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 26 Workers from Iran’s ParsTextiles yesterday protested outside the governor’s office in Gilan (Iran’s Caspian coastal province) after having gone more than 10 months without pay. At least 180 workers took part in the protest demanding that the government take action against their employer.
Iran Said to Acquire Knowledge on Weapons
AP: Iran, through the black market network, had accumulatedall the knowledge it needed by the late 1980s to set up technology that can be used to make atomic weapons, diplomats familiar with the work of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Saturday.
Iranian cleric accuses Europeans of killing time in nuclear talks
AFP: A senior Iranian cleric accused Europeans of killing time in their negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme and pledged on Friday that Iran will resume uranium enrichment if negotiations break down. “Europeans are killing time; Negotiations are going on but the achievement we expected has not been reached yet.” said Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, a hardline cleric who heads the powerful watchdog body thatvets all legislation and candidates for public office.
Iran, Russia Postpone Nuclear Fuel Signing
AP: Last-minute disputes Saturday forced Iran and Russia to postpone the signing of an agreement to supply Iran with fuel for its first nuclear reactor, a deal strongly opposed by the United States. The countries’ top nuclear officials had been set to sign the agreement on Saturday morning, a day after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents. Paris conference highlights women’s rights abuses in Iran
Iran Focus: Paris, Feb. 26 An international conference entitled, “United against Fundamentalism and for Equality,” was held in Paris yesterday on the initiative of several women’s rights organisations to discuss the threat posed by fundamentalists to women’s rights and status. Over 1,000 political and human rights personalities and equality movement activists from Europe, the United States and the Middle East attended the conference. Paris conference highlights women’s rights abuses in Iran
Iran Focus: Paris, Feb. 26 An international conference entitled, “United against Fundamentalism and for Equality,” was held in Paris yesterday on the initiative of several women’s rights organisations to discuss the threat posed by fundamentalists to women’s rights and status. Over 1,000 political and human rights personalities and equality movement activists from Europe, the United States and the Middle East attended the conference. 