Reuters: Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned France’s charge d’affaires in Tehran on Wednesday to protest at recent comments by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Iranian media said.
Iran summons French envoy over Kouchner comments
Coalition discovers Iranian hand grenades in weapons cache
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 02 Coalition troops in Baghdad discovered four Iranian hand grenades in a weapons cache earlier this week, the U.S. military announced on Tuesday.
Coalition discovers Iranian hand grenades in weapons cache
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 02 Coalition troops in Baghdad discovered four Iranian hand grenades in a weapons cache earlier this week, the U.S. military announced on Tuesday.
US dismisses Iranian invitation to Bush
AFP: The White House scoffed Tuesday at an Iranian university’s invitation to US President George W. Bush to address its campus, saying he was “not taking it too seriously.”
Iran university invites Bush
AFP: An Iranian university has invited US President George W. Bush to talk on campus, a week after his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given a frosty reception at a US institute, the press reported on Monday.
Iran gets over 85 pct oil income in non-US currencies
Reuters: Iran, the world’s fourth-biggest oil exporter, has boosted oil export earnings in non-U.S. dollar currencies to 85 percent, an Iranian oil official said on Tuesday.
France urges sanction moves to pressure Iran
Reuters: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday the West must continue to work on sanctions if it is to be taken seriously by Iran, even as talks continue to resolve a stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Clinton backs legislation to curb Bush on Iran
New York Sun: Senator Clinton is moving to tie President Bush’s hands with respect to Iran by endorsing legislation that would prohibit military action against the regime in Tehran without prior approval from Congress.
Iran’s economic suicide
Wall Street Journal – By STUART LEVEY: Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and its radical foreign policies have provoked international sanctions. Its financial subterfuge has led key banks and businesses world-wide to sever their Iranian business ties, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blunders are debilitating Iran’s economy. As a result of the regime’s choices, Iran is headed toward isolation and economic hardship.
Bush wants diplomatic end to ‘Iran problem’
AFP: US President George W. Bush wants a peaceful end to “the Iranian problem,” the White House said Monday after a fresh report that the United States is looking at possible military options.
