New York Times: In promising to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, President Bush returned Wednesday night to a strategy of confrontation in dealing with Tehran, casting aside what had been a limited flirtation with a more diplomatic approach toward it.
To counter Irans role in Iraq, Bush moves beyond diplomacy
14 die in central Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 – At least 14 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck in central Iran, state television reported on Thursday.
14 die in central Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 – At least 14 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck in central Iran, state television reported on Thursday.
U.N. nuclear inspectors arrive in Iran
AP: Two inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency arrived in Iran on Wednesday to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities, the official IRNA news agency reported.
China tells U.S. its Iran ties private
AP: China warned the United States on Thursday not to meddle in its trade relations with Iran after Washington expressed concern about a planned investment by a Chinese oil company in an Iranian gas field.
Iran summons Swiss, Iraqi diplomats
AP: Iran’s foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the Iraqi and Swiss envoys to Tehran over the detention of five Iranian staffers at a diplomatic mission in northern Iraq, state-run television reported.
Iran, N.Korea disputes need negotiation: IAEA chief
Reuters: U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei called for a negotiated end to the Iranian and North Korean nuclear disputes, Algeria’s stated-owned El Moudjahid newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Iranian bank denies U.S. charge it is a weapons proliferator
Reuters: Iran’s state-owned Bank Sepah on Wednesday denied U.S. charges it was helping the country to acquire nuclear weapons and threatened unspecified legal action, an Iranian news agency said.
Israel’s Olmert discusses Iran with China’s Hu
Reuters: Israel’s prime minister, on the last leg of a lobbying mission among veto-wielding U.N. Security Council nations, met Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday to argue Iran’s nuclear plans could destabilise the Middle East.
Commerzbank pares ties with Iran
AFP: Commerzbank, the second-biggest bank in Germany, is to join other European banks in curtailing its activities with Iran, a spokesman said on Wednesday, as the United States seeks to isolate Teheran economically.
