AFP: Iran has decided on its response to a package offered by world powers for the Islamic republic to freeze nuclear enrichment, visiting Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday.
Iran decides response on nuclear package offer: FM
Iran to start up heavy water plant for nuclear research reactor
AFP: Iran said on Monday it would soon start up its heavy water plant in Arak which will feed a nuclear research reactor currently under construction, the semi-official news agency Fars reported.
Supreme Leader says Iran will continue nuclear work
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday that Tehran would continue with its nuclear work despite the looming August 31 deadline set by the United Nations Security Council for it to suspend uranium enrichment.
Supreme Leader says Iran will continue nuclear work
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday that Tehran would continue with its nuclear work despite the looming August 31 deadline set by the United Nations Security Council for it to suspend uranium enrichment.
Three Iranian factories ‘mass-produce bombs to kill British in Iraq’
Sunday Telegraph: Three factories in Iran are mass-producing the sophisticated roadside bombs used to kill British soldiers over the border in Iraq, it has been claimed.
EU’s Solana, Iranian negotiator ready for ‘contacts’ on nuclear standoff
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani are open to “further contacts” about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Solana said Monday.
Oil rises a second day after Iran refuses to suspend enrichment
Bloomberg: Crude oil rose a second day after Iran refused to meet a United Nations demand to end its uranium enrichment, adding to concern that oil supplies from the world’s fourth-largest producer may be disrupted.
Iran fires practice missiles and affirms nuclear stance
New York Times: As Iran fired 10 short-range missiles on the second day of a large-scale military maneuver, officials on Sunday reiterated Irans stance that it did not intend to halt its uranium enrichment program.
Iran military exercises show danger of nuclear ambitions: US
AFP: The White House said Sunday that Iran’s military exercises, which included a short-range missile test, was a reminder of the danger of the Islamic republic’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran test-fires 10 short-range missiles
AP: Iran test-fired 10 surface-to-surface short-range missiles on Sunday, a day after it launched a series of large-scale military exercises throughout the country, state-run television reported. The Saegheh missile had a range of between 50 and 150 miles, the report said. It did not specify whether the missile was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, but it was not believed to be.
