Reuters: U.N. Security Council ambassadors reported progress for the first time on Thursday on how to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions, although the United States acknowledged differences remained.
U.S. upbeat on Iran talks; high-level meet on Monday
Security Council powers, plus Germany, to meet on Iran Monday
AFP: High-level foreign ministry officials of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet in New York on Monday to finalize their stance on the nuclear standoff with Iran, a US State Department official said Thursday.
Japan cuts Iran oil imports over nuke crisis
AFP: Japan’s top oil company is slashing crude imports from Iran as a precaution given the risk to supply from the Islamic republic in the deepening crisis over its nuclear programme, analysts said Thursday.
Iran police arrest 1,000 during fire festival in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 16 Irans paramilitary police arrested 1,000 individuals in the Iranian capital during Tuesday nights annual fire festival, Tehrans deputy chief prosecutor announced on Thursday.
Iran police arrest 1,000 during fire festival in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 16 Irans paramilitary police arrested 1,000 individuals in the Iranian capital during Tuesday nights annual fire festival, Tehrans deputy chief prosecutor announced on Thursday.
U.S. threatens to bomb Iran sites after a month report
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 16 The United States warned Iran through a secret channel that it would launch military attacks on a number of nuclear sites in Iran if there was no diplomatic progress a month after the Islamic Republics referral to the United Nations Security Council, according to a Persian-language website run by associates of the former Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami.
U.S. threatens to bomb Iran sites after a month report
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 16 The United States warned Iran through a secret channel that it would launch military attacks on a number of nuclear sites in Iran if there was no diplomatic progress a month after the Islamic Republics referral to the United Nations Security Council, according to a Persian-language website run by associates of the former Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami.
Iran says it’s ready for talks with the U.S. on Iraq
Bloomberg: Iran is ready to hold talks with the U.S. on Iraq, the country’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said, signaling a shift in Iran’s policy toward the U.S. for the first time in more than two decades.
Iran flexible on inspectors, not core nuclear issue
Reuters: Iran on Thursday offered more access to U.N. inspectors if their watchdog agency, not the U.N. Security Council, dealt with its nuclear dispute with the West.
Aznar: Khamenei said in 2001 Iran aimed to ‘set Israel alight’
Haaretz: Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar said Tuesday that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told him five years ago that “setting Israel on fire” was the first order of business on the Iranian agenda.
