The Times: Iran formally suspended its controversial uranium-enrichment programme yesterday but doubts remain about its true intentions. The United States is convinced that Tehran is engaged in a clandestine nuclear weapons project.
Iran bows to UN threat over nuclear programme
Regime change may one day be better than a nuclear-armed Iran
Daily Telegraph: The more one looks at Iran’s civil nuclear programme, the more it looks like a concerted project to build an atomic bomb. So Teheran’s decision yesterday to suspend all aspects of uranium enrichment is, on the face of it, good news because it blocks the mullahs’ most direct route to making weapons-grade fissile material.
U.N. Official Says Iranians Seem to Curb Atom Activity
New York Times: Iran appears to have frozen major nuclear activities in an effort to persuade the world that it does not intend to build nuclear bombs, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said Monday.
Iran suspends uranium enrichment and opens way to fresh nuclear deal with EU
The Independent: A claim by Iran that it has suspended uranium enrichment appears to open a three-month window for a compromise over what it insists is its peaceful atomic energy programme. But the US remains convinced that Tehran remains determined to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran has suspended nuclear operations ahead of IAEA meeting, diplomats say
Financial Times: Iran appears to have ceased all sensitive nuclear operations ahead of a crucial meeting later this week of the board of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, according to western diplomats. The apparent suspension of activities follows an agreement last week with Britain, France and Germany designed to stave off US efforts to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, a move that could result in UN sanctions.
2 minors among half dozen sentenced to execution in past week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 22 – A total of six people have been sentenced to execution in Iran over the past week including two children under the age of 18 as well as two young women and two political prisoners. The two minors who were sentenced to executions who were identified only by their first names, Wahid and Mehdi.
2 minors among half dozen sentenced to execution in past week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 22 – A total of six people have been sentenced to execution in Iran over the past week including two children under the age of 18 as well as two young women and two political prisoners. The two minors who were sentenced to executions who were identified only by their first names, Wahid and Mehdi.
Bush Calls for Verifying Iran Nuke Claims
AP: President Bush said Monday that he hopes Iran’s claim that it has suspended uranium enrichment and has no nuclear weapons ambitions is true, but “there must be verification.” Iran must “earn the trust of those of us who are worried about them developing a nuclear weapon,” Bush said at a seaside news conference during a four-hour visit with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Russia hails Iranian freeze on nuclear fuel work
AFP: Russia said Monday that Iran’s announcement that it was suspending uranium enrichment, a key part of the nuclear fuel cycle, was a step forward that showed greater cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog.
German border police arrest man over Iran nuclear sales
AFP: German border police said Monday that they had
arrested a 53-year-old man suspected of trying to illegally export material used in nuclear power plants to Iran.
The man, who was picked up as he returned from Poland,
will appear before a judge in Postdam, eastern Germany on Tuesday, a spokesperson said.
