Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 25 Iran accused Britain on Wednesday of involvement in two bombings this week in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
Iran blames Britain for twin bombings
Iran defends planned Holocaust conference
AP: Iran on Tuesday defended its plan to organize a conference to examine what it terms the scientific evidence for the Holocaust.
Many in Congress advocate stance on Iran
AP: As the Bush administration pushes to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council, many members of Congress are advocating get-tough approaches and say military force should remain an option to thwart Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
6 powers to meet in London to seek a common policy on Iran
New York Times: The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet in London on Monday in an effort to resolve their differences on how best to punish Iran for its nuclear activities, three diplomats said Tuesday.
Brits crack down on Basra’s police
AP: British troops launched a crackdown Tuesday on Basra’s troubled police, arresting several officers in a force long believed infiltrated by extremist Shiite militiamen with ties to neighboring Iran.
Iran accuses foreigners of masterminding bombings
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 24 Iran accused foreigners on Tuesday of masterminding dual bombings in the southern oil-rich city of Ahwaz that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured.
Iran accuses foreigners of masterminding bombings
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 24 Iran accused foreigners on Tuesday of masterminding dual bombings in the southern oil-rich city of Ahwaz that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured.
Iran heading ‘in the wrong direction’ in nuclear row: EU presidency
AFP: Iran is “marching off in the wrong direction” in its nuclear standoff with the West, the European Union’s Austrian presidency said on Tuesday.
Iran blocks BBC Persian website
BBC: The Iranian authorities have started to block the BBC’s Persian language internet site, for the first time.
EU energy chief: Iran unlikely to use oil as weapon
Reuters: Iran is unlikely to use oil as a weapon in the dispute over its nuclear activities, but the world community has measures to deal with a disruption if one occurred, the European Union’s energy chief said on Tuesday.
