Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 Irans Majlis, or Parliament, approved on Tuesday government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham as the countrys new Justice Minister, state television reported.
Irans Majlis approves new Justice Minister
Iran government link to Iraq not clear, says U.S. general
Reuters: Iranian weapons found in improvised explosive devices in Iraq and the capture of some Iranians did not by themself implicate Tehran, the head of the U.S. military’s joint chiefs of staff said on Tuesday.
Iraq to shut borders with Iran, Syria
Reuters: Iraq announced plans on Tuesday to close its borders with Iran and Syria and lengthen a night curfew on vehicles in new emergency measures to try to curb unrelenting violence in Baghdad.
EU approves sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 13 The European Union approved on Monday United Nations sanctions against Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
EU approves sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 13 The European Union approved on Monday United Nations sanctions against Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
Iran’s provocations
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: U.S. military officials finally laid out detailed evidence on Sunday that Iranian-supplied weapons are killing American soldiers in Iraq. The issue now is the lesson the Bush Administration and the American political establishment draw about dealing with Iran.
Skeptics doubt U.S. evidence on Iran action in Iraq
New York Times: Three weeks after promising it would show proof of Iranian meddling in Iraq, the Bush administration has laid out its evidence and received in return a healthy dose of skepticism.
Greenpeace heads to Iran to push nuclear-free zone
Reuters: Greenpeace will press for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East during a visit to the port where Iran’s first atomic power plant is being built.
EXCLUSIVE – Senior atom inspector removed from Iran post
Reuters: The veteran official who has overseen U.N. nuclear inspections in Iran has been removed from his post nine months after Tehran banned him from entering the country, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad puts his faith in the ‘wise people in US’ to avoid conflict
The Guardian: Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, yesterday shrugged off the threat of a US attack and said accusations that Tehran was arming insurgents in Iraq represented an attempt to find a scapegoat for American “defeats and failures”.
