AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned European powers Saturday that they must take their nuclear negotiations with Iran seriously, otherwise Tehran will reconsider its cooperation. “The Europeans negotiating with Iran should know that they are dealing with a great, cultured nation… if Iranian officials feel that there is no seriousness in the European negotiations, the process will change,” …
Iran’s Khamenei warns EU it may reconsider nuclear cooperation
Halliburton Will Withdraw From Energy Projects in Iran
New York Times: The chief executive of Halliburton said on Friday that the company would withdraw all employees from Iran and end its business activities there after its Iranian
energy exploration contracts came under criticism this month. Halliburton, the nation’s largest energy- and military-services company, plans to cease dealings in Iran when it completes
its present commitments, David J. Lesar, Halliburton’s chief executive, told investors on a conference call.
Iran embassy official arrested in Baghdad
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Jan. 29 An official from Iran’s embassy in Baghdad was arrested by Iraq’s security apparatus. Heydar Javaheri was gathering intelligence under the cover of an economic attaché in the Iranian embassy. He admitted to having illegally entered the country from Iran using fake travel documents after the fall of the previous regime.
Iran embassy official arrested in Baghdad
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Jan. 29 An official from Iran’s embassy in Baghdad was arrested by Iraq’s security apparatus. Heydar Javaheri was gathering intelligence under the cover of an economic attaché in the Iranian embassy. He admitted to having illegally entered the country from Iran using fake travel documents after the fall of the previous regime.
Schroeder urges Iran to renounce military use of nuclear power
AFP: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Friday urged Iran to completely renounce military use of nuclear power, but emphatically ruled out the use of force to ensure that Iran complies with international demands.
“We are most decisively in favour of the fact that Iran completely gives up military use of nuclear power, forever if at all possible,” Schroeder told global political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum.
Journalist has spent 5,000 days in prison
Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders strongly condemned the hounding by the authorities of Taghi Rahmani, who since 1981 has spent a total of 5,000 days in prison, sentenced each time in connection with his journalistic work. Rahmani has been in jail this time for 19 months without charge and the worldwide press freedom organisation called on the Iranian authorities for his immediate and unconditional release.
Halliburton to Wind Down Iran Operations
AP: The oil services conglomerate Halliburton Co. will wind down its operations in Iran and seek to separate its engineering and construction subsidiary KBR from the parent, chairman and CEO Dave Lesar said Friday. Lesar made the disclosures Friday to analysts in a conference call after the …
U.S. warns EU firms to stay away from Iran-diplomats
Reuters: The United States, determined to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons, is piling pressure on European firms to stop them doing business with Tehran, diplomats say.
In turn this is making it harder for Europe to offer Iran economic incentives to persuade it to abandon nuclear processes that could be used to build weapons.
UN Urges Iran to Halt Execution of Young Offenders
Reuters: A United Nations human rights body called on Iran on Friday to abolish the death penalty as well as amputation, flogging and stoning for people who committed crimes as minors. The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child “deplored” the fact that during its three-week session an Iranian was executed for a killing carried out when he was …
Time to confront Iran Threat
European Voice: The West needs a radical new approach to confront the growing threat posed by the theocratic regime in Iran, as it relentlessly pursues its regional and global ambitions. Tehran remains the worlds most active state sponsor of terrorism, continues its destructive meddling in Iraq, and tops the list of states bent on nuclear proliferation. There are good reasons to mistrust the hardline ayatollahs ruling Iran. In Iraq, they have organized a Shiite list for the upcoming parliamentary elections, counting on terrorism and chaos to derail the democratic process, discredit …
