Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would make new proposals to the United Nations Security Council before it votes on extending sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad says to make proposals on nuclear issue
Iran sanctions resolution due for Saturday vote
Reuters: Security Council members on Friday will review a revised draft of a U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, with a view to voting over the weekend.
Major powers submit final Iran draft
AP: Major powers negotiating sanctions against Iran say they want the 15-nation Security Council to vote on their draft resolution by the end of the week despite indications it may not have the panel’s full support.
Analysis: Iran training Iraqi death squads?
UPI:”Loose lips sink ships” was a popular slogan during World War II, a reminder that misplaced words could help the enemy. But the reverse is also true: Purposely placed words can sink the enemy’s ships. At a time when President George W. Bush keeps reminding Iran that “all options are on the table,” a group opposed to the regime reveals new information on the Islamic republic’s involvement in Iraq.
ANALYSIS – Britain may try to revive nuclear pact to curb Iran
Reuters: Gordon Brown may lead efforts to revive the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a way of tackling Iran’s atomic ambitions, his most pressing foreign policy challenge once he becomes British prime minister.
Russia nixes ‘excessive’ Iran sanctions
AP: Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that it will not support “excessive” sanctions against its economic partner Iran, as the U.N. Security Council drew closer to a vote on a new, harsher set of measures intended to push Tehran to freeze its nuclear program.
Bolton: Iran won’t give up nuke ambition
AP: President Bush’s former envoy to the United Nations says using military force against Iran would be preferable to allowing the country to acquire nuclear weapons.
Tehran pledges to strike back at nuclear foes
Washington Times: Iranian leaders yesterday vowed to defy a U.S.-led drive to halt the country’s nuclear program, warning that proposed United Nations sanctions will not work and promising to “strike the enemies” trying to pressure the country.
White House urges patience on Iran
AP: Bush administration officials urged patience with U.S. efforts to crack down on Iran as Democrats leveled fresh criticism of the government’s approach.
Shiite militia may be disintergrating
AP: The violent Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army is breaking into splinter groups, with up to 3,000 gunmen now financed directly by Iran and no longer loyal to the firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, adding a potentially even more deadly element to Iraq’s violent mix.
