Xinhua: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Thursday warned Iran on a possible “sanctions logic” if Teheran continued to refuse to cooperate with the United Nations on its nuclear program.
France warns Iran of “sanctions logic”
Gates: U.S. can prove Iran’s Iraq role
AP: Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide “pretty good” evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted Friday.
Oil breaches $60 on concern over supply, Iran
Reuters: Oil on Friday broke through the psychological $60 a barrel level for the first time in more than a month, spurred higher by tighter supplies and worries about rising tension between the United States and Iran.
Top cleric says US within Iran’s ‘firing range’
AFP: A top Iranian cleric said Friday the United States was within Iran’s “firing range”, a day after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to hit back at US interests worldwide if attacked.
IAEA chief to meet Iran’s Larijani
Reuters: Iran’s national security chief Ali Larijani will meet the U.N. nuclear watchdog director in Vienna on Friday, officials said, en route to Germany where he will see senior EU ministers.
Irans leader warns the U.S. about carrying out any attack
New York Times: Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned the United States on Thursday that Iran would retaliate against American interests worldwide if it was attacked. It was the latest volley in an escalating war of rhetoric between the countries.
White House says ‘we’re not invading Iran’
Reuters: President George W. Bush and his administration are not contemplating invading Iran, the White House said on Thursday.
Iran: U.S. will regret kidnapping our officials in northern Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 09 In a veiled threat to the United States, Irans former president Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Thursday that Washington would regret having kidnapped Iranian diplomats in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.
Iran: U.S. will regret kidnapping our officials in northern Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 09 In a veiled threat to the United States, Irans former president Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Thursday that Washington would regret having kidnapped Iranian diplomats in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.
Iran says it has identified 100 U.S., Israeli agents
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 09 Irans intelligence czar announced that the Islamic Republic had identified 100 U.S. and Israeli spies within the countrys borders, the government-owned news agency Fars reported on Thursday.
