AP: Iran’s uranium enrichment program appears stalled despite tough talk from the Tehran leadership, leaving intelligence services guessing about why it has not made good on plans to press ahead with activities that the West fears could be used to make nuclear arms, diplomats said Thursday.
West puzzled at Iran’s nuclear endeavors
‘Shadow’ of Iran growing, spy czar says
Los Angeles Times: Iran has exploited the war in Iraq and a proxy fight with Israel to emerge as a more powerful and confident foe of the United States and is casting a growing “shadow” of influence across the Middle East, the nation’s top intelligence official testified Thursday.
Squeezing Iran
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: The United States has known for years that Syria and Iran are supporting Sunni insurgents and Shiite radicals in Iraq — support that has taken a heavy toll in American lives. On Wednesday, President Bush finally suggested he’ll do something about it.
Key Congressmen urge Interpol to nab “wanted” Iran officials
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 Key members of the United States Congress wrote a letter to the head of Interpol urging the international security agency to enforce arrest warrants issued by Argentina for several top Iranian officials implicated in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday.
Key Congressmen urge Interpol to nab “wanted” Iran officials
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 Key members of the United States Congress wrote a letter to the head of Interpol urging the international security agency to enforce arrest warrants issued by Argentina for several top Iranian officials implicated in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday.
To counter Irans role in Iraq, Bush moves beyond diplomacy
New York Times: In promising to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, President Bush returned Wednesday night to a strategy of confrontation in dealing with Tehran, casting aside what had been a limited flirtation with a more diplomatic approach toward it.
14 die in central Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 – At least 14 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck in central Iran, state television reported on Thursday.
14 die in central Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 – At least 14 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck in central Iran, state television reported on Thursday.
U.N. nuclear inspectors arrive in Iran
AP: Two inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency arrived in Iran on Wednesday to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities, the official IRNA news agency reported.
China tells U.S. its Iran ties private
AP: China warned the United States on Thursday not to meddle in its trade relations with Iran after Washington expressed concern about a planned investment by a Chinese oil company in an Iranian gas field.
