Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 07 Irans chief nuclear negotiator has arrived in Madrid for talks with Spanish officials over Tehrans nuclear standoff with the international community.
Irans chief nuclear negotiator in Spain for talks
Iran to test 2,000-pound bomb, defense minister says
Bloomberg: Iran will test a precision-guided, 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) bomb “within the coming days” as part of military exercises, the defense minister was cited as saying by the state-run Fars news agency.
Bowing to Iran
Boston Globe: Having warned repeatedly that Iran would face serious consequences if it defied international demands to shut down its nuclear weapons program, the Bush administration wasted no time when Tehran blew off the Security Council’s Aug. 31 deadline to stop enriching uranium. It issued a visa authorizing one of Iran’s leading theocrats, former president Mohammad Khatami, to embark on a propaganda tour of the United States.
Iran sanctions ‘essential’: US
AFP: The United States on Wednesday said it was “essential” for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran, saying the prospect of Tehran with a nuclear arsenal was “intolerable.”
Iran-EU nuclear talks postponed
Reuters: High-level European Union-Iranian talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme that were expected on Wednesday have been postponed but could be held on Friday, a senior Iranian diplomat said.
Iran president urges West to follow God’s path
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a devout Shi’ite Muslim, urged the West on Wednesday to turn to God’s path and said failure to do would ensure they faced “no good fate”.
French, Americans would back strike on Iran: poll
Reuters: Most French and Americans would support military action against Iran as a last resort if other means fail to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons, a major transatlantic opinion survey showed on Wednesday.
Delay puts Iran closer to U.N. sanctions
AP: A senior Iranian envoy abruptly announced Wednesday that last-ditch talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program were postponed, moving Tehran a step closer to U.N. sanctions after it defied a deadline to freeze uranium enrichment.
World can’t allow Iran to harm U.N., says Merkel
Reuters: The international community cannot stand back and watch Iran damage the United Nations with its refusal to heed calls to suspend enrichment, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.
Iran sanctions must exclude force: Russia
Reuters: Any economic sanctions adopted against Iran over its nuclear program must rule out the use of force, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
