AP: The European Union said Friday it will prod Iran to clarify questions about its lukewarm response to a package of economic incentives designed to get the country to suspend uranium enrichment.
EU to query Iran on lukewarm response
Russia says it opposes U.N. sanctions on Iran
New York Times: Russias defense minister said Friday that it was premature to consider punitive actions against Iran despite its refusal so far to suspend its efforts to enrich uranium as the United Nations Security Council has demanded.
Iran’s Islamic influence in the Mideast
Christian Science Monitor: Call it the Pyongyang ploy. Hold out for direct talks with America and its allies, thus bolstering your international position, while budging not an inch on your nuclear aspirations. If North Korea seemed unimpressed by a package of inducements and unfazed by the threat of United Nations sanctions, Iran seems to be even less so.
France says Iran’s response unsatisfactory
Reuters: France said on Friday Iran’s response to an offer of incentives to persuade it to halt its nuclear programme fell short but said it was important to avoid escalating a conflict with Iran and the Muslim world.
UN’s Annan plans Iran visit to press enrichment halt
Bloomberg: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan plans to visit Iran in a new effort to persuade the Islamic Republic to suspend uranium enrichment, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
Iran-Russia trade falls by half in first quarter report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 25 Trade between Iran and Russia has fallen by half in the first quarter of the 2006 from the same period in the previous year, Russias news agency Interfax reported on Friday.
Iran-Russia trade falls by half in first quarter report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 25 Trade between Iran and Russia has fallen by half in the first quarter of the 2006 from the same period in the previous year, Russias news agency Interfax reported on Friday.
Road accident in Iran leaves seven dead
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 At least seven people were killed and six others injured when a bus carrying passengers in the northern province of Semnan collided with a lorry, state-run press reported on Thursday.
Road accident in Iran leaves seven dead
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 At least seven people were killed and six others injured when a bus carrying passengers in the northern province of Semnan collided with a lorry, state-run press reported on Thursday.
Japan executives arrested over weapons-linked exports
AFP: Japanese police said Friday they had arrested five executives of a major precision instrument maker on suspicion of illegally exporting devices that can be used in the construction of nuclear weapons.
