AP: NAME – Ali Larijani. BIRTH DATE – Born 1958 in the Iraqi city of Najaf; naturalized Iranian citizen. QUOTE – Iran’s deal with the Europeans to suspend uranium enrichment was “swapping a pearl for a candy bar.”
Bio box of Ali Larijani
Oil cheap when adjusted for inflation, low dlr – Iran
Reuters: Iran’s caretaker oil minister said oil was “still cheap” because, when adjusted for inflation and the weak U.S. dollar, the “real value” was almost half the record of $90 a barrel hit in the past week, a newspaper reported.
U.S. in no position to attack Iran-Iran minister
Reuters: The United States is in no position to attack Iran because it is bogged down in the conflict in Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
Iran atomic stance may harden as Larijani resigns
Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator has resigned and the man named to replace Ali Larijani could present the West with a harder line in a long-running dispute over Tehran’s atomic ambitions.
FACTBOX: Iran’s new atomic negotiator Saeed Jalili
Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has resigned, the government said on Saturday, and the man named to replace him, Saeed Jalili, could present the West with a harder line in its row over Tehran’s atomic ambitions.
Tony Blair: Iran extremism like rise of 1930s fascism
Times Online: Islamist extremism is similar to rising fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, Tony Blair said last night in his first major speech since leaving office.
G-7 ministers urge banks to weigh ‘risks’ of dealing with Iran
Bloomberg: Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers for the first time in at least two decades rebuked Iran, calling on banks worldwide to be wary of risks associated with doing business with the Islamic republic.
Iran ready to help other nations on nuclear energy: minister
Reuters: Iran is ready to establish nuclear energy cooperation with other countries, based on the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Iran backing terror, says Blair
BBC: UK ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair has accused Iran of backing terrorism and warned the world faces a situation akin to “rising fascism in the 1920s”.
Nuclear armed Iran raises risk of major Mideast war: Gates
AFP: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday warned that a nuclear-armed Iran would set off a regional arms race and raise the risk of a major Mideast war “with who knows what consequences.”
