The Times – Leading Article: It is time to stop appeasing those who kidnapped the servicemen.
Britains hostage crisis
UK in ‘discreet talks’ with Iran
BBC: The government is attempting to “discreetly” talk to the Iranians to secure the release of 15 Royal Navy personnel, Downing Street has said.
ANALYSIS – Iran’s shift on IAEA may offer ‘insurance’ if bombed
Reuters: Iran’s move to curb cooperation with U.N. nuclear monitors could free it to build back-up uranium enrichment facilities in secret for use if the United States bombed its flagship Natanz plant, some analysts say.
Iran won’t end enrichment as condition for talks, ministry says
Bloomberg: Iran won’t suspend uranium enrichment as a condition for talks to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said, three days after the United Nations Security Council voted for further sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Iraqi FM says British sailors outside Iranian waters on arrest
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 27 Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari issued a statement on Monday on the capture of 15 British Navy and Marine personnel by Iranian Revolutionary Guards last week. The following is the full text of the statement:
Iraqi FM says British sailors outside Iranian waters on arrest
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 27 Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari issued a statement on Monday on the capture of 15 British Navy and Marine personnel by Iranian Revolutionary Guards last week. The following is the full text of the statement:
Browne pledge over seized sailors
Press Association: Britain is doing “everything possible” to secure the release of 15 service personnel seized by the Iranian authorities, Defence Secretary Des Browne has said.
India-Iran gas pipeline talks to go ahead
Reuters: India will go ahead with talks to buy natural gas from Iran via a multi-billion-dollar pipeline despite objections from the United States, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
Blair hopes diplomacy gets sailors back
AP: Britain hopes that diplomacy will win the release of 15 sailors and marines detained by Iran but is prepared to move to a “different phase” if not, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday.
China, Russia leaders reject force on Iran, N.Korea
Reuters: Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian leader Vladimir Putin called on Monday for peaceful solutions to the crises over Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs and pledged to stop an arms race in space.
