AFP: World football’s governing body FIFA has temporarily lifted its ban on Iran so it can take part in the Asian Games football competition after frantic behind the scenes manoeuvering.
FIFA lift ban on Iran for Asian Games
Britain blasts Iran’s ‘unacceptable’ role in Iraq
AFP: Britain on Monday condemned Iran’s behaviour in fueling violence in neighbouring Iraq as “unacceptable,” calling on Tehran to become a constructive partner with the West or face greater isolation.
Iran to host Holocaust conference
AFP: Iran, which disputes that Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, is to hold a conference next month to allow historians to clarify “hidden angles” of the Holocaust, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Japan slaps penalty for arms-related exports to Iran
AFP: Japan’s government on Tuesday ordered a machinery maker to suspend all exports for two years for illegally sending to Iran grinding machines that can be used to boost rocket fuel.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad heads to Qatar Friday
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad heads to Qatar on Friday for the opening of 2006 Asian Games, an aide at the presidential office told AFP on Tuesday.
Draft Iran sanctions resolution circulated by Europeans – France
AFP: France, Germany and Britain have drawn up a draft UN resolution outlining possible sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, the foreign ministry in Paris said Tuesday.
UN nuclear probe of Iran hampered by blind spots: ElBaradei
AFP: The UN atomic agency’s investigation of Iran’s nuclear program is still being hampered by unanswered questions about sensitive work hidden by Tehran for almost two decades, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in comments obtained by AFP Tuesday.
Bush: Iraqis want Iran to leave them alone
Iran Focus: London, Nov. 28 United States President George W. Bush reaffirmed on Tuesday that his administration would only hold direct negotiations with Iran over the security situation in Iraq if Tehran first suspended its uranium enrichment activities.
Bush: Iraqis want Iran to leave them alone
Iran Focus: London, Nov. 28 United States President George W. Bush reaffirmed on Tuesday that his administration would only hold direct negotiations with Iran over the security situation in Iraq if Tehran first suspended its uranium enrichment activities.
Irans Khamenei calls for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 28 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday that peace and security would only be restored in Iraq once the United States withdraws its troops.
