AP: A top European envoy on Monday renewed an offer from six world powers to talk with Tehran over its nuclear ambitions, and a senior Iranian negotiator agreed to stay in contact in an effort to find common ground.
EU, Iran seek common ground on nukes
British-made aircraft sold to Iran
Reuters: A British-made aircraft has been sold to Iran, the first new Western-made aircraft acquired by Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, an adviser to the deal said on Monday.
Tehran’s hostages
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Advocates of engagement with Tehran often claim that the Islamic Republic long ago shed its revolutionary pretensions in favor of becoming a “status quo” power. They might want to share that soothing wisdom with the families of the 15 British sailors and marines kidnapped Friday in Iraqi territorial waters by the naval forces of the elite, and aptly named, Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
U.K. ‘utterly confident’ Iran seized Britons from Iraqi waters
Bloomberg: The U.K. government said it was “utterly confident” that 15 members of its military were in Iraqi waters when they were seized by Iranian forces.
U.S. says Iran move on IAEA “disappointing”
Reuters: The White House accused Iran on Monday of turning a blind eye to its U.N. obligations by limiting nuclear cooperation but reiterated the United States has no intention of going to war with Iran.
Iran military warns U.S. against any attack
Reuters: A senior Iranian military official warned the United States against launching any attack on the Islamic Republic, a news agency reported on Monday, two days after the United Nations imposed new sanctions on Iran.
Iran says detained Britons well, location secret
Reuters: Iran says British sailors it detained are well but has not disclosed where they are being held, Britain said on Monday, as tension over their capture and Tehran’s nuclear plans sent oil prices to a 2007 high.
Ban Ki-moons remarks on UNSCR 1747
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 26 – The following is the text of a statement by the spokesman of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the adoption of Resolution 1747 by the Security Council imposing sanctions on Iran:
Ban Ki-moons remarks on UNSCR 1747
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 26 – The following is the text of a statement by the spokesman of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the adoption of Resolution 1747 by the Security Council imposing sanctions on Iran:
Intelligence chiefs told of Iran’s reprisal threat
Sunday Telegraph: British Intelligence chiefs were warned in January to expect reprisal attacks from Iran after America detained five suspected Iranian intelligence officers in Iraq.
