Bloomberg: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President George W. Bush said that Iran must suspend its attempts to develop nuclear weapons as a precondition for economic aid and warned that further economic sanctions are possible if Iran does not comply.
Bush, Merkel say Iran must drop nuclear program
Ahmadinejad says West to suffer if Iran dealt with at UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 13 Radical Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the European Union on Thursday that it would stand to suffer if it increased pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad says West to suffer if Iran dealt with at UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 13 Radical Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the European Union on Thursday that it would stand to suffer if it increased pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program.
Iranian workers still wait for better times
Reuters: Outside the gates of Tebed Spinning Company in this industrial town west of the Iranian capital, a group of laid-off workers grumble that the president’s vow to slash unemployment did not save their jobs.
Russia and China inch toward Iran sanctions
New York Times: Russia and China, crossing a diplomatic threshold in the effort to curb Tehrans nuclear ambitions, joined the United States and Europe on Wednesday by agreeing to seek a United Nations Security Council resolution ordering Iran to freeze some nuclear activities, or face sanctions.
Cat and mouse games on border that is ‘our front line with Iran’
Daily Telegraph: High in the mountains that delineate Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, Israeli troops have spent the past year engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse with Iranian-backed fighters from the radical Islamic Hizbollah militia.
Iran says will not abandon atomic rights – TV
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran would not abandon its right to nuclear technology after Tehran’s case was referred back to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear dispute with the West.
World powers ask UN to act on Iran nuclear impasse
Reuters: World powers put Iran on a collision course with the United Nations on Wednesday, asking the Security Council to intervene after Tehran failed to respond to incentives aimed at ending an impasse over its nuclear program.
White House condemns Hezbollah, blames Iran, Syria
AFP: The White House on Wednesday denounced the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Lebanese militia Hezbollah and said it held Syria and Iran responsible for the attack.
World powers refer Iran to UN over nuclear row
Reuters: World powers said on Wednesday they would refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council after Tehran failed to respond quickly enough to a package of incentives aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff.
