AFP: Nobody is planning military action against Iran over its nuclear programme “at the moment,” British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in an interview with a Muslim magazine, adding “Iran is not Iraq”. “I don’t know of anybody planning military action against Iran,” Blair said in the latest issue of the British monthly Muslim News, due to hit news-stands on Friday.
Nobody planning to attack Iran, says Blair
U.S. monitors Iran border for insurgents
AP: Worried about people sneaking in from Iran, U.S. troops and Iraqi border guards are focusing their attention on the “socket” – a remote section of frontier that juts into Iran and is used by smugglers, shepherds and even jobs hunters for illegal crossings. The strongest concern, however, is that the rugged area is being used by those helping Iraq’s insurgency.
Iran reaffirms full nuclear program
AFP: Iran reaffirmed strongly Tuesday that it will pursue a full-scale nuclear program, from mining uranium, to enriching it and also building a heavy-water reactor which can produce plutonium, in comments by a senior official at a conference in Paris.
Israel has no intention of striking Iranian nuclear sites: Sharon
AFP: Israel has no intention of launching a strike against Iranian nuclear installations, a top official said Tuesday, quoting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Sharon made the comments during talks with a visiting delegation from the US Congress, despite months of press reports to the contrary, the official told AFP.
UK parliamentarians and jurists call for removal of terror-tag from Iranian Mojahedin
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 22 Dozens of British parliamentarians and prominent international law experts called today on Whitehall to remove Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), from the UK list of proscribed organisations.
UK parliamentarians and jurists call for removal of terror-tag from Iranian Mojahedin
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 22 Dozens of British parliamentarians and prominent international law experts called today on Whitehall to remove Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), from the UK list of proscribed organisations.
British parliamentarians and jurists urge removal of Iranian opposition from terror list
AP: An Iranian opposition group on Tuesday called on the British government to remove the People’s Mujahedeen militia from a list of terrorist organizations. The Mujahedeen regard themselves as legitimate opposition to the hardline clerical regime in Tehran and claim that Britain, along with the European Union and the United States, classify them as terrorists to appease the Iranian government. British officials deny the allegation.
US brushes off call for Iran security guarantees
AFP: The United States on Monday brushed off a call by the top UN nuclear inspector that it give Iran security assurances in return for Tehran renouncing suspected efforts to develop a nuclear bomb. The State Department reiterated Washington’s support for efforts by its European allies to negotiate an end to Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions and said the ball was in Tehran’s court.
Iran’s supreme leader urges no let-up in nuclear work
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged officials on Monday to press on with nuclear work and take no heed of US allegations Tehran is seeking a nuclear weapon, two days before a new round of Iran-EU nuclear talks. “I advise the officials not to pay attention to the enemies’ threats and to go their own way, doing their job,” Khamenei said in the northeastern city of Mashhad, in an address broadcast on state television.
UN urges US engagement over Iran
BBC: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has urged the US to become more engaged in attempts to resolve a dispute about Iran’s nuclear programme.
IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei said Washington would have to step in as Tehran needed security guarantees beyond those given by the EU.
