Reuters: Fears of North Korea and Iran seem to be spurring broad interest in Patriot PAC-3 missile upgrades, an executive of Lockheed Martin Corp., the prime contractor, said on Wednesday.
Iran, N.Korea spur PAC-3 missile demand – Lockheed
U.S. eases harsh Iran response
UPI: Britain and France persuaded the U.S. administration to tone down condemnation of Iran’s response to a nuclear proposal, ABC News said Thursday.
Dealing with doubts over Iran’s intent
Christian Science Monitor – The Monitor’s View: Every day, air travelers willingly give up dangerous items in inspections because of uncertainty that one passenger might hijack the plane. A similar uncertainty now exists with Iran: Should it be forced to give up the potential to have nuclear weapons?
Pentagon suggests Iran is training Iraqi insurgents
VOA News: A senior military spokesman says there is clear evidence that Iran has directly aided insurgents in Iraq. Those comments follow Iraq’s deadliest month since the U.S.-led invasion, in terms of civilian casualties.
Iran stalls
Washington Post – A test for China and Russia – Editorial: It’s been four years since the existence of Iran’s nuclear program was confirmed, and since then Iran has succeeded in stalling the world’s efforts to ensure that the country’s enriched uranium is used exclusively for peaceful purposes. Sometimes inspectors from the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency have been granted permission to enter the country; sometimes they have been denied access.
Authorities hang man in public in southeast Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the south-eastern Iranian town of Khash, Sistan-va-Baluchistan Province, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.
Authorities hang man in public in southeast Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the south-eastern Iranian town of Khash, Sistan-va-Baluchistan Province, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.
Iran secretly builds advanced nuclear centrifuges – exiles
Iran Focus: Paris, Aug. 24 – Iran has secretly built more than a dozen advanced P2 nuclear centrifuges in breach of is commitments to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an Iranian opposition leader announced on Thursday.
Iran secretly builds advanced nuclear centrifuges – exiles
Iran Focus: Paris, Aug. 24 – Iran has secretly built more than a dozen advanced P2 nuclear centrifuges in breach of is commitments to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an Iranian opposition leader announced on Thursday.
Merkel ‘cannot be satisfied’ with Iran’s nuclear response to UN
Bloomberg: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is not satisfied with Iran’s response to the United Nations offer of economic benefits in exchange for curtailing its nuclear program.
