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Today: The growing diplomatic crisis with Iran over its nuclear program.
We can’t take chances with Iran
Iran’s delay on enrichment deal seen as bid to avoid sanctions
Washington Post: Iran continued Tuesday to parry a Russian offer to enrich uranium on Russian soil for its nuclear energy program, putting off any move to finalize a deal because it has no real incentive to bend yet, according to diplomats and Russian analysts.
Iran pledges financial aid to Palestinian Authority
Reuters: Iran pledged on Wednesday to provide financial assistance to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority following threats by Western nations to halt aid to a Hamas-controlled government.
Iran spurns Russian demand for enrichment freeze
Reuters: Iran showed few signs on Tuesday that it was ready to strike a deal with Russia that could allay fears it wants nuclear arms and avert possible U.N. sanctions.
Irans Ahmadinejad says liberation of all Palestine looms
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 20 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the recent victory by the Islamist group Hamas in the Palestinian elections brushed aside the Oslo Peace Accord and the Roadmap to Peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and expressed hope that soon all of Palestine will be liberated, Irans official news agency reported.
Iranian nuclear negotiators leaving Moscow: Ifax
Reuters: Iranian nuclear negotiators were poised to leave Moscow on Tuesday with no word of any progress on Moscow’s proposal to enrich Iranian uranium on Russian soil, the Interfax news agency said.
China calls on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment
Reuters: Iran should suspend all uranium enrichment, China said on Tuesday, as Russian and Iranian nuclear negotiators were to hold a second day of talks to try to strike a deal to ease international concerns that Tehran wants a nuclear bomb.
Irans Ahmadinejad says liberation of all Palestine looming
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the recent victory by the Islamist group Hamas in the Palestinian elections brushed aside the Oslo Peace Accord and the Roadmap to Peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and expressed hope that soon all of Palestine will be liberated, Irans official news agency reported.
Irans Ahmadinejad says liberation of all Palestine looming
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the recent victory by the Islamist group Hamas in the Palestinian elections brushed aside the Oslo Peace Accord and the Roadmap to Peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and expressed hope that soon all of Palestine will be liberated, Irans official news agency reported.
Iran sentences two ethnic Arabs to death after unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 Iran has sentenced to death two men it claims were responsible for twin bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz in January, the semi-official news agency Fars reported on Monday.
