Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told senior officials from the radical Palestinian group Hamas in Tehran on Monday that the groups victory in the recent Palestinian elections was due to their jihad against the Zionist regime.
Hamas chief meets Irans Supreme Leader
Iran: Security Council must not be used as political tool
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 20 The United Nations Security Council must not be used as a political tool, Irans Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters after a meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht in Brussels on Monday.
Iran: Security Council must not be used as political tool
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 20 The United Nations Security Council must not be used as a political tool, Irans Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters after a meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht in Brussels on Monday.
Germany and South Korea urge Iran to be more sincere
Reuters: Iran should be more sincere with the rest of the world about its disputed nuclear programme and accept Russia’s proposal to enrich uranium for it, the German and South Korean foreign ministers said on Sunday.
Iran: talks, uranium moratorium not linked
AP: The head of an Iranian delegation in Moscow for talks on Tehran’s nuclear program said Monday that a proposal to move Iran’s uranium enrichment to Russia had no ties to demands for Iran to restore a moratorium on enrichment activities, a Russian news agency reported.
US envoy accuses Iran of training Iraqi militias
Reuters: The American ambassador to Iraq, taking an unusually blunt line with Iran, accused Iraq’s eastern neighbour on Monday of giving training and weapons to militias operating in Iraq. “Iran has another policy as well: to work with militias, provide training and provide weapons to extremist groups, direct and indirectly,” Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters after a news conference.
Police confiscate alcohol, satellite dishes in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 18 Iranian police confiscated 28,000 bottles of liqueur, large quantities of banned CDs, and several thousand satellite dishes at a facility in Tehran as part of a crackdown on social vice in the Iranian capital.
Police confiscate alcohol, satellite dishes in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 18 Iranian police confiscated 28,000 bottles of liqueur, large quantities of banned CDs, and several thousand satellite dishes at a facility in Tehran as part of a crackdown on social vice in the Iranian capital.
GCC does not oppose referring Iran to Security Council: chief
Xinhua: Chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which groups six Gulf Arab countries, said on Saturday that the bloc did not oppose referring Iran’s nuclear file to the UN Security Council, which might lead to sanctions.
EU to make new nukes appeal to Iran as rift deepens
Reuters: European officials will make a fresh appeal to Iran on Monday to halt sensitive nuclear activities, warning its foreign minister on a rare trip to Brussels that the West is fast running out of patience.
