Iran Focus: London, Oct. 25 The U.S. State Department designated on Thursday an elite Iranian military force a supporter of terrorism.
U.S. designates Irans Qods Force a supporter of terrorism
U.S. designates Irans Qods Force a supporter of terrorism
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 25 The U.S. State Department designated on Thursday an elite Iranian military force a supporter of terrorism.
Bomb Iran? U.S. requests bunker-buster bombs
ABC News: Tucked inside the White House’s $196 billion emergency funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is an item that has some people wondering whether the administration is preparing for military action against Iran.
U.S. to impose new sanctions targeting Iran’s military
Washington Post: The Bush administration plans to roll out an unprecedented package of unilateral sanctions against Iran today, including the long-awaited designations of its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and of the elite Quds Force as a supporter of terrorism, according to senior administration officials.
New steps by U.S. against Iranians
New York Times: The Bush administration will announce a long-debated policy of new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, accusing the elite Quds division of the Revolutionary Guard Corps of supporting terrorism, administration officials said Wednesday night.
Multiple Iran negotiators may complicate talks: EU
Reuters: The EU’s top diplomat said on Wednesday Iran’s new chief nuclear negotiator was upstaged by his predecessor at Rome talks, warning that “multiple players” from Iran could further complicate negotiations with the West.
Iran, India’s Essar refinery JV to start work in ’08
Reuters: Iran’s state oil refining firm and India’s Essar Group are expected to start building a 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in southern Iran early next year, sources close to the deal said.
Poll shows global opposition to Iran – and U.S.
Reuters: Iran is the country most people around the world would like see having less power, followed closely by the United States, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
Rice: U.S. will cut off Iran’s ‘malignant’ actions
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the United States would cut off Iran’s “malignant” activities in Iraq and stop its destabilizing behavior across the region.
Iran says U.N. decisions on atomic plans worthless
Reuters: Iran will not abandon its atomic goals because of U.N. sanction resolutions that are “just a pile of papers”, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday.
