Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 08 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi arrived on Tuesday in Doha to meet and hold talks with Qatari officials, state media reported.
Irans Judiciary Chief in Qatar for talks
Irans Judiciary Chief in Qatar for talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 08 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi arrived on Tuesday in Doha to meet and hold talks with Qatari officials, state media reported.
3 injured in fuel station explosion in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 08 At least three people were injured when a cars petrol tank exploded at a gas station in northern Iran, state media reported on Tuesday.
3 injured in fuel station explosion in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 08 At least three people were injured when a cars petrol tank exploded at a gas station in northern Iran, state media reported on Tuesday.
France says tougher Iran sanctions may be needed
Reuters: France said on Tuesday U.N. sanctions might have to be toughened against Iran if Tehran continues to ignore demands to rein in its nuclear activities and negotiate.
Iran steps up defiance of UN with more centrifuges
Bloomberg: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran is installing 6,000 new advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, a move that steps up the Persian Gulf country’s dismissal of United Nations sanctions.
Congress to hear of gains in Iraq
Washington Post: In a reprise of their testimony last September, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker plan to tell Congress today and tomorrow that security has improved in Iraq and that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has taken steps toward political reconciliation and economic stability.
Officials: Petraeus unlikely to recommend troop cuts
CNN: Pentagon officials told CNN on Monday they do not expect Gen. David Petraeus to recommend or predict additional U.S. troop cuts in Iraq when he testifies before Congress this week.
Hundreds flee fight in Shiite stronghold
AP: Hundreds of people fled fighting in Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold Monday as U.S. and Iraqi forces increased pressure on anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who faces an ultimatum to either disband his Mahdi Army or give up politics.
The Petraeus effect
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK : As General David Petraeus briefs Congress this week on Iraq, it’s clear his surge has achieved remarkable results. The most crucial is that the U.S. can no longer be defeated militarily in Iraq, which could not be said a year ago. The question now is whether Washington will squander these gains by withdrawing so quickly that we could still lose politically.
