Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 16 – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of northern Iran on Thursday.
4.1 Richter-scale quake jolts northern Iran
4.1 Richter-scale quake jolts northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 16 – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of northern Iran on Thursday.
Iran once again rejects halt to uranium enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 15 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned the United States to recognise Tehran's nuclear ambitions and not to create an “unwise political atmosphere”, state media reported on Wednesday.
Iran once again rejects halt to uranium enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 15 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned the United States to recognise Tehran's nuclear ambitions and not to create an “unwise political atmosphere”, state media reported on Wednesday.
McCain Iraq, Iran policies make him favored candidate to Saudis
Bloomberg: John McCain, who is trying to strike a distance from the policies of President George W. Bush, accuses Saudi Arabia of sponsoring insurgents in Iraq and condemns it for human-rights violations, including imprisoning people whose "only crime is to worship God in their own way."
US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
AFP: The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said.
Obama says Bush policies strengthened Iran and Hamas
Reuters: Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama said on Friday President George W. Bush's "failed policies" had strengthened U.S. enemies like Iran and Hamas.
Iraq finds its Arab neighbors are reluctant to offer embrace
Washington Post: When Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal greeted his Iraqi counterpart with a bear hug at a Persian Gulf conference last month, Bush administration officials watching from the sidelines were all smiles. After years of trying to bring their client state and the Arab giant together, it looked like things were finally starting to click.
Don’t enable Iran’s offenses
San Jose Mercury News – By Bob Filner and Lord Corbett: Peace movements always struggle with the balancing act of wanting to engage enemies without appeasing them. Peace activists don't want war, but they also recognize that peace at any price can be costly. In the case of Iran, these choices are becoming painful and difficult.
US seeks to pressure Iran, not give incentives: Pentagon
AFP: The United States is not trying to create incentives to bring Iran to the negotiating table but rather is seeking ways to intensify pressure to force it to change its ways, the Pentagon said Thursday.
