Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 18 A young Iranian man was hanged in central Iran, state media reported.
Young man hanged in central Iran
Young man hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 18 A young Iranian man was hanged in central Iran, state media reported.
Rice resists seeking talks with Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says now is not the time for the United States to talk to adversary Iran and that the United States is not trying to escalate a confrontation over Iraq.
New nuclear peril brings Doomsday closer
Daily Telegraph: The world is closer to apocalypse because of climate change and nuclear proliferation, Professor Stephen Hawking and other prominent scientists warned yesterday as the hand of a symbolic Doomsday Clock moved two minutes closer to midnight.
Chirac plans mission to Teheran
Daily Telegraph: Jacques Chirac wants to launch a unilateral mission to try to convince Iran to resolve the crisis in Lebanon, it has emerged.
Iran invites IAEA envoys to visit nuclear sites
Reuters: Iran has invited envoys from developing nations accredited to the U.N. nuclear watchdog to visit its nuclear sites in a show of openness about its atomic fuel program, diplomats said.
U.N. nuclear agency stops some Iran aid
AP: The U.N. nuclear agency has suspended some aid to Iran in line with Security Council sanctions calling for an end to assistance for programs that could be misused to make an atomic weapon, diplomats said Wednesday.
Iran’s nuclear stance not ‘cost-free’, UK warns
Reuters: British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett warned Iran on Wednesday that its persistent refusal to negotiate on nuclear issues was not a “cost-free option”.
Gates meets Saudi king, Iran on the agenda
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates held talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Wednesday in Riyadh which he said he hoped would include issues such as Iran’s nuclear programme.
Full text of GCC-Plus-Two statement on regional security
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 – The following is the full text of a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Plus Two, following their meeting on Tuesday in Kuwait City. The GCC consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The Gulf states are joined by Egypt and Jordan to make up the GCC-Plus-Two.
