Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 19 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Tehran to meet and hold talks with senior Iranian officials including hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian state media reported on Monday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives in Iran
Powell: Iran far from nuclear weapon
AP: Iran is far from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and despite U.S. fears about its atomic intentions, an American military strike against the Islamic Republic is unlikely, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.
Iran does not want to use oil as a weapon: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Iran never wants to use oil as a weapon, but if the US attacked the country it would “know how to react.”
Iran hangs three men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Iranian authorities hanged three men in the province of Hamadan, western Iran, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran hangs three men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Iranian authorities hanged three men in the province of Hamadan, western Iran, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran nuclear compromise not discussed in Riyadh: Saudi
AFP: Iran has not discussed a Saudi-backed plan proposed by Arab states in the Gulf to create an international consortium to enrich uranium in a neutral country outside the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Sunday.
Ahmadinejad writes to French president
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy following recent French criticism of Tehran’s nuclear drive, a senior official said on Saturday.
OPEC agrees to study dollar concern: Iran
AFP: Iran said Sunday that an OPEC pledge to increase financial cooperation between members meant the 13-member oil exporters group would study the issue of pricing oil in the falling US dollar.
Iran fails to get OPEC mention of weak dollar
AFP: OPEC’s final summit declaration on Sunday made no mention of the weak dollar, with a plan to increase financial cooperation between members the only recognition of an Iranian proposal to price oil in other currencies.
Iranian weapons still a problem in Iraq: U.S. military
Reuters: Iranian weapons and agents still pose a threat to U.S.-led forces in Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said on Sunday, despite a recent softening in tone by U.S. officials towards Washington’s bitter foe.
