The Independent: Dozens of banks have stopped or scaled back their businesses with Iran and other “rogue states” after informal pressure from the US government aimed at sidestepping the need for international sanctions.
US Government pressurises banks to stop dealing with Iran
White House asks Iran to comply on nuclear program
Reuters: The White House on Wednesday said further non-compliance by Iran on its nuclear program would only “worsen its situation” in the international community and lead to a downward spiral for its people.
Full text: 209-page U.S. court ruling, Iran’s role in Khobar attack
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 28 – The following is the full text of the 209-page ruling by a United States federal judge over the Iranian government’s involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia which left 19 U.S. Air Force personnel dead.
Full text: 209-page U.S. court ruling, Iran’s role in Khobar attack
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 28 – The following is the full text of the 209-page ruling by a United States federal judge over the Iranian government’s involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia which left 19 U.S. Air Force personnel dead.
Iran may ban Peugeot car over fire fears
AFP: Iran will ban new Peugeot 405 cars from hitting the streets if a fault which has caused many of the French vehicles to catch fire is not repaired, press reports said Wednesday.
Iran’s president sends pope letter
AP: Pope Benedict XVI received a letter yesterday from Iran’s hard-line president about the recent U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran for refusing to compromise on its nuclear program, Iran’s state-run news agency reported.
Iran: Before it’s Too Late
Asharq Alawsat: With the current escalation regarding the Iranian nuclear crisis, I remembered the famous story about one political analyst who wrote on the subject of the inevitable collapse of the former Soviet Union. Many responded to his research with the following questions: did you not see the massive military parades in Red Square in Moscow? Did you not see the large-scale missiles and are you unaware of how many nuclear warheads belong to the Soviet Union? How can a continent with so much military power collapse under the rule of an iron-strong political party.
Over half a million sent to prison each year in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Some 600,000 people are sent to prison each year in Iran, a state-run news agency reported on Tuesday.
FM says Iran is a “nuclear state”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described the Islamic Republic as a “nuclear state”, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
FM says Iran is a “nuclear state”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described the Islamic Republic as a “nuclear state”, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
