Iran Focus: London, Mar. 10 United States President George W. Bush extended for one year the “national emergency with respect to Iran” in a statement released on Friday.
Bush extends “national emergency with respect to Iran”
Iran presses U.S. on detained Iranians in Baghdad
Reuters: Iranian delegates to a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday demanded the release of several Iranians captured by U.S. forces in Iraq, a source at the talks said.
Iran urges Russia to ship uranium fuel
AP: A top Iranian nuclear negotiator urged Russia on Friday to ship nuclear fuel this month for a Russian-built power plant, and promised to increase funding for the project after tense talks at which Russian officials complained of insufficient financing.
Iran official criticizes IAEA move
AP: Iran’s foreign minister warned on Friday that the latest punitive move by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency – the suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear aid programs – could affect Tehran’s cooperation with the agency.
Iran shrugs off U.N. pressure over nukes
AP: Iran on Thursday shrugged off the latest punitive U.N. action – suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear aid programs – and showed no signs it was cowed by the possibility of even tougher penalties in the form of new Security Council sanctions.
Envoys discuss ways to stabilize Iraq
AP: Delegates from the U.S., the U.N. Security Council and Iraq’s neighbors – including Iran – gathered Saturday, with officials searching for common ground on efforts to stabilize Iraq and ease growing rifts in the region.
Iraq will urge U.S., Iran not to use it as pawn
Reuters: Iraq wants action not words from a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday and will urge Iran and the United States not to use it as a playing field to settle their scores, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Friday.
U.S. will not rebuff Iran, Syria on talks about Iraq
Reuters: The United States on Thursday sent its clearest signal yet it is open to bilateral talks with Iran and Syria by saying it will not rebuff them if they wish to discuss stabilizing Iraq at a regional meeting this weekend.
Thousands protest EU terror listing of Iran opposition group
Iran Focus: Brussels, Mar. 10 – Thousands of Iranians on Thursday converged on the European capital Brussels to protest the European Unions flagrant disregard for a December ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which annulled the terrorist listing of the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI).
Thousands protest EU terror listing of Iran opposition group
Iran Focus: Brussels, Mar. 10 – Thousands of Iranians on Thursday converged on the European capital Brussels to protest the European Unions flagrant disregard for a December ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which annulled the terrorist listing of the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI).
