BBC News: As the international debate over Iran’s nuclear programme has intensified, some Iranian journalists say they have come under increasing pressure not to criticise their government on the issue.
Iran’s journalists under pressure
Rice won’t tolerate stall tactics on Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning Thursday to holdouts in a diplomatic impasse at the United Nations over Iran’s disputed nuclear program.
Iran speeds up nuclear programme as crisis talks bog down
The Guardian: Iran is racing ahead with preparations to enrich uranium as the big powers struggle to decide on their next moves aimed at resolving the nuclear crisis surrounding the country.
Unified message sought on Iran
Reuters: Major-power nations tried to break a U.N. impasse on Iran’s nuclear ambitions with a round of telephone calls among their foreign ministers on Thursday seeking to produce a unified message, diplomats said.
Blair: Iran meddling furiously in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 23 British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of meddling furiously in Iraq and said that the ruling theocracy had a terrorist ideology at its heart.
Blair: Iran meddling furiously in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 23 British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of meddling furiously in Iraq and said that the ruling theocracy had a terrorist ideology at its heart.
China repeats it is in accord with Russia on Iran
Reuters: China said on Thursday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin left Beijing, that Beijing and Moscow are in accord on Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West.
Attackers on government convoy identified – Iran police chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 23 Irans paramilitary police chief announced that Tehran had identified those responsible for an armed attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan which left 22 Iranian officials dead last Friday.
Attackers on government convoy identified – Iran police chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 23 Irans paramilitary police chief announced that Tehran had identified those responsible for an armed attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan which left 22 Iranian officials dead last Friday.
‘Irrational’ US view will not prevail: Iran’s FM
AFP: US pressure on the UN Security Council to penalise Iran for its nuclear policy is “irrational” and will not succeed, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Qatar Wednesday.
