New York Times: Iran appears to have frozen major nuclear activities in an effort to persuade the world that it does not intend to build nuclear bombs, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said Monday. U.N. Official Says Iranians Seem to Curb Atom Activity
New York Times: Iran appears to have frozen major nuclear activities in an effort to persuade the world that it does not intend to build nuclear bombs, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said Monday. Iran suspends uranium enrichment and opens way to fresh nuclear deal with EU
The Independent: A claim by Iran that it has suspended uranium enrichment appears to open a three-month window for a compromise over what it insists is its peaceful atomic energy programme. But the US remains convinced that Tehran remains determined to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has suspended nuclear operations ahead of IAEA meeting, diplomats say
Financial Times: Iran appears to have ceased all sensitive nuclear operations ahead of a crucial meeting later this week of the board of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, according to western diplomats. The apparent suspension of activities follows an agreement last week with Britain, France and Germany designed to stave off US efforts to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, a move that could result in UN sanctions. 2 minors among half dozen sentenced to execution in past week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 22 – A total of six people have been sentenced to execution in Iran over the past week including two children under the age of 18 as well as two young women and two political prisoners. The two minors who were sentenced to executions who were identified only by their first names, Wahid and Mehdi. 2 minors among half dozen sentenced to execution in past week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 22 – A total of six people have been sentenced to execution in Iran over the past week including two children under the age of 18 as well as two young women and two political prisoners. The two minors who were sentenced to executions who were identified only by their first names, Wahid and Mehdi.Bush Calls for Verifying Iran Nuke Claims
AP: President Bush said Monday that he hopes Iran’s claim that it has suspended uranium enrichment and has no nuclear weapons ambitions is true, but “there must be verification.” Iran must “earn the trust of those of us who are worried about them developing a nuclear weapon,” Bush said at a seaside news conference during a four-hour visit with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Russia hails Iranian freeze on nuclear fuel work
AFP: Russia said Monday that Iran’s announcement that it was suspending uranium enrichment, a key part of the nuclear fuel cycle, was a step forward that showed greater cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog. German border police arrest man over Iran nuclear sales
AFP: German border police said Monday that they hadarrested a 53-year-old man suspected of trying to illegally export material used in nuclear power plants to Iran.
The man, who was picked up as he returned from Poland,
will appear before a judge in Postdam, eastern Germany on Tuesday, a spokesperson said.
Europe’s Big Three to refer Iran to UN atomic agency if it fails to suspend uranium enrichment
AFP: Britain, France and Germany have called for Iran to be reported to the UN atomic agency if it fails to honor its pledgeto suspend uranium enrichment but their draft resolution makes no mention of an automatic referral to the UN Security Council, diplomats said here Monday.
Iran Must Show It Won’t Seek Nuclear Bomb, IAEA Says
Bloomberg: Iran must do more to win the confidence of weapons inspectors that it isn’t seeking to acquire a nuclear bomb, said Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog. “We still have a lot of work to do before we can come to a conclusion that Iran is clean,” ElBaradei,director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, said …
