Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 20 Irans Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday where he will meet and hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Irans FM in South Africa for talks
Calpers pressed to drop Iran ‘terrorism’ investments
Bloomberg: California lawmakers are considering legislation that would force state pension funds to sell billions of dollars of shares in companies doing business with Iran.
Iran tells envoys not budging on nuclear issue
Reuters: A senior Iranian official told foreign envoys on Monday the country was prepared for either cooperation or confrontation, ahead of a U.N. vote on imposing further sanctions because of Tehran’s nuclear program.
S. Africa asks delay on Iran sanctions
AP: South Africa called Monday for a 90-day “time out” on sanctions against Iran and said a resolution drafted by six world powers should drop an embargo on arms exports and financial sanctions targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and an Iranian bank.
Russia gives Iran ultimatum on enrichment
New York Times: Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Irans nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council, European, American and Iranian officials say.
NATO needs to discuss level of Iran threat-Germany
Reuters: NATO needs to discuss whether Iran represents a severe enough security threat to justify deployment of a U.S. missile shield in eastern Europe, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
Quakes jolt Iran cities
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 19 Two earthquakes jolted southern and north-western Iran over the past 24 hours, state media reported.
Quakes jolt Iran cities
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 19 Two earthquakes jolted southern and north-western Iran over the past 24 hours, state media reported.
Russia urges talks on Iran nuclear issue
UPI: Iran and the U.N. Security Council need to take a timeout on the Iranian nuclear question, a top Russian official said Sunday.
Smarter sanctions against Iran
Los Angeles Times – Editorial: Economic sanctions have a bad reputation. That’s unfortunate, because the kind of sanctions the United States is proposing for Iran are more effective and more humane than sanctions used to be. They also happen to be more realistic than any of the other options regarding Tehran.
