Reuters: The UAE’s Crescent Petroleum said on Wednesday that it had made progress on talks to resolve a dispute about pricing and volume for gas imports from Iran but had yet to reach a final agreement.
UAE’s Crescent sees progress in Iran gas talks
Iran, Iraq to reactivate parts of border deal: report
Reuters: Iran and Iraq have agreed to reactivate some elements of a 1975 border agreement which was the centre of a row in December when the Iraqi president said the treaty was void, a statement he later retracted.
Ahmadinejad in new attack on ‘savage animal’ Israel
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday called Israel a “dirty microbe” and “savage animal”, as Iran stepped up its rhetoric against the Jewish state after the murder of a top Hezbollah commander.
Dissident ayatollah says freedom lacking in Iran
AFP: Iran’s most prominent dissident cleric has complained freedom is being “sacrificed” in the Islamic republic, pointing to the mass disqualification of candidates for March parliamentary elections.
Iran body reinstates more hopefuls for March vote
Reuters: An Iranian hard-line watchdog body has reinstated another 200 candidates to run in a March parliamentary election, state television reported on Wednesday.
Iranian dissidents urge immediate nuclear checks
Reuters: An Iranian opposition group called on Wednesday for the U.N. nuclear watchdog to immediately inspect facilities in Iran which it said were at the core of an accelerated nuclear weapons programme.
Exiled opposition group says Iran still developing nuclear warheads
AFP: Iran is actively pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, an exiled Iranian opposition group said Wednesday, giving details of what it claims is an operational nuclear-warhead development site.
Iran vows resistance in nuclear standoff
AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has brought world powers “to their knees” and successfully resisted U.S.-led efforts to get Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment.
Exile group claims Iran is developing nuclear warheads
Wall Street Journal: The Iranian opposition group that first exposed Iran’s controversial nuclear-fuel program has given the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog details of what the group says is a working nuclear-warhead-development facility.
Iran says atomic drive brings powers “to their knees”
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran’s will to continue its disputed nuclear work was stronger than the will of major powers, which have called on Tehran to stop such sensitive activities.
