AFP: European lawmakers Thursday urged Iran to stop making “confusing and contradictory” statements about its nuclear programme and reaffirm its commitment to suspend uranium enrichment. The motion was approved at the European Parliament as Iranian and officials from three key EU countries were deadlocked in talks pressing Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, a fuel process that can also be used in making
nuclear bombs.
EU lawmakers urge Iran to reaffirm commitment to nuclear deal
Pakistan’s nuclear hero Khan provided centrifuges to Iran: minister
AFP: Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear hero Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan provided Iran with centrifuges but the government was in no way involved in the deal, a cabinet minister said Thursday. “Dr Qadeer has provided Iran with centrifuges but the government of Pakistan had nothing to do with it. He gave them from the black market. Pakistan government was not involved,” Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told AFP.
Iran puts British gunboats on public display
Financial Times: Iranian state radio reported on Thursday that three gun-boats seized from British forces in June were to be put on public display. The radio said the boats – which were being delivered to the Iraqi river police – would go on show in Arvand-Kenar, in Khuzestan province.
U.S. tells India concerned over Iran pipeline – report
Reuters: The United States has reminded India about its concerns over Iran, as New Delhi prepares for talks on a $4 billion pipeline to bring Iranian natural gas to South Asia, a newspaper said on Thursday. U.S. ambassador to New Delhi David Mulford told the Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar that Washington faced serious difficulties with Iran because of its nuclear programme, and there appeared no immediate solution, the Indian Express said.
1,000 women demonstrate in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 09 – On the event of International Women’s Day, 1,000 women staged a demonstration at
central Tehrans Laleh Park yesterday afternoon.
Clashes erupted between the protesters and State Security Forces (SSF) as local residents reported tight security in the vicinity of the park since daybreak.
1,000 women demonstrate in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 09 – On the event of International Women’s Day, 1,000 women staged a demonstration at
central Tehrans Laleh Park yesterday afternoon.
Clashes erupted between the protesters and State Security Forces (SSF) as local residents reported tight security in the vicinity of the park since daybreak.
Festival in Iran turns into protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 07 The ending ceremony of the sixth national student newspaper festival turned into a demonstration yesterday as over 1,000 students from universities across the city of Mashad (northeast Iran) heckled the regime’s Minister of Health, forcing him to flee the event. Students took the podium and jeered the government minister, shouting slogans and demanding the release of political prisoners and an end to the crackdown on students in Iran’s universities.
Festival in Iran turns into protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 07 The ending ceremony of the sixth national student newspaper festival turned into a demonstration yesterday as over 1,000 students from universities across the city of Mashad (northeast Iran) heckled the regime’s Minister of Health, forcing him to flee the event. Students took the podium and jeered the government minister, shouting slogans and demanding the release of political prisoners and an end to the crackdown on students in Iran’s universities.
Enough evidence for concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions: Rice
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday there was plenty of reason to be concerned over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, downplaying press reports that US intelligence on Iran was inadequate. “I believe that there is enough evidence that there are problems with Iran’s civilian nuclear power ambitions,” Rice said in an interview with Univision television, the largest Spanish-language network in the United States.
EU and Iran flatly disagree as they meet on Iranian nuclear program
AFP: Negotiators from Iran and the European Union met Wednesday in Geneva on Tehran’s nuclear program, with Iran flatly refusing to accede to the Europeans’ key demand that it abandon uranium enrichment, a fuel process which can also make atom bombs.
