AFP: US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday called for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be banned from the UN General Assembly next week and indicted for genocide.
Ban Iran’s President from UN: ‘O8 Republican Romney
Why Iran’s economy is struggling
Daily Telegraph: The leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, once declared that “economics was for donkeys”. These words could sum up the regime’s management of the economy.
IAEA director warns against hyping Iran nuclear crisis
DPA: IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday urged countries to refrain from talking about an escalation of the Iran nuclear crisis.
Irans Ahmadinejad given visa to attend UN assembly in U.S.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 17 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been granted a visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, state media reported.
Irans Ahmadinejad given visa to attend UN assembly in U.S.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 17 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been granted a visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, state media reported.
Nuclear fuel for Iran’s plant ‘not ready to be transported’
The Scotsman: Nuclear fuel for Iran’s first nuclear power plant is not yet ready for transporting, said a Russian source.
Excerpts of ElBaradei’s remarks at IAEA meeting
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 17 – The following are excerpts of a prepared speech by Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at a 144-nation meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday in Vienna:
Excerpts of ElBaradei’s remarks at IAEA meeting
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 17 – The following are excerpts of a prepared speech by Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at a 144-nation meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday in Vienna:
U.N. official: Iran should stop executing children
AP: Iran should immediately halt the execution of children, the U.N.’s top human rights official said Monday.
Tension ‘extreme’ over Iran nuclear programme: French PM
AFP: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Monday that tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme were “extreme” but insisted there was still room for diplomacy in the nuclear stand-off.
