Reuters: Proposed new United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program call for travel bans and asset freezes for specific Iranian officials and vigilance on all banks in Iran, according to a draft text.
Iran to face more travel bans, asset freezes-draft
6 powers propose new Iran sanctions
AP: New U.N. sanctions against Iran would require countries to ban the entry of individuals involved in the Iranian nuclear program a step up from a previous call for vigilance over their travel, according to a document obtained Friday.
Iranian, French FMs meet
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 25 – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Davos, Switzerland, state media reported on Friday.
Iranian, French FMs meet
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 25 – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Davos, Switzerland, state media reported on Friday.
U.S. will not attack Iran
RIA Novosti: The U.S. will not attack Iran, but will prevent the country from getting nuclear weapons, the country’s homeland security secretary told RIA Novosti on Friday.
Iran: School textbooks latest target of sexual apartheid
AKI: Iranian authorities are looking at new restrictions that will create different school textbooks for boys and girls.
Iranian land mines found in Taliban commander’s house
RFE/RL: Weapons made in Iran — or that have passed through Iran — continue to turn up in the hands of Taliban fighters in western Afghanistan. Afghan authorities say they have discovered a weapons cache in western Afghanistan containing 130 land mines of different types that appear to have been imported from Iran.
UN powers agree on more Iran sanctions
AP: Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction on exporters doing business with the country, diplomats said Thursday.
Envoys of six major powers meet on UN Iran resolution
AFP: Ambassadors of six major powers dealing with the nuclear standoff with Iran met behind closed doors here Thursday to fine-tune a third sanctions resolution against Tehran, diplomats said.
Renewed impetus to sanction Iran
Christian Science Monitor: International powers have agreed on the outline of a third United Nations resolution sanctioning Iran for its pursuit of uranium enrichment a sign that, despite disagreements on details, the international community is united in opposition to Iran possessing a nuclear weapon.
