Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 09 A senior Iranian cleric vowed on Friday that the Islamic Republic would never retreat in the international standoff over its controversial nuclear program.
Iran will not retreat in nuclear standoff top cleric
Iran will not retreat in nuclear standoff top cleric
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 09 A senior Iranian cleric vowed on Friday that the Islamic Republic would never retreat in the international standoff over its controversial nuclear program.
Europeans limit scope of Iran nuclear resolution
New York Times: Europeans produced a revised draft of a Security Council resolution on Iran on Friday, and said they would formally introduce it on Monday in the hope of obtaining a speedy vote on much-delayed action to curb Tehrans nuclear program.
West circulates revised U.N. sanctions draft on Iran
Reuters: A new European resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions eases a list of goods Tehran cannot buy or sell and exempts Russian construction and fuelling of a reactor it is building in Iran.
Rice cool to idea of talks with Iran about Iraq
Reuters: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday all but rejected the idea of talks with Iran about quelling the violence in Iraq unless Tehran first acts to rein in its suspected nuclear weapons program.
Gulf states meet on Iran, Iraq
AFP: Leaders of the six Gulf Arab monarchies meet in Riyadh on Saturday and Sunday for their annual summit amid growing concern over Iran’s nuclear programme and Iraq.
Putin admits concern over Iran nuclear program
AFP: Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted Thursday that Russia was “concerned” over Iran’s nuclear program and urged Tehran to an “active and transparent cooperation” with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Druze leader warns against making Lebanon ‘Iranian satellite’
AFP: Hezbollah’s campaign of mass protests calling for Lebanon’s Western-backed government to resign are part of a wider strategy to turn the country into an “Iranian satellite”, Lebanon’s anti-Syrian Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said here Thursday.
Germany summons Iranian diplomat over Holocaust conference
AFP: The German government on Friday summoned the Iranian charge d’affairs in Berlin to express its opposition to a planned conference on the Holocaust in Tehran next week.
Palestinian premier vows not to recognize Israel
AFP: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya vowed on Friday not to recognize Israel and to continue fighting to liberate Jerusalem, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.
