AFP: Iran will “not surrender to any sort of pressure and threat”, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared Tuesday, as the country faced the threat of being referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.
Iran will not back down in nuclear stand-off: Khamenei
Blair and Straw split by Iran nuclear crisis
Daily Telegraph: A serious rift has opened between Tony Blair and Jack Straw over whether to retain the threat of military action against Iran if it refuses to halt its nuclear programme.
Straw rules out war over Teheran’s nuclear plan
Daily Telegraph: Britain ruled out military action to halt Iran’s nuclear programme yesterday on the eve of a diplomatic battle by the West to take Teheran to the United Nations Security Council for possible political and economic sanctions.
Iran the suspect as militias step up Basra attacks
The Times – Tehran’s involvement may be linked to Britain’s hardening position on its nuclear programme: The violence that erupted on the streets of Basra yesterday was the result of a simmering struggle between British forces and the increasingly powerful Shia Muslim militias active in southern Iraq.
Majority backs referring Iran to UN
The Times: Most members of the 35- nation International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) favour referring Iran to the UN Security Council because of its nuclear programme, British diplomats said yesterday.
Clashes erupt in oil-rich southern Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 Clashes erupted at night in the strategic oil-rich city of Ahwaz, southern Iran, between people and State Security Forces (SSF), residents reported on Monday.
Clashes erupt in oil-rich southern Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 Clashes erupted at night in the strategic oil-rich city of Ahwaz, southern Iran, between people and State Security Forces (SSF), residents reported on Monday.
Iran must open up nuclear sites – IAEA
AFP: UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran to finally allow access to sensitive sites and key people as his agency met Monday to consider sending Tehran before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
French FM calls for international consensus on Iran nuclear programme
AFP: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday European governments would “build an international consensus” over Iran’s nuclear programme and would take the matter to the United Nations Security Council if necessary.
Opposition demands Iran referred to Security Council
AFP: Iran’s main opposition group demonstrated outside the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Vienna headquarters on Monday demanding Tehran be referred to the United Nations Security Council over its refusal to abandon its nuclear program.
