Reuters: President George W. Bush is trying to convince the world he has no intention of invading Iran, but is running into skeptics who see U.S. charges that Iran is shipping bombs into Iraq as a step toward conflict.
Bush tries to convince world no plans for Iran war
Military ties Iran to arms in Iraq
Washington Post: Senior U.S. military officials in Iraq sought Sunday to link Iran to deadly armor-piercing explosives and other weapons that they said are being used to kill U.S. and Iraqi troops with increasing regularity.
DaimlerChrysler to exit Iran marketing arm – report
Reuters: DaimlerChrysler intends to divest its majority stake in the company that is its exclusive distributor for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Iran, Germany’s WirtschaftsWoche magazine reported on its website.
No 10 backs US claim over Iran arms
Press Association: Downing Street has backed American claims that Iran was involved in arming Iraqi insurgents with powerful roadside weaponry used against allied forces.
Iran rejects U.S. charges on arming Iraq
AP: Iran on Monday rejected U.S. accusations that the highest levels of Iranian leadership have armed Shiite militants in Iraq with armor-piercing roadside bombs.
Iran military produces unmanned stealth spy drones general
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 12 Iran has launched a new production-line of unmanned stealth spy drones which can climb 700km in the air, the supreme commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said on Saturday.
Iran military produces unmanned stealth spy drones general
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 12 Iran has launched a new production-line of unmanned stealth spy drones which can climb 700km in the air, the supreme commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said on Saturday.
U.S. says arms link Iranians to Iraqi Shiites
New York Times: After weeks of internal debate, senior United States military officials on Sunday literally put on the table their first public evidence of the contentious assertion that Iran supplies Shiite extremist groups in Iraq with some of the most lethal weapons in the war. They said those weapons had been used to kill more than 170 Americans in the past three years.
Irans former president meets ex-Iraqi PM
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 12 Irans former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani met and held talks with former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari.
EU to step up pressure on Iran on atomic issue
Reuters: European Union foreign ministers are to step up pressure on Iran on Monday, a day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to pursue the country’s nuclear programme but announced no new atomic work.
