AFP: A high-ranking Iranian cleric on Friday said the country should grow into a military super power to defend all Muslims, following an army parade at a time of mounting tension with the West.
Iran should defend Islamic world: top cleric
IAEA to press arms issue in Iran talks
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog's top investigator will launch talks in Tehran on Monday to press for Iranian answers to Western intelligence alleging that Iran covertly studied how to design atomic bombs.
Top Iran lawmaker: We will never abandon enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 – A senior official in Iran’s hard-line dominated Majlis (Parliament) has stressed that "resolutions and sanctions imposed against Iran will never stop the country's nuclear program”, state media reported on Thursday.
Top Iran lawmaker: We will never abandon enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 – A senior official in Iran’s hard-line dominated Majlis (Parliament) has stressed that "resolutions and sanctions imposed against Iran will never stop the country's nuclear program”, state media reported on Thursday.
Deterring the undeterrable
Washington Post: The era of nonproliferation is over. During the first half-century of the nuclear age, safety lay in restricting the weaponry to major powers and keeping it out of the hands of rogue states. This strategy was inevitably going to break down. The inevitable has arrived.
Lawmakers criticize Bush’s Iran policy
CNN: Frustrated U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle slammed the Bush administration Thursday for an Iran policy they charged lacks direction and has failed to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.
President Bush, Britain’s Gordon Brown denounce Iran
Los Angeles Times: President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered equally stern warnings Thursday about the potential dangers of Iran's nuclear program, and the Briton held out the prospect of extended European sanctions to block outside investment.
Iranian oil output increases by 85,000 barrels per day
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 – The international oil cartel OPEC’s latest report for oil production indicates that Iran has increased its daily production by 85,000 barrels to 3.963 million in March, state media reported on Wednesday.
Iranian oil output increases by 85,000 barrels per day
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 – The international oil cartel OPEC’s latest report for oil production indicates that Iran has increased its daily production by 85,000 barrels to 3.963 million in March, state media reported on Wednesday.
U.S. and UK united against Iran nuclear programme
Reuters: The leaders of the United States and Britain on Thursday pledged a united effort to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, possibly by expanding sanctions against Tehran.
