AP: Iran demanded Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council condemn what it said was Israel’s clandestine development of nuclear weapons and “compel” it to place all its nuclear facilities under U.N. inspection.
Ahmadinejad: Britain, Israel, US to ‘vanish like the pharaohs’
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday predicted that Britian, Israel and the United States would eventually disappear from the world like the Egyptian pharaonic kings.
Nine people hanged in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 Nine men were hanged in Iran, state media reported on Wednesday.
Nine people hanged in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 Nine men were hanged in Iran, state media reported on Wednesday.
Blair urges action on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 20 British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of “openly supporting terrorism in Iraq to stop a fledgling democratic process”.
Blair urges action on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 20 British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of “openly supporting terrorism in Iraq to stop a fledgling democratic process”.
Iran FM defiant in nuclear standoff
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic had obtained nuclear capabilities.
West distributes Iran text without Russian assent
Reuters: Despite optimism of a U.N. Security Council vote this week on Iran’s nuclear program, Russia still voiced objections on Tuesday to a draft European resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran.
Military action against Iran ‘disastrous’ – Annan
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a farewell news conference, urged the Security Council on Tuesday to push for a negotiated end to the Iranian nuclear crisis, saying military action would be a disaster.
Iran: sanctions will not stop nuclear plans
Guardian Unlimited: The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today said UN sanctions would not stop Iran from enriching uranium.
