Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 10 Several branches on Irans Open University have banned male students from wearing short-sleeve shirts or T-shirts.
Short-sleeve shirts banned in Iran universities
Iran standoff expected to drive up oil prices
Washington Times: The standoff over Iran’s nuclear program has been a chief irritant driving oil prices to record highs this year. The tensions are likely to continue pressuring prices well into next year and could flare up at any time, analysts say.
U.S. and Europe plan new offer to entice Iran away from arms
New York Times: The United States and its European negotiating partners are preparing to repackage economic incentives aimed at inducing Iran to cooperate in eliminating its suspected nuclear weapons program, and to add some “new ideas” for Iran to consider, American and European officials said Tuesday.
U.S., in shift, will slow push for U.N. action against Iran
Wall Street Journal: With Russia and China balking, the U.S. and its allies will slow their push for U.N. Security Council action against Iran and develop a new list of incentives and punishments intended to persuade Tehran to curtail its nuclear program.
Critical mass with Iran
Christian Science Monitor – The Monitor’s View: Top diplomats of the world’s major powers met in New York on Monday to see if they could agree on whether the UN Security Council should demand that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment and stop building a heavy-water nuclear reactor. They couldn’t.
Iran to be offered deal over nuclear programme
The Times: Margaret Beckett, the new Foreign Secretary, agreed yesterday to prepare a package of incentives for Iran to curb its nuclear programme.
Western concern on nuclear programme “big lie” – Iran
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a visit to fellow Muslim nation Indonesia, said on Wednesday that Western countries’ expressions of concern over its nuclear policies were a “big lie”.
FOX News poll: Do not trust Iran
FOX News: The latest FOX News poll finds that Americans think Iran cannot be trusted, and a majority thinks Iran either already poses a threat to the United States or that it will soon.
Indonesia calls on Iran to be transparent in its nuclear program
AP: Indonesia called on Iran to be more transparent in its uranium enrichment program, but defended the country’s right to produce nuclear energy, ahead of a state visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Bush: Iran should not have a nuclear weapon
Iran Focus: London, May 09 United States President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon or the capacity to make such a weapon.
