AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China to use its influence to raise pressure on Iran after new charges that the Tehran regime is pursuing nuclear weapons, officials said.
Clinton urges China to put pressure on Iran
White House says IAEA report on Iran ‘very alarming’
Reuters: The White House said on Thursday that this week’s International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran’s nuclear program was “very alarming” and said it would continue to pressure Tehran to “change its behavior.”
IAEA, Iran spar over bomb work allegations
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog showed letters and satellite images on Friday as part of evidence pointing to military dimensions to Iran’s atomic activities, diplomats said, but Tehran’s envoy dismissed it as “lousy” intelligence work.
U.S. plans bomb sales in Gulf to counter Iran
Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration has quietly drawn up plans to provide a key Persian Gulf ally with thousands of advanced “bunker-buster” bombs and other munitions, part of a stepped-up U.S. effort to build a regional coalition to counter Iran.
EU mulls new sanctions against defiant Iran
Reuters: The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a U.N. agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said on Thursday.
Russia ‘ready to build new reactors’ in Iran
AFP: Russia is ready to build more nuclear reactors in Iran, its nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday despite renewed fears that Tehran is seeking to produce nuclear weapons.
China says sanctions no “fundamental” answer on Iran
Reuters: China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that sanctions cannot “fundamentally” resolve the Iran nuclear dispute, after Western leaders urged expanded sanctions against Iran over a U.N. watchdog report that Tehran has worked to design atom bombs.
US defense chief cautions against strike on Iran
AFP: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday warned of the risks from any military strike on Iran, saying it could have a “serious impact” on the region without halting Tehran’s nuclear program.
I won’t let Iran get nukes
Wall Street Journal – By Mitt Romney: The International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report this week makes clear what I and others have been warning about for too long: Iran is making rapid headway toward its goal of obtaining nuclear weapons.
Germany: U.N. report reinforces Iran nuclear worries
Reuters: The German government said on Wednesday that a U.N. nuclear watchdog’s findings that Iran had worked on the design of an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research reinforced concerns about the country’s nuclear program.
