Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 – An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Ilam Province, western Iran, early on Tuesday.
Mild quake hits western Iran
4.3 Richter-scale quake jolts north-eastern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 – An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Semnan Province, north-eastern Iran, Tuesday morning.
4.3 Richter-scale quake jolts north-eastern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 – An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Semnan Province, north-eastern Iran, Tuesday morning.
Iran reformists question conservative gains
New York Times: Conservative politicians close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared to tighten their grip on power in Iran as the government on Monday announced final results of the first round of parliamentary elections.
UN states lag on Iran sanctions reports
AP: Less than half of the United Nations’ member states have filed mandatory reports on how they are complying with sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, the monitoring committee’s chairman said.
Incentives package prepared for Iran
Washington Times: The United States and four other veto-wielding states on the U.N. Security Council are preparing a package of incentives aimed at Iran’s newly elected parliament in hopes of ending the country’s uranium-enrichment program the main impediment to improved ties between Iran and the West.
We share Iran fear, Angela Merkel to tell Israel
Daily Telegraph: Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, will deliver an address to Israel’s Knesset today, marking a new high point in relations between the two countries.
Iranian TV plan marks new ties
Washington Times: Iran plans to set up a television network and has signed joint projects worth $1 billion with Bolivia efforts that reflect a growing relationship between the two energy-rich nations that share a common hostility to the United States.
Iran’s checkmate
Washington Times – Editorial: That Tehran will not pay any heed to the third UN Security Council resolution condemning its drive to acquire nuclear weapons, stems not from the mullahs’ prowess nor the ineffectiveness of the sanctions. Quite simply, the supreme leader Ali Khamenei is hell-bent on getting the bomb.
US slams Swiss-Iranian gas deal for sending ‘wrong message’
AFP: The United States said a deal signed on Monday between Switzerland and Iran’s state gas firm sends “precisely the wrong message” amid the continued crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
