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
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.
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.
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.
