Reuters: Iran on Sunday rejected a European Union proposal that it stop enriching uranium in return for nuclear technology, increasing the likelihood that it will be reported to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Iran Rejects EU Nuclear Proposal
Reuters: Iran on Sunday rejected a European Union proposal that it stop enriching uranium in return for nuclear technology, increasing the likelihood that it will be reported to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Iran will defy curbs on nuclear ambition
The Sunday Times: IRAN is to resist international demands to abandon a nuclear programme that has alarmed the West and worsened the risk of instability in the Middle East. Secret intelligence seen by Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, reveals that Iran will not give up production of nuclear material that could be used in weapons.
Iran says EU nuclear proposal unbalanced, rejects uranium demand
AFP: Iran on Sunday described a European proposal aimed at ending a nuclear standoff as “unbalanced” and rejected demands that the Islamic republic halt all uranium enrichment activities. “The European proposal is their preliminary proposition and is not definitive but it is unbalanced,” foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said.
Students protest food standards
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 23 – Students from the University of Hormozgan (southern Iran) are continuing their demonstration in the university campus which started Thursday afternoon in protest against lack of food hygiene and service.The students have complained of a poor food and below minimum standards of hygiene as well as insufficient accommodation in their dormitories.
Civil servant disappears after court hearing in the Iranian city of Mashhad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 23 – A member of the welfare societyof the department of education in the Iranian province of Khorrasan (northeastern Iran) has reportedly disappeared after being summoned to court.
The director of the Khorrasans welfare society announced that Saeid Hashem Khastar was summoned to court without any explanation as to what he was accused of.
Powell says US on the ‘march’ to refer Iran to UN Security Council
AFP: The United States has seen no sign Iran will comply with international demands on its suspect nuclear program and will push next month for the matter to be sent to the UN Security Council unless Tehran reverses its course, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday. Powell said Washington believed it could get support from the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran to the Security Council … Iranian conservative MPS dismiss EU nuclear deal as unacceptable
AFP: Conservative MPs in Iran on Saturday denounced Europe’s call for Iran to halt all uranium enrichment activities ifit wants to avoid the threat of UN sanctions over its nuclear activities. “The European proposal is an excessive demand
that is contrary to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and unacceptable,” Alaeddin Brujerdi, the influential head …
Iranian exile group protests ‘terrorist’ reference in European nuclear offer
AP: An Iranian exile group bristled Friday at a European offer of incentives aimed at getting the Tehran regime to stop uranium enrichment, saying it included a promise that the EU would continue viewing one of its key members as a terrorist organization. In a statement made available to The Associated Press, the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran said the text – formally presented to Iran this week by Britain, France and Germany – “makes a mockery of the war against terrorism.” Preparatory text for European proposals on Iranian nuclear program
AFP: Officials from Britain, France and Germany were in talks with their Iranian counterparts Thursday in Vienna at a meeting to give Tehran a final chance to reassure the world that it is not secretly developing atomic weapons. The European nations are reported to be offering Iran valuable technology for peaceful nuclear energy if Iran complies, but possible UN sanctions if it does not. Earthquake jolts city in Lorestan province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 22 This morning an earthquake measuring 3.7 degrees on the Richer scale shook the area surrounding the city of Nourabad in the Iranian province of Lorestan (Western Iran). 