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.
Bush Calls for Verifying Iran Nuke Claims
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.
Europe’s Big Three to refer Iran to UN atomic agency if it fails to suspend uranium enrichment
AFP: Britain, France and Germany have called for Iran to be reported to the UN atomic agency if it fails to honor its pledge
to suspend uranium enrichment but their draft resolution makes no mention of an automatic referral to the UN Security Council, diplomats said here Monday.
Iran Must Show It Won’t Seek Nuclear Bomb, IAEA Says
Bloomberg: Iran must do more to win the confidence of weapons inspectors that it isn’t seeking to acquire a nuclear bomb, said Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog. “We still have a lot of work to do before we can come to a conclusion that Iran is clean,” ElBaradei,
director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, said …
Three Wives Attempt Suicide After Argument
Reuters: All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man took overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive pair of boots, a news agency reported on Sunday.
Iran intent on weapons, says opposition
United Press International: The Iranian regime has no intention of honoring its pledge to end nuclear activities, an Iranian opposition spokesman said Monday. Farid Sulamani of the People’s Mujahedin, or Mujahedin Khalq, told the BBC: “The Iran regime is intent on acquiring an atomic bomb and the world has a duty to stop that.”
Britain reiterates warning to Iran in nuclear row
AFP: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw voiced hope Monday for an accord to end a nuclear standoff with Iran, but reiterated the row could still end up in the UN Security Council if Tehran fails to comply. Speaking ahead of a crunch meeting of the UN’s nuclear watchdog body this week, he said he hoped an accord reached between Iran and the European Union’s so-called Euro three — Britain, France and Germany — would be formally approved.
Iran jolted by series of quakes, several casualties reported
AFP: A succession of six mild earthquakes measuring up to
4.9 on the Richter scale hit Iran’s western province of Lorestan Monday, with rockslides along a busy road leaving several people lightly hurt, officials said.
Watchdog confirms Iran suspends uranium enrichment
Reuters: Iran has suspended its uranium enrichment programme to ease fears that its nuclear programme is aimed at developing weapons, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says.
