AFP: A leading Iranian hardliner warned the international community Friday not delude itself into thinking the Islamic regime could be persuaded to abandon its nuclear programme, as it had been approved at the highest level of the leadership.
“They should know that the Iranian nation has taken its decision and that the supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) is firmly behind the notion of acquiring nuclear technology,” said Ayatollah Ahmad Janati.
Iran Regime Not For Turning On Nuclear Programme: Top Official
U.S. taking hard line on Iran nuke program
The Associated Press: With pressure building to curb Iran’s nuclear program, disarmament officials from major nations began meetings Thursday that the United States says will focus on Tehran in the campaign to stop the spread of atomic weapons.
Top G-8 officials gather in Geneva to discuss nuclear tensions with Iran
Associated Press: With pressure building to curb Iran’s nuclear program, top disarmament officials from major countries gathered Thursday for two days of meetings that the United States says will focus on Tehran in the campaign to stop the spread of atomic weapons.
Iran Still Buying Centrifuge Parts Abroad: Intelligence Officials
AFP: Iran is continuing to buy parts for centrifuges abroad, often skirting sanctions and export controls, as it seeks to supply a program which the United States charges is secretly developing nuclear weapons, Western intelligence officials said.
Their comments this week came as the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency was set to meet Monday to assess its ongoing investigation into the Iranian program …
Iran seen using EU to buy time to get atomic bomb
Reuters: Iran is using negotiations with the European Union’s “big three” on suspending sensitive nuclear activities to buy the time it needs to get ready to make atomic weapons, an Iranian exile and intelligence officials said.
Iran’s nuclear reactor faces more delays, Russian official says
Reuters: A senior Russian nuclear official said yesterday that an atomic reactor Moscow is building for Iran, long a stumbling block in Russian-US relations, faced further delays.
Diplomatic sources and specialists in Moscow have said President Vladimir Putin’s growing recognition of Washington’s concerns over Iran’s nuclear program have pressured the Kremlin into delaying until the International Atomic Energy Agency determines that Iran’s nuclear program is in compliance
with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Bush Can’t Afford Inaction on Iran
Los Angeles Times: Hyped reports about an Israeli “mole” in the Pentagon are falling apart faster than the Kerry campaign. It now seems likely that the analyst in question was, at worst, guilty of mishandling a classified document, not espionage. According to news accounts, the memo he’s accused of passing to pro-Israel lobbyists called for U.S. support of Iranian dissidents trying to overthrow their dictatorial government. This may not be spy-novel stuff, but it does raise an important question: Why hasn’t President Bush implemented the recommendations reportedly contained in the Pentagon paper?
Allies Resist U.S. Efforts to Pressure Iran on Arms
New York Times: The Bush administration’s campaign to persuade Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons programs is running into resistance among some allies and disputes over the seriousness of a new Iranian offer to suspend part of its activities, administration officials said Wednesday.
UK sets Iran deadline to end nuclear bomb work
The Guardian: The British government yesterday set a November ultimatum for Iran to suspend all activities linked to production of a nuclear bomb – a deadline that effectively marks the failure of more than a year of negotiations between Tehran and the European troika of Britain, France and Germany.
Britain’s nuclear deadline for Iran
Daily Telegraph: Britain last night gave Iran two months to come clean about its nuclear programme and halt work on enrichment of uranium or face a demand for United Nations sanctions.
