Reuters: OPEC will not change its crude production ceiling and oil prices are not expected to hit $100 a barrel, Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh told the students’ news agency ISNA on Friday.
Iran says OPEC won’t change output ceiling – ISNA
Iran now enriching home processed uranium – source
Reuters: Iran initially enriched uranium from China but is now using domestically processed uranium in its nuclear programme, an Iranian diplomat said on Friday after some doubts were cast on his country’s recent enrichment claims.
Iran atomic breakthrough claim undermined – diplomats
Reuters: Iranian claims last month of a major nuclear breakthrough were undermined on Thursday when several diplomats said the uranium Tehran had enriched was high-quality processed uranium it acquired from China.
Merkel faces balancing act on first visit to China
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a delicate balancing act when she visits China next week to forge unity on Iran and bolster bilateral economic ties, while delivering unwelcome messages on human rights and piracy.
Rice rejects Kissinger call for talks with Iran
DPA: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected a call by a predecessor – Henry Kissinger – for Washington to negotiate with Iran.
The weapon Iran may not want to use
Washington Post: In 1967, after Israel trounced its Arab neighbors in the Six-Day War, five oil-producing Arab countries used what they called the “oil weapon” and cut off supplies to the United States and its European allies. But the weapon turned out to be a dud. The United States increased its production by a million barrels a day, and more modest boosts by three other oil-producing nations defused the crisis.
Iran’s secrecy widens gap in nuclear intelligence
New York Times: South of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, antiaircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls roughly half the size of the Pentagon.
US looks to arm Iran’s neighbors, general says
Reuters: Iran’s neighbors — including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates — are talking to the United States about ways to bolster their defenses, the general in charge of U.S. arms sales said on Thursday.
Irans Ahmadinejad sends Syrias al-Assad a message
Iran Focus: London, May 18 Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a message to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian news agency SANA reported on Thursday.
Irans Ahmadinejad sends Syrias al-Assad a message
Iran Focus: London, May 18 Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a message to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian news agency SANA reported on Thursday.
