Reuters: Iraq demanded on Tuesday the release of coastguards it said were seized by Iran during a clash involving suspected oil smugglers on their tidal frontier, but Iran’s Baghdad embassy denied all knowledge of the incident.
Iraq accuses Iran of seizing coastguards, Tehran denies
India rebukes Iran
UPI: India rebuked Iran’s reference to the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, described the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal as a case of American double standards compared with Tehran’s nuclear program.
Sanctions not automatic on Iran – UK official
Reuters: Referring Iran to the United Nations Security Council over concerns about its nuclear plans will not automatically lead to economic sanctions, a senior British official said on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister opposes sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that sanctions were not the best means of dealing with Irans nuclear threat.
Russian Foreign Minister opposes sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that sanctions were not the best means of dealing with Irans nuclear threat.
British FM says onus on Iran in nuke dispute
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw described Irans decision last week to resume previously-suspended uranium enrichment-related activities at its massive nuclear facility in Natanz as very unreasonable and a matter of serious concern.
British FM says onus on Iran in nuke dispute
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw described Irans decision last week to resume previously-suspended uranium enrichment-related activities at its massive nuclear facility in Natanz as very unreasonable and a matter of serious concern.
Russia and China demand Iran freeze nuclear activity, but reject referral to U.N.
New York Times: Russia and China affirmed Monday that Iran must resume its freeze on certain nuclear activities, but refused a call by the Americans and the Europeans for the issue to be put before the United Nations Security Council, according to the British Foreign Office and senior European officials.
Let’s give Iran some of its own medicine
Daily Telegraph: So let me see. On the one hand, we have a regime that is pressing full steam ahead with its nuclear programme and whose president has threatened to wipe another sovereign state off the map. And, on the other side of the negotiations, we have Her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Iran looking dangerous
The Sun: Europe has wasted precious time chatting while Iran plots nuclear mayhem, ex-White House chief General Colin Powell warned last night.
