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.
Four days of water cuts lead to protests in southwest Iran
Iran-nuclear-Iraq-cartoon: Irans international standoff
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 13 The following cartoon appeared in Wednesdays edition of the London-based Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat.
Iran-nuclear-Iraq-cartoon: Irans international standoff
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 13 The following cartoon appeared in Wednesdays edition of the London-based Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat.
General: No air force planes lost in Iran
AP: Spy planes that Iran claims to have shot down over its territory were not operated by the U.S. Air Force, a top American general said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Allen G. Peck also played down Pentagon planning for air strikes on Iran, calling it routine.
Rice: ‘some consequences’ needed for Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that the United States would look at the full range of options available to the U.N. Security Council to respond to Iran’s defiance of council resolutions concerning its nuclear program.
UN should consider binding resolution on Iran: Rice
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday the United Nations should consider adopting a resolution against Iran’s nuclear programme under chapter seven of the UN charter, which could allow military action.
Talks fail to halt Iran programme
BBC: UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has failed to convince Iran to freeze its nuclear programme during a brief visit to Tehran.
Iran nuclear claim ‘slap in the face’ for world: Russian press
AFP: Iran’s announcement that it has successfully enriched uranium shows that Tehran has chosen to confront the West and is a cruel rebuff to Moscow, which has tried to accommodate the Islamic republic, Russian newspapers commented Thursday.
No civilian reason for Iran nuclear enrichment : French FM
AFP: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Thursday that Iran’s refusal to suspend its controversial nuclear drive could not be justified for civilian purposes.
An explosive move
The Times – Leading articles: Irans provocative boast that it has successfully enriched uranium has been received with almost universal condemnation. In language that is strikingly, and deliberately, similar, America, Britain, France and Russia yesterday spoke of a step in the wrong direction, and called on Iran to respect its obligations and stop its nuclear activities.
