AFP: Iran on Wednesday test-fired a missile whose range puts Israel within reach, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war.
Defiant Iran angers US with missile test
Iran test fires long and medium range missiles
Reuters: Iran has test fired nine long- and medium-range missiles, including one which it has previously said could travel as far as Israel and U.S. bases in the region, state media reported on Wednesday.
Iran seeks seat on Security Council
Washington Times: Tehran will seek a seat on the powerful U.N. Security Council next year, despite the trade sanctions the body has imposed to slow Iran's nuclear program.
US targets Iranian firms over nuclear program
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it has designated four Iranian firms for their ties to the country's nuclear and missile programs, a move that bans U.S. companies from dealing with them and freezes any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction.
G8 says concerned about Iran proliferation risk
Reuters: Leaders of the Group of Eight rich countries expressed serious concern on Tuesday at the proliferation risks posed by Iran's nuclear programme.
US moves against Iranian officials, companies
AP: The Bush administration moved Tuesday to impose financial sanctions on Iranian officials and companies accused of helping the country develop nuclear weapons.
France says no sign of enrichment freeze in Iran letter
Reuters: Iran's written response to an incentives package aimed at curbing its nuclear programme made no mention of a suspension of uranium enrichment, a process that could potentially make fuel for bombs, France said on Tuesday.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls for US bases to be ‘eradicated’
AFP: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for United States military bases across the world to be "eradicated" and said there must be "fundamental change" in the next US government.
US, UK forces end Gulf exercise amid Iran threat
Reuters: U.S. and British naval forces wrapped up their military exercises in the Gulf on Tuesday and dismissed that they were related to tensions with Iran.
Putin, Ahmadinejad discuss nuclear plant progress: PM’s office
AFP: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday discussed progress on a nuclear power plant Russia is building in Iran, a statement from Putin's office said.
