AFP: The United States said Wednesday it was working closely with Russia and China on ratcheting up pressure on Iran if it did not suspend its sensitive nuclear program by next week as mandated by the United Nations.
US liaises with Russia, China over pressuring Iran
Russian FM calls on US to be “flexible” with Iran
AFP: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on the United States to be as “flexible” with Iran on its nuclear programme as it had been with North Korea, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday.
Iran executes three Arabs
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Three men were executed in a prison in the restive city of Ahwaz, south-western Iran, the government-owned news agency Fars reported on Wednesday.
Iran executes three Arabs
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Three men were executed in a prison in the restive city of Ahwaz, south-western Iran, the government-owned news agency Fars reported on Wednesday.
Why accuse Iran of meddling now? U.S. officials explain
New York Times: One of the questions posed by skeptics about the Bush administration assertions about Irans meddling in Iraq is why the charges are coming to light only now, when American officials say the shipment of lethal weapons from Iran to Shiite militias was first detected several years ago.
Clinton warns Bush about action in Iran
AP: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bush on Wednesday not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first.
Iraq adviser: Al-Sadr in Iran
AP: An adviser to Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in Iran, but denied he fled due to fear of arrest during an escalating security crackdown.
Four ways to act against Ahmadinejad
Daily Telegraph: Diplomatic pressure should be targeted at isolating the president of Iran before further, fateful steps are contemplated, we argued in our leader columns this week. Quite right. But what prospect is there of using the courts to undermine Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria
Reuters: Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.
Full text of Bush’s press conference
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 15 – The following is the full transcript of a press conference by United States President George W. Bush at the White House. Bush accused Iran on Wednesday of providing deadly improvised explosive devises, or IEDs, to networks inside Iraq.
