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Rice says UN Security Council must act on Iran

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 08 – United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the time had come for the United Nations Security Council to act over Iran’s nuclear defiance.

Bush warns Iran: U.S. will not bow down to tyrants

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 08 – United States President George W. Bush discussed on September 5 America’s “Global War on Terror” during a speech at the Military Officers Association of America in Washington, DC. His speech came days before the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The following are excerpts of his remarks relating to Iran:

Bush warns Iran: U.S. will not bow down to tyrants

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 08 – United States President George W. Bush discussed on September 5 America’s “Global War on Terror” during a speech at the Military Officers Association of America in Washington, DC. His speech came days before the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The following are excerpts of his remarks relating to Iran:

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to take part in NAM states session in Cuba

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Havana later this month to take part in a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement states, Persian-language websites reported on Friday.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to take part in NAM states session in Cuba

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Havana later this month to take part in a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement states, Persian-language websites reported on Friday.

Why Iran has the upper hand in the nuclear showdown

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TIME: Iran has defied the U.N. Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment by August 31; now it must feel the consequences. That’s the demand of the Bush Administration, as the Security Council powers met on Thursday to discuss the next steps in the showdown.

President rules out UN debate with Iran

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The Independent: The White House has ruled out a “steel-cage grudge match” between President George Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the Iranian President challenged him to a debate at the UN General Assembly.

Six powers agree Iran did not meet UN demands

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Reuters: Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to U.S. calls for sanctions.

Iranian, EU officials to meet Saturday

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AP: European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said a meeting with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator will take place on Saturday. “I have said it will be in two days,” Solana said at a news conference in Denmark. “Today is Thursday so it will be Saturday. I prefer not to say the place.”

Resistance to Iran sanctions grows as powers meet

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Reuters:The United States faced growing opposition on Thursday to its bid to persuade other powers to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, with China urging dialogue and France signaling flexibility.