AP: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appealed to Russia on Wednesday to help block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, but Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the visiting Israeli leader no public reassurances.
Israel wants Russian help with Iran
Rice urges Japan to support sanctions on Iran, spokesman says
Bloomberg: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Japan to support sanctions against Iran for its uranium enrichment program, a Japanese government spokesman said.
Iran seems unmoved by specter of sanctions against North Korea
New York Times: For the most part, Irans leaders have offered silence on what lessons they draw from the sanctions that the United Nations Security Council adopted last weekend to punish North Korea for its nuclear test other than to say, as they have in the past, that they intend to continue what they call a peaceful nuclear program.
Iran, N.Korea top threats to world peace-Germany
Reuters: The nuclear programmes of Iran and North Korea pose the two greatest threats to world peace and could spark a nuclear arms race among their neighbours, Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Iran to EU: you will lose if you back U.N. sanctions
Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator told European states on Wednesday they would be the losers if they joined the United States to push through a U.N. Security Council resolution punishing Tehran for its nuclear program.
Iran road deaths soar in first five months
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 18 Road accidents in Iran are all too common. The real scale of the cataclysmic carnage is evident in a new report released by the countrys Medical-Law Organisation which analysed road deaths in Iran over the past five months of the Iranian calendar year.
Iran road deaths soar in first five months
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 18 Road accidents in Iran are all too common. The real scale of the cataclysmic carnage is evident in a new report released by the countrys Medical-Law Organisation which analysed road deaths in Iran over the past five months of the Iranian calendar year.
Head of top Iran bank fired after U.S. sanctions imposed
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 18 The head of an Iranian bank which the United States recently imposed tough sanctions against has been sacked, state-run press reported earlier this week.
Head of top Iran bank fired after U.S. sanctions imposed
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 18 The head of an Iranian bank which the United States recently imposed tough sanctions against has been sacked, state-run press reported earlier this week.
Iran bans fast internet to cut west’s influence
The Guardian: Iran’s Islamic government has opened a new front in its drive to stifle domestic political dissent and combat the influence of western culture – by banning high-speed internet links.
