Reuters: A U.N. watchdog report due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has escalated rather than halted its nuclear fuel program, exposing Tehran to wider sanctions over fears it is secretly seeking atom bombs.
UN atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions
U.S. navy buildup came after Iran moves
AP: Iran has brought its war games maneuvers over the past year into busy shipping lanes in the Straits of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which two-fifths of the world’s oil supplies pass, the top U.S. Navy commander in the Mideast said.
Armed clashes reported in restive Iran province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 21 Armed clashes took place between a group of people and agents of Irans State Security Forces in the town of Iran-Shahr, south-eastern Iran, a local security official announced.
Armed clashes reported in restive Iran province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 21 Armed clashes took place between a group of people and agents of Irans State Security Forces in the town of Iran-Shahr, south-eastern Iran, a local security official announced.
Senior cleric retains top post in Irans constitutional body
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 21 A senior Iranian cleric has retained his post as head of a key constitutional supervisory body, amid speculation that he would forego the position to Irans former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Senior cleric retains top post in Irans constitutional body
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 21 A senior Iranian cleric has retained his post as head of a key constitutional supervisory body, amid speculation that he would forego the position to Irans former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Iran vows not to ‘retreat one iota’ in nuclear pursuit
CNN: The Iranian president scoffed Wednesday at a U.N. Security Council demand that the Islamic republic halt its uranium-enrichment program.
Tehran defies UN nuclear deadline
The Independent: Iran has rejected the United Nations’ demands for the country to suspend its uranium enrichment before a deadline set for today, ensuring a further escalation of diplomatic tension with the West over its contested nuclear programme.
Iran vows to pursue atomic program on UN deadline day
Bloomberg: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to maintain his country’s nuclear work ahead of the expiry of a United Nations deadline for the Islamic Republic to halt its program.
Iran: Those arrested in fire festivities will spend New Year in jail
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 The government has announced that any individual arrested during Irans upcoming fire festivities will languish in jail for the entire Persian New Year period which lasts until April 3.
