AFP: The UN atomic agency’s board passed Friday a resolution condemning Iran’s nuclear activities tabled by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council after the watchdog’s damning recent report.
UN atomic watchdog condemns Iran
World powers express ‘deep concern’ on Iran
AFP: World powers Thursday overcame divisions at the UN atomic agency with a resolution of “deep” concern on Iran’s nuclear programme, but without reporting Tehran to the UN Security Council or setting any deadline.
UN ‘deplores’ plot to kill Saudi envoy in US
AP: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday deploring the alleged plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States and pointed a finger at Iran.
Saudi Arabia wants UN vote on assassination plot
AFP: Saudi Arabia is pressing for a UN vote Friday on a resolution condemning an alleged plot to assassinate its US envoy and calling on Iran to cooperate with the investigation.
APNewsBreak: Russia, West agree on Iran text
AP: The U.N. atomic agency’s new resolution on Iran criticizes Tehran’s nuclear defiance but, in a concession to Russia and China, does not set an ultimatum for allowing a probe of its alleged secret work on atomic weapons.
Top US senator unveils Iran central bank sanctions
AFP: Looking to heap economic pressure on Iran over its suspect nuclear program, US senators on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at collapsing the country’s central bank with tough new sanctions.
Powers pressure Iran, IAEA chief “alerts world”
Reuters: Major powers closed ranks on Thursday to increase pressure on Iran to address fears about its atomic ambitions, and the U.N. nuclear chief said it was his duty to “alert the world” about suspected Iranian efforts to develop atom bombs.
Iran criticizes Saudi U.N. resolution
CNN: Iran is sharply criticizing a draft U.N. General Assembly resolution because it refers to an alleged Iranian plot against a Saudi ambassador, an assertion the Islamic republic calls “unsubstantiated.”
Turkey: no plans for nuclear cooperation with Iran
Reuters: Turkey has no plans for cooperation with Iran to build nuclear power plants, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday, a day after a senior Iranian official had floated the possibility.
GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran
AP: Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, and they’re reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran lost in the latter years of George W. Bush’s presidency.
