Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Britain’s ambassador in Tehran was summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, state media reported.
British envoy summoned by Iran Foreign Ministry
British envoy summoned by Iran Foreign Ministry
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 Britain’s ambassador in Tehran was summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, state media reported.
Iran MPs oblige government to review IAEA cooperation
Reuters: Iran’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday obliging the government to review the level of its cooperation with the IAEA nuclear watchdog after the United Nations approved sanctions on Tehran over its atomic program.
Iran irresolution
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Among the least surprising news coming out of the holiday weekend is that Iran denounced even the U.N. Security Council’s tepid sanctions resolution against its nuclear weapons program. More surprising — and encouraging — is that the U.S. State Department also seems unenthusiastic.
Iran is seeking more influence in Afghanistan
New York Times: Two years ago, foreign engineers built a new highway through the desert of western Afghanistan, past this ancient trading post and on to the outside world. Nearby, they strung a high-voltage power line and laid a fiber-optic cable, marked with red posts, that provides telephone and Internet access to the region.
U.S. says captured Iranians can be linked to attacks
New York Times: The American military said Tuesday that it had credible evidence linking Iranians and their Iraqi associates, detained here in raids last week, to criminal activities, including attacks against American forces. Evidence also emerged that some detainees had been involved in shipments of weapons to illegal armed groups in Iraq.
Iran ready to use oil in nuclear dispute – media
Reuters: Iran has repeated threats that it was ready to use its massive oil exports as a weapon to defend itself if it felt necessary in an international dispute over its atomic programme, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Tuesday.
U.S. highlights Iran-meddling charge in Iraq
Reuters: The Bush administration said on Monday the arrest in Iraq of alleged Iranian provocateurs, including two diplomats, underscored U.S. concerns about “meddling” amid rising U.S.-Iranian strains.
Egypt slams Iranian president
AP: Egypt rebuked Iran’s president on Monday for claiming his state is “a nuclear country” – a comment that touched a nerve among Iran’s neighbors in the Middle East.
Oil rises after Iran vows to defy UN sanctions on nuclear work
Bloomberg: Crude oil rose after Iran, the Middle East’s second-largest exporter, said it will defy United Nations sanctions and pursue nuclear research.
