AP: Russia’s foreign minister on Monday hailed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution that imposed sanctions on Iran as a reasonable compromise that wouldn’t hurt Moscow’s commercial contacts with Tehran.
Russian official hails Iran sanctions
UK forces kill 7, blow up Iraqi police HQ
Reuters: British forces killed seven gunmen and blew up the headquarters of the police serious crimes unit in southern Basra on Monday in a raid to rescue prisoners who were about to be killed, the British military said.
British troops kill 7 gunmen in Iraq
AP: British troops killed seven gunmen in a raid on a renegade police unit in southern Iraq on Monday, and a car bomb that exploded next to an open-air market in Baghdad killed nine civilians and wounded 11.
Three men hanged in public in restive Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 25 Three men were hanged in public in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Sunday.
Three men hanged in public in restive Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 25 Three men were hanged in public in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Sunday.
Russia ‘satisfied’ with UN resolution on Iran
AFP: Russia was “satisfied” with the final text of the resolution which the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Saturday, slapping sanctions targetting Iran’s sensitive nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations said.
Germany’s Merkel welcomes Iran sanctions
AFP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the United Nations resolution on sanctions against Iran adopted on Saturday for its refusal to give up sensitive nuclear work, judging it a “significant step”.
Reactions to UN decision to impose sanctions on Iran IAEA
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 24 The following is the text of a statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued after the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to slap sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment activities.
U.S. is holding Iranians seized in raids in Iraq
New York Times: The American military is holding at least four Iranians in Iraq, including men the Bush administration called senior military officials, who were seized in a pair of raids late last week aimed at people suspected of conducting attacks on Iraqi security forces, according to senior Iraqi and American officials in Baghdad and Washington.
Reactions to UN decision to impose sanctions on Iran IAEA
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 24 The following is the text of a statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued after the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to slap sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment activities.
