The Australian: Iran is building a new bomb-proof underground site for developing nuclear weapons, linked by tunnel to its complex at Natanz, the main exiled Iranian opposition group said yesterday.
Iran ‘building bomb-proof nuclear site’
Major powers eye 14 possible Iran sanctions: France
Reuters: Major powers have drafted a list of 14 possible sanctions that could be taken against Iran over its nuclear program, but there is no agreement on any of the measures, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Friday.
Editorial: Perry right to request divestment from Iran
San Antonio Express-News – Editorial: Investing in evil is not worth it. Gov. Rick Perry knows it, and he wants state pension funds to realize it as well. The governor is asking multibillion-dollar state pension funds for a plan to divest any holdings in companies that do direct business with Iran, the Express-News reported. Perry gave them 30 days; we hope they comply.
Editorial: Governor’s divestment plan sends strong message to Iran
Mercury News – Editorial: The U.S. visit earlier this week by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was met with an uproar over the Iranian president’s outrageous views on everything from homosexuality to the Holocaust, not to mention his country’s nuclear aspirations and its link to global terrorism.
France flips while Congress shifts
Washington Post: Ahmadinejad at Columbia provided the entertainment, but Sarkozy at the United Nations provided the substance. On the largest possible stage — the U.N. General Assembly — President Nicolas Sarkozy put Iran on notice. His predecessor, Jacques Chirac, had said that France could live with an Iranian nuclear bomb. Sarkozy said that France cannot.
Iran invites Bush to speak at university
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invited President Bush to speak at an Iranian university if the American leader ever traveled to the Islamic Republic, state-run television reported Friday.
Full text of major nations statement on Irans nuclear activities
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 28 The following is the text of a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the five permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council Britain, China, France, Russia, and the U.S. – and Germany with the support of the High Representative of the European Union issued today in New York:
Full text of major nations statement on Irans nuclear activities
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 28 The following is the text of a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the five permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council Britain, China, France, Russia, and the U.S. – and Germany with the support of the High Representative of the European Union issued today in New York:
Threat of more sanctions on Iran
CNN: Representatives of world powers Friday announced that unless a November report shows a “positive outcome” of talks with Iran about its uranium enrichment program, they will move ahead with plans for a resolution imposing additional sanctions on the country.
Democrats and Iran
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Kudos to Hillary Clinton — yes, you read that right — for her Senate vote this week urging the U.S. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization. That’s more than can be said for her primary competition of Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson and John Edwards, who assailed her on this score at Wednesday’s Democratic Presidential candidates debate at Dartmouth.
