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U.N. chief asks U.S. to give Iran reactors

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AP: U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday called on the United States to provide Iran with nuclear reactors and urged Tehran to declare a moratorium on enriching uranium for at least eight years.

Iran faults Russian nuclear proposal but offers to keep talking

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New York Times: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator on Friday cast doubts on a Russian proposal to end the international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program, but he did not shut the door on it entirely, saying Iran was willing to continue discussing it.

US Senate passes resolution condemning Iran

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Reuters: The U.S. Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Iran for its nuclear program and backing efforts to report it to the U.N. Security Council.

Iran warns “crazy West” against Security Council referral

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 27 – Iran’s former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Friday that the European Union was making a mistake in attempting to refer the Islamic Republic’s nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council.

Iran warns “crazy West” against Security Council referral

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 27 – Iran’s former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Friday that the European Union was making a mistake in attempting to refer the Islamic Republic’s nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council.

Senior Iran cleric calls French president “idiot”

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 27 – A senior Iranian Ayatollah told worshippers in Tehran’s Friday prayers ceremony that French President Jacques Chirac was “an idiot” ruling over “the worst dictatorship in the world”.

Senior Iran cleric calls French president “idiot”

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 27 – A senior Iranian Ayatollah told worshippers in Tehran’s Friday prayers ceremony that French President Jacques Chirac was “an idiot” ruling over “the worst dictatorship in the world”.

Iran says UN is manipulated in Holocaust observance

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Bloomberg: Iran said the United Nations was being “manipulated for political purposes” in its first official observance today of the memory of the Holocaust.

U.S. refuses conference contact with Iran

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AP: The United States on Friday ruled out any contact with Iranian delegates to an international aid conference that comes just before next week’s showdown vote on whether to send Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its disputed nuclear program.

Iran cooler on Russian nuclear proposal

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Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator on Friday dampened hopes that Tehran was leaning towards a compromise solution put forward by Russia over its nuclear dispute with the West.