Reuters: President Bush on Saturday warned Iran of growing international concern over reports that Tehran is preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment process that can be used to make nuclear weapons. “This is a very serious matter …”
Bush Warns Iran After Uranium Processing Reports
U.S. refuses to release Iranian brothers despite court decision
Knight Ridder Newspapers: Since they were locked up in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, the four Mirmehdi brothers have insisted that they aren’t terrorists. This summer, an immigration appeals court agreed, concurring with an immigration judge that the government’s case is weak and doesn’t conclusively tie them to terrorism.
Fresh suspicion over Iran’s nuclear aims
The Guardian: A breakthrough deal between Iran and the EU aimed at defusing an international crisis over Tehran’s alleged nuclear ambitions was thrown into uncertainty last night when diplomats said Iran was rushing to process feed material for the manufacture of bomb-grade uranium.
Powell Firm on Iran Allegations
Los Angeles Times: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell stands by his charge that Iran is working on a missile system to
deliver a nuclear bomb and believes the intelligence he cited in making the accusation is sound, State Department officials said Friday.
Briefing frenzy in Washington over Iran nuclear fear
Daily Telegraph: A briefing war erupted in Washington yesterday over the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions and how to counter them – a debate reminiscent of the countdown to the invasion of Iraq. Washington has been thrown into a frenzy following Secretary of State Colin Powell’s remarks that Iran is studying how to equip a missile with a nuclear bomb.
18 dead, 52 injured in latest Iran road carnage
AFP: Eighteen people were killed and 52 injured when three busses collided in central Iran, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday. The accident occurred late Friday night 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) from Golpayegan on the road to Isfahan.
Diplomats Say Tehran Sends Wrong Signal
Washington Post: Despite promises to freeze its nuclear programs, Iran has continued to convert uranium for enrichment, diplomats in Washington and Vienna said yesterday, a situation that they said signals potential trouble for a new and still untested agreement between the Islamic republic and European countries.
Iranians Rally at Capitol for Democracy
Washington Post: The crowd around her chanted for democracy in Iran yesterday, and Zolal Habibi thought of her father. She said Mohammad Hossein Habibi, a writer and human rights activist, was killed in 1988 in Iran for speaking out against the Iranian government.
Doubts Persist on Iran Nuclear Arms Goals
New York Times: Despite having collected substantial information about Iran’s nuclear and weapons programs over the last several years, Western officials have limited
intelligence about the crucial question of whether Tehran is trying to meld those two programs to produce a nuclear …
Radioactive in Iran
Boston Globe – EDITORIAL: Because Iran has not been truthful about its nuclear activities in the past, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union, and the United States have been trying to ascertain whether some of those activities belong to a nuclear weapons program and, if so, what may be done to dissuade Iran’s clerical rulers from actually developing nuclear weapons.
