The Guardian: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, raised domestic tensions over the country’s nuclear policy to higher levels yesterday by labelling his opponents “traitors” who are working for the west and threatened to expose them in a political witch-hunt.
Ahmadinejad steps up rhetoric against critics at home with threat to expose ‘traitors’
Merkel, Sarkozy say sanctions and trade curbs on Iran possible
AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Monday more sanctions may be necessary to persuade Iran to suspend nuclear work and opened the possibility of reducing trade ties with Tehran.
Britain threatens oil and gas sanctions against Iran
Reuters: Britain will push to curb energy and financial investment in Iran unless Tehran addresses nuclear concerns, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday in a speech that also underlined Washington’s importance as an ally.
Britain to push for tough sanctions on Iran if talks fail
AFP: Britain will seek a global ban on investment in Iran’s oil, gas and financial sectors unless Tehran agrees to abandon its uranium enrichment activities, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday.
Admiral says US attack on Iran not ‘in the offing’: report
AFP: The United States is not about to launch pre-emptive strikes against Iran despite increasingly tense rhetoric between Washington and Tehran, the head of US Central Command was quoted as saying Monday.
Human rights investigator slams U.N., EU blacklists
Reuters: Terrorist blacklists drawn up by the United Nations and the European Union violate basic human rights, a Swiss investigator working for Europe’s leading human rights forum has said.
Iran president threatens to expose nuclear ‘traitors’
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday threatened to expose “traitors” who were pressuring his government over its atomic ambitions in the face of mounting calls on Iran to stop controversial nuclear work.
Iran police unveil ‘vice list’
AFP: Iranian police have unveiled a list of “vices” — including makeup, un-Islamic dress and decadent movies — being targeted in an ongoing moral crackdown, a conservative newspaper reported on Monday.
More than half of Iranians watch satellite TV: MP
AFP: More than half of Iran’s 70 million population watch satellite television channels even though they are illegal in the Islamic republic, a conservative MP said in comments published Sunday.
Iran president compares critics to ‘goats’: report
AFP: Iran’s hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hit back at his critics, saying they were less intelligent than goats in comments carried by a reformist newspaper on Sunday.
