Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 The secretary general of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) met and held talks with Saudi Arabias national security chief, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.
Irans national security chief meets Saudi counterpart
Iran attack possible, says Cameron
Daily Telegraph: A pre-emptive military strike against Iran involving British troops could be launched under a Conservative government after David Cameron yesterday refused to rule out the use of force against the Gulf state.
India, Pakistan agree gas price with Iran
Reuters: A senior Iranian oil ministry official said on Friday that Iran, India and Pakistan have agreed over a price formula for Iran’s gas to be delivered via a proposed $7-billion pipeline, state radio reported.
UN nuclear agency asks Iran to back off on rejection of 38 inspectors
AFP: The UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Iran to reverse its ban on 38 IAEA inspectors from working in the country, a spokeswoman told AFP on Thursday.
Military action on Iran would be ‘catastrophic’: El Baradei
AFP: UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed El Baradei on Thursday urged an end to talk of a military solution to the Iran nuclear crisis, saying any strike against Tehran would be “catastrophic”.
Cheney says US Senate resolution won’t stop Iraq ‘surge’
AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday bluntly dismissed congressional objections to increasing US troop levels in Iraq, telling CNN television: “It won’t stop us.”
Rice dismisses report North Korea helping Iran prepare nuke test
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought to play down a report in a British newspaper Wednesday that North Korea was helping Iran prepare an eventual nuclear test explosion.
U.N. says Iran plans nuclear development
AP: Iran plans to start installing thousands of centrifuges in an underground facility next month, U.N. officials said Friday, paving the way to large-scale uranium enrichment, a potential way of making nuclear weapons.
Iran nearing satellite launch, U.S. magazine says
Reuters: Iran has converted a 30-ton ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle that will be used to send a satellite into space soon, a move that could have wider security implications, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine reported on its Web site on Thursday.
Egyptian state paper attacks Iranian policies
Reuters: The editor of Egypt’s most prestigious government newspaper said Iran was trying to spread Shi’a Islam in Arab countries that have no Shi’ites in an attempt to recreate an Iranian empire in the Middle East.
