Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it was getting ready to resume some uranium enrichment-related work, despite warnings from Washington and the European Union that doing so
would see its nuclear case sent to the U.N. Security Council.
Iran prepares to resume sensitive nuclear work
Saudi journalists denied visa to cover soccer match in Iran
AFP: Nine Saudi journalists who wanted to accompany a local football team to an Asian Champions League game in Isfahan were denied entry visas by the Iranian embassy in Riyadh, a team spokesman said Saturday. The Saudi Al-Shabab Club “forwarded the applications of the nine journalists, who were to accompany the football team to Isfahan for a match with …
Iran no longer interested in Rover purchase: minister
AFP: Iran has decided against making an offer for bankrupt British car manufacturer MG Rover, because Chinese firm Shanghai Auto already has the right to manufacture the Rover 75 and Rover 25, Industry Minister Eshagh Jahangiri said in comments published Saturday.
Iran warns its nuclear threats not empty
Reuters: Iran warned on Saturday it could pull out of nuclear negotiations with the European Union if progress is not made soon and said its threat to resume some enrichment-related work was not an empty one. “The Iranian nation will never give up its rights … we cannot accept any more time killing,” Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told state television from New York.
Iran threatens to break negotiations with EU
AFP: Iran threatened Saturday the possibility that it might break off negotiations with the European Union over its sensitive nuclear activities if the talks do not bear fruit. “We told the Europeans that, if the negotiations did not bear the expected results, their continuation was useless,” Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi was quoted by state television as saying.
Pakistan will send centrifuge parts to UN watchdog for Iran tests: PM
AFP: Pakistan will, under certain conditions, send centrifuge parts for tests by the UN’s atomic agency to help establish whether Iran has been secretly developing nuclear weapons, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Friday. The parts could allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna to determine whether highly enriched uranium contamination found in Iran had originated there, or if it had
come from Pakistan.
The need to confront Iran’s nuclear will
The Globe and Mail: When it comes to global theatrics, Iran’s leaders certainly know how to grab the spotlight. They chose the first week of a month-long United Nations review of the 35-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to drop the
bombshell that they intend to resume most of their nuclear activities.
Iran presidential candidate attacked at gathering
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 06 – One of the presidential candidates for the June 17 elections in Iran was forced to cut his speech short during a gathering in the Iranian holy city of Qom. Mehdi Karroubi, a presidential candidate and former Speaker of the Iranian regimes Majlis (parliament), was speaking to the gathering Wednesday evening when a crowd of some 30 …
Iran presidential candidate attacked at gathering
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 06 – One of the presidential candidates for the June 17 elections in Iran was forced to cut his speech short during a gathering in the Iranian holy city of Qom. Mehdi Karroubi, a presidential candidate and former Speaker of the Iranian regimes Majlis (parliament), was speaking to the gathering Wednesday evening when a crowd of some 30 …
Iran ready to accelerate nuclear activities: official
AFP: Iran is ready to accelerate its nuclear activities if agreement is not reached quickly with the European Union
over the Islamic republic’s controversial nuclear programme, a chief negotiator said Friday. “A long-term suspension or an end (to uranium enrichment) is stupid, bad and irrational,” Syrus Nasseri was quoted as saying by student news agecy ISNA.
