Daily Telegraph: Iran’s main opposition group has renounced violence and the courts say it poses no threat – yet the Government wants it to remain outlawed.
Once a terrorist, always a terrorist?
Mission for Iran
Washington Times: An unlikely duo of a Scottish conservative and a Portuguese socialist from the European Parliament today open a campaign in Washington to build support for the removal of the main Iranian resistance group from a terrorist blacklist.
World Bank says has no plans for new loans to Iran
Reuters: The World Bank fully complies with United Nations sanctions on Iran and has no plans to approve new loans to the country, the poverty-fighting institution said in a document on its Web site.
UN Iran resolution disregarded IAEA – S.Africa
Reuters: South Africa expressed reservations on Wednesday about a U.N. resolution that imposed new sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear plans after voting for it.
EU, US challenge Iran over nuclear allegations at IAEA
AFP: The European Union and the United States challenged Tehran on Wednesday to disprove allegations that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons.
Tehran gets the jitters after earthquake claim
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 06 Residents of Tehran are beginning to panic after SMS text messages started to appear in mobile phones claiming that there is a possibility of an impending powerful quake in the Iranian capital in the coming days.
Tehran gets the jitters after earthquake claim
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 06 Residents of Tehran are beginning to panic after SMS text messages started to appear in mobile phones claiming that there is a possibility of an impending powerful quake in the Iranian capital in the coming days.
Paulson says Iranian banks engage in deception
Reuters: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Wednesday accused Iranian banks of deception and said the U.S. Treasury was pressuring foreign banks dealing with Tehran to respect United Nations sanctions.
Iran finds wheat fungus, threat to region – FAO
Reuters: Iran has detected a ‘wheat rust’ fungus in its crops that poses a potential threat for production there and in surrounding countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday.
Moscow, Tehran and Washington
Washington Times – Editorial: Once again on Monday, the U.N. Security Council voted to impose sanctions against Iran in response to its refusal to stop uranium enrichment for its nuclear program. Tehran continues to respond defiantly, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claiming that his government has “won” in the nuclear field. And in at least one critical area, he may be right.
