Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 12 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog met hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier on Saturday, state media reported.
IAEA chief meets Irans Ahmadinejad
US President tells Syria, Iran to stop backing Iraq violence
AFP: US President George W. Bush on Saturday called on Syria to cut the “flow of terrorists” into Iraq and on Iran to stop supporting militias that attack US forces and Iraqis.
Iran encounter grimly echoes 02 war game
New York Times: There is a reason American military officers express grim concern over the tactics used by Iranian sailors last weekend: a classified, $250 million war game in which small, agile speedboats swarmed a naval convoy to inflict devastating damage on more powerful warships.
Objects from Iranian boats posed no threat, Navy says
Washington Post: The small, boxlike objects dropped in the water by Iranian boats as they approached U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf on Sunday posed no threat to the American vessels, U.S. officials said yesterday, even as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff charged that the incident reflects Iran’s new tactics of asymmetric warfare.
Bush takes soundings on Iran
The Guardian: President George Bush yesterday began canvassing Arab support for containing Iran as his Middle East tour moved to the Gulf amid concerns about escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.
U.N. nuclear official urges Iran to clarify outstanding issues
New York Times: Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Friday urged Iran to move more quickly to clarify questions about its nuclear activities, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported.
UN nuclear chief presses Iran on cooperation
AFP: UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday pressed Iran to intensify its cooperation with his agency to shed more light on the history of the disputed Iranian atomic programme.
US military chief warns Iran
AFP: The top US military officer warned Iran Friday not to mistake US restraint in an incident in the Strait of Hormuz for a lack of resolve, saying US warships would defend themselves.
IAEA chief arrives in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei began a two-day visit of Iran early on Friday.
IAEA chief arrives in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei began a two-day visit of Iran early on Friday.
