AP: Iran is far from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and despite U.S. fears about its atomic intentions, an American military strike against the Islamic Republic is unlikely, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.
Powell: Iran far from nuclear weapon
Iran does not want to use oil as a weapon: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Iran never wants to use oil as a weapon, but if the US attacked the country it would “know how to react.”
Iran hangs three men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Iranian authorities hanged three men in the province of Hamadan, western Iran, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran hangs three men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Iranian authorities hanged three men in the province of Hamadan, western Iran, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran nuclear compromise not discussed in Riyadh: Saudi
AFP: Iran has not discussed a Saudi-backed plan proposed by Arab states in the Gulf to create an international consortium to enrich uranium in a neutral country outside the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Sunday.
Ahmadinejad writes to French president
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy following recent French criticism of Tehran’s nuclear drive, a senior official said on Saturday.
OPEC agrees to study dollar concern: Iran
AFP: Iran said Sunday that an OPEC pledge to increase financial cooperation between members meant the 13-member oil exporters group would study the issue of pricing oil in the falling US dollar.
Iran fails to get OPEC mention of weak dollar
AFP: OPEC’s final summit declaration on Sunday made no mention of the weak dollar, with a plan to increase financial cooperation between members the only recognition of an Iranian proposal to price oil in other currencies.
Iranian weapons still a problem in Iraq: U.S. military
Reuters: Iranian weapons and agents still pose a threat to U.S.-led forces in Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said on Sunday, despite a recent softening in tone by U.S. officials towards Washington’s bitter foe.
US and Israel ‘face up to’ Iran bomb
Sunday Telegraph: America and Israel are secretly drawing up plans to deal with an Iran that has acquired nuclear weapons, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.
