Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 04 Irans official news agency announced on Sunday that government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham had been selected by hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the countrys new Justice Minister.
Iran appoints government spokesman as new Justice Minister
Iran official says no plans to halt atomic work
Reuters: Iran will not suspend its uranium enrichment work as demanded by a U.N. sanctions resolution, the country’s top nuclear official said on Sunday in the latest statement of defiance from Tehran as a U.N. deadline looms.
US military chiefs eye confrontation with Iran
Sunday Telegraph: America’s military chiefs are at loggerheads with the country’s diplomats and spies over tactics for confronting Iranian agents in Iraq over their role in lethal attacks on US forces.
Arab diplomats visit Iranian facilities
AP: Diplomats from five countries toured one of Iran’s primary nuclear facilities on Saturday – an attempt by the Islamic republic to show that its atomic program is for peaceful ends and not a cover for nuclear weapons.
Gates all but rules out strike on Iran
Washington Times: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday all but ruled out military strikes on Iran, declaring “we are not planning for a war with Iran.”
Romney says Sen. Clinton ‘timid’ on Iran
AP: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday accused Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of “timidity” regarding the security threat posed by Iran.
U.S. not planning for war with Iran, Gates says
Reuters: The United States is not planning for a war with Iran and instead is trying to stop them from contributing to the violence in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
Press freedoms watchdog blasts Iran media crackdown
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 02 A top international press freedoms monitoring organisation accused Iran of cracking down hard on journalists.
Press freedoms watchdog blasts Iran media crackdown
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 02 A top international press freedoms monitoring organisation accused Iran of cracking down hard on journalists.
Malaysia ready to halt US trade talks over Iran criticism
AFP: Malaysia has said it is ready to halt free trade talks with the United States after a US lawmaker called for a suspension in protest over an energy deal with Iran, a report said Friday.
