Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 04 Iran today threatened to end its nuclear agreement with the European Union “big three”, saying that it would not be bound to previous commitments, if they continued to call for permanent suspension of uranium enrichment by the Iranian regime. If the Europeans do not abide by the Iran-EU nuclear agreement and ask for a permanent suspension of uranium enrichment, Iran will not fulfill its commitments, the regime’s spokesman Abdollah …
Iran threatens to end nuclear treaty with EU
Iran threatens to end nuclear treaty with EU
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 04 Iran today threatened to end its nuclear agreement with the European Union “big three”, saying that it would not be bound to previous commitments, if they continued to call for permanent suspension of uranium enrichment by the Iranian regime. If the Europeans do not abide by the Iran-EU nuclear agreement and ask for a permanent suspension of uranium enrichment, Iran will not fulfill its commitments, the regime’s spokesman Abdollah …
Iran resists EU nuclear deal
AFP: Top Iranian officials gave fresh signals Friday that Tehran will reject a demand from Britain, France and Germany that it completely halt sensitive nuclear activities in return for a package of incentives.
Speaking in a Friday prayer sermon, top cleric and powerful ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned the European Union,
the United States and the UN’s atomic watchdog that they were
facing “trouble” for pressuring Iran to abandon fuel cycle work.
Iran says joining WTO not an incentive in nuclear talks
AFP: Allowing Iran to join the World Trade Organisation should not be considered as an incentive during nuclear negotiations with the European Union, its commerce minister was quoted as saying Friday. “Whether the United States and Europe accept it or not, this is not a favour to Iran and they cannot demand something from Iran in return,” Mohammad Shariatmadari told the student news agency ISNA.
Iraqi security forces stop drug smugglers from Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Mar. 04 Border-police in the central Iraqi province of Wassit said that they have arrested 1,500 Iranians who had entered the country illegally with the intention of distributing illegal drugs. The group had entered onto Iraqi soil via the Badra region, on the border with Iran, without any identity cards, passports or travel documents, according to a border-police source.
Iraqi security forces stop drug smugglers from Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Mar. 04 Border-police in the central Iraqi province of Wassit said that they have arrested 1,500 Iranians who had entered the country illegally with the intention of distributing illegal drugs. The group had entered onto Iraqi soil via the Badra region, on the border with Iran, without any identity cards, passports or travel documents, according to a border-police source.
U.S. May Aid Iran Activists
Los Angeles Times: The Bush administration is considering a more aggressive effort to foster opposition inside Iran and seeking ways to use a new $3-million fund to support activists without exposing them to the risk of arrest. The approach would represent a change since President Bush’s first term, when the administration was more wary of such potentially dangerous moves, officials said.
Iran wants to widen atomic machine tests-diplomats
Reuters: Iran says it wants to break U.N. seals and test “essential” parts for machines for nuclear work, diplomats said, adding this showed Iran’s freeze on activity which could produce atomic weapons would be short-lived.
A Better Iran Strategy
Washington Post – Editorial: THE CHANCES that the West will succeed in peacefully restraining Iran from building nuclear weapons have been looking dismal at the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency this week. The agency’s staff reported that Iran was still not fully cooperating with its investigation into the secret uranium enrichment program Tehran began 18 years ago.
On Iran, Bush Weighs a Joint Strategy With the Europeans
New York Times: President Bush, working to define a common strategy with Europe to get Iran to dismantle its suspected nuclear weapons program, conferred Thursday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about what the Iranian government must do as its part of any agreement, according to American and European officials.
