AP: The Bush administration moved Wednesday to financially clamp down on a general in Iran’s powerful military wing, a Syrian TV station and three other individuals accused of helping insurgents in Iraq.
Treasury targets Iraqi insurgents’ money
White House warns Iran over naval incident
AFP: The White House warned Iran on Wednesday over a weekend confrontation between Iranian speedboats and US warships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Video: Iran gunboats threaten U.S. warships in Gulf
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 09 The United States Department of Defence released on Tuesday an audiotape and video footage of Iranian gunboats displaying hostile behaviour towards three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Video: Iran gunboats threaten U.S. warships in Gulf
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 09 The United States Department of Defence released on Tuesday an audiotape and video footage of Iranian gunboats displaying hostile behaviour towards three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran, IAEA close new chapter in nuclear talks: report
AFP: Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog have wrapped up the latest chapter in ongoing talks aimed at resolving ambiguities over the contested Iranian nuclear programme, the ISNA news agency reported Wednesday.
Iran elects new chief to defuse FIFA row
Reuters: The Iranian Football Federation (FFI) on Wednesday elected a new president in a move aimed at ending a row with FIFA over political meddling in Iranian football affairs, local media reported.
France says Iran’s behaviour very dangerous
Reuters: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday Iran’s behaviour in the sensitive Strait of Hormuz waterway was very dangerous and warned against any future acts of “provocation”.
US analyzing recordings of Iranians
AP: The U.S. military has video and audio recordings of Iranian boats that threatened to blow up U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and plans to release them, the top Navy commander in the Mideast said Tuesday. President Bush described the confrontation as a “provocative act.”
Iran, Italy’s Edison sign $107 mln oil deal
Reuters: Iran’s national oil company NIOC and Italian power utility Edison signed a $107 million contract on Wednesday to help develop an oil exploration block in the Gulf, state television said.
Iran warned of consequences of any new naval crisis
Reuters: Iran must bear the consequences of any new confrontation between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior U.S. official warned on Wednesday.
