AP: Pope Benedict XVI received a letter yesterday from Iran’s hard-line president about the recent U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran for refusing to compromise on its nuclear program, Iran’s state-run news agency reported.
Iran’s president sends pope letter
Iran: Before it’s Too Late
Asharq Alawsat: With the current escalation regarding the Iranian nuclear crisis, I remembered the famous story about one political analyst who wrote on the subject of the inevitable collapse of the former Soviet Union. Many responded to his research with the following questions: did you not see the massive military parades in Red Square in Moscow? Did you not see the large-scale missiles and are you unaware of how many nuclear warheads belong to the Soviet Union? How can a continent with so much military power collapse under the rule of an iron-strong political party.
Over half a million sent to prison each year in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Some 600,000 people are sent to prison each year in Iran, a state-run news agency reported on Tuesday.
FM says Iran is a “nuclear state”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described the Islamic Republic as a “nuclear state”, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
FM says Iran is a “nuclear state”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described the Islamic Republic as a “nuclear state”, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
British envoy summoned by Iran Foreign Ministry
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Britain’s ambassador in Tehran was summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, state media reported.
British envoy summoned by Iran Foreign Ministry
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Britain’s ambassador in Tehran was summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, state media reported.
Iran MPs oblige government to review IAEA cooperation
Reuters: Iran’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday obliging the government to review the level of its cooperation with the IAEA nuclear watchdog after the United Nations approved sanctions on Tehran over its atomic program.
Iran irresolution
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Among the least surprising news coming out of the holiday weekend is that Iran denounced even the U.N. Security Council’s tepid sanctions resolution against its nuclear weapons program. More surprising — and encouraging — is that the U.S. State Department also seems unenthusiastic.
Iran is seeking more influence in Afghanistan
New York Times: Two years ago, foreign engineers built a new highway through the desert of western Afghanistan, past this ancient trading post and on to the outside world. Nearby, they strung a high-voltage power line and laid a fiber-optic cable, marked with red posts, that provides telephone and Internet access to the region.
