Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 12 Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the world will soon witness the demise of Israel, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
Ahmadinejad: World will soon witness the demise of Israel
Rice says powers forced to take UN action on Iran
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Iran’s refusal to accept an international incentives offer to negotiate curbs on its nuclear program will force major powers to decide on Wednesday to deal with the Islamic Republic at the U.N. Security Council.
EU warns of U.N. action in Iran standoff
Reuters: The European Union joined the United States on Wednesday in warning Iran it faced U.N. Security Council action if no solution could be found to a stand-off over its nuclear programme.
Bush to seek unity on Iran, N.Korea on trip
Reuters: President George W. Bush, leaving on Wednesday for Germany and Russia, will urge key allies to stay united in their drive to contain the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, aides said.
Defiant Iran
Washington Post – Editorial: Two months ago Russia and China blocked action at the United Nations against Iran’s nuclear program. In deference to Russian and Chinese concerns, the United States and the European Union agreed to give diplomacy another chance, even though Iran had spurned an earlier attempt at negotiation.
At Europeans talks with Tehran about its nuclear future, a familiar impasse endures
New York Times: Five weeks after the worlds major powers offered Iran economic and political rewards if it agreed to freeze important nuclear activities, Iran has neither accepted nor rejected the offer, nor even set a date for when it would respond. And it has argued that the United States and its allies have set unrealistic preconditions for talks.
Iran faces calls for UN action on nuclear standoff
Reuters: The United States led pressure on Tuesday for Iran to face U.N. action after it defied calls for an early response to an offer of incentives aimed at ending a nuclear standoff.
Iran will not back down in nuclear dispute Ahmadinejad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Tehran would not back down an iota over its nuclear activities one day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza demanded an authoritative response from the Islamic Republic to a UN Security Council package of incentives in return for it to suspend uranium enrichment.
Iran will not back down in nuclear dispute Ahmadinejad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Tehran would not back down an iota over its nuclear activities one day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza demanded an authoritative response from the Islamic Republic to a UN Security Council package of incentives in return for it to suspend uranium enrichment.
Iran, EU end nuclear talks with no sign of result
Reuters: Iran and the European Union ended talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme on Tuesday with no clear indication of a result.
