Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should stand up to the world and pursue its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.
Iran vows no weakness over nuclear program
Diplomats trying to restart Iran talks
AP: U.S., European and Russian diplomats agree on encouraging Iran back to the bargaining table over its disputed nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. Diplomats from the U.S. and its negotiating partners plan to meet next week to try drafting a new U.N. resolution on the standoff.
Beckett’s reaction to IAEA report on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 22 – The following is the full text of an announcement by Britain’s Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett following the release of a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog which said that that Iran had not complied with a Security Council order to suspend its uranium enrichment activities:
Report says nuclear work ongoing in Iran
AP: Iran has expanded its uranium enrichment program instead of complying with a U.N. Security Council ultimatum to freeze it, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday in a finding that clears the way for harsher sanctions against Tehran.
Beckett’s reaction to IAEA report on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 22 – The following is the full text of an announcement by Britain’s Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett following the release of a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog which said that that Iran had not complied with a Security Council order to suspend its uranium enrichment activities:
White House says Iran has not met its obligations
Reuters: The White House said on Thursday that a U.N. watchdog report shows that Iran has not met its obligations to halt its nuclear fuel program.
Rice says to use Security Council to pressure Iran
Reuters: World powers will use all possible channels and the United Nations Security Council to get Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work and start talks, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
How did it come to this?
The Daily Telegraph: Why is the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme reaching a critical stage? Iran started enriching uranium last January. This can produce the material essential to building a nuclear bomb. By taking this step, Iran broke a deal signed with Britain, France and Germany. The UN passed two Resolutions last year calling for Iran to stop developing its nuclear programme. So far, Iran has ignored these calls.
India ban on Iran nuclear exports
BBC News: Indian officials say exports to Iran that could be used in the country’s nuclear programme have been banned.
An overarching strategy
Washington Times: The deployment of 21,500 U.S. combat troops to Iraq is not sufficient by itself to accomplish our objectives. That goal can only be achieved through an overarching strategy designed to bring an ultimate stability to the region.
