Reuters: The European Union will insist on Monday that Iran must suspend all uranium enrichment despite Tehran’s demand that some be allowed for research goals, according to a draft declaration obtained by Reuters on Friday.
EU to urge halt to all Iran enrichment: draft
Iran leader says attack on his country unlikely
Reuters: Iran’s nuclear standoff with Western powers is just “psychological propaganda”, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday and dismissed the chances of military action against his country as unlikely.
Crackdown on women spreads to Irans provinces
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 12 Iranian security forces have extended their crackdown on mal-veiled women from Tehran to Irans other provinces.
Crackdown on women spreads to Irans provinces
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 12 Iranian security forces have extended their crackdown on mal-veiled women from Tehran to Irans other provinces.
Irans south-eastern military base gets new chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 12 A senior military commander was appointed earlier this week as the new head of an ultra-secretive division of Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
Irans south-eastern military base gets new chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 12 A senior military commander was appointed earlier this week as the new head of an ultra-secretive division of Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
UN finds new uranium traces in Iran – diplomats
Reuters: U.N. inspectors have discovered new traces of highly-enriched uranium on nuclear equipment in Iran, deepening suspicions Tehran may still be concealing the full extent of its atomic enrichment programme, diplomats said.
US stands tough on Iran’s nuclear program
Reuters: The United States will not hold direct contacts with Iran and insists that sanctions must be part of a new carrots-and-sticks offer being drawn up by major powers to curb Iran’s nuclear activities, a senior administration official said.
Iran says EU offer must allow uranium enrichment
Reuters: Proposals being drawn up by European states on Iran’s nuclear program must allow Iran to enrich uranium for atomic research and development purposes, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.
China sticks to diplomacy call in Iran dispute
Reuters: Under growing pressure from Washington, China on Thursday stuck to calls to defuse the Iran nuclear row through diplomacy and said it disapproved of using sanctions in international disputes.
