AFP: The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the United States on Friday not to attack the Islamic republic, saying American troops in Iraq and the region were “vulnerable”.
Top Iranian commander warns US against military attack
Russia to host new round of Iran talks
AP: Efforts to defuse the crisis over Iran’s nuclear ambitions continued Friday as Russia said it would host fresh international talks and a top Chinese diplomat headed to Tehran.
Iran cleric: Khomeinis disciples took U.S. diplomats hostage
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 14 A top Iranian cleric in Tehran publicly acknowledged on Friday that disciples of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, took American diplomats working in the United States embassy in Tehran hostage in November 1979.
Iran cleric: Khomeinis disciples took U.S. diplomats hostage
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 14 A top Iranian cleric in Tehran publicly acknowledged on Friday that disciples of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, took American diplomats working in the United States embassy in Tehran hostage in November 1979.
Ahmadinejad: Iran will never retreat on nuclear program
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 13 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reaffirmed on Thursday that Iran would never back down from carrying out uranium enrichment even as the United Nations nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei had arrived in Tehran to urge officials to do just that.
Ahmadinejad: Iran will never retreat on nuclear program
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 13 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reaffirmed on Thursday that Iran would never back down from carrying out uranium enrichment even as the United Nations nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei had arrived in Tehran to urge officials to do just that.
One step closer
Washington Times: Just days after strong rumors of a possible pre-emptive U.S. and/or Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities circulated like wildfire around the Washington Beltway, Iran announced it has taken its nuclear program forward.
Meeting yields no progress on curbing Iran nuclear bid
New York Times: A one-day trip to Iran by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, ended Thursday night with no agreement by the Iranians to halt their production of enriched uranium. And European diplomats said Iran had shown inspectors evidence that they were preparing to double the size of their small-scale production facilities within weeks.
Nuclear chief’s Iran trip seems doomed to fail
Daily Telegraph: America last night called for the United Nations to force Iran to comply with its demand that it give up its uranium enrichment programme, bringing Teheran one step closer to sanctions or even military action.
Four days of water cuts lead to protests in southwest Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 13 A group of people gathered outside the offices of the water organisation in the south-western town of Masjid Soleiman in protest to four days of continuous cut-off of water supplies, the state-run daily Hamshahri reported on Thursday.
