The Guardian: Iran is racing ahead with preparations to enrich uranium as the big powers struggle to decide on their next moves aimed at resolving the nuclear crisis surrounding the country.
Iran speeds up nuclear programme as crisis talks bog down
Unified message sought on Iran
Reuters: Major-power nations tried to break a U.N. impasse on Iran’s nuclear ambitions with a round of telephone calls among their foreign ministers on Thursday seeking to produce a unified message, diplomats said.
Blair: Iran meddling furiously in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 23 British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of meddling furiously in Iraq and said that the ruling theocracy had a terrorist ideology at its heart.
Blair: Iran meddling furiously in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 23 British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Wednesday of meddling furiously in Iraq and said that the ruling theocracy had a terrorist ideology at its heart.
China repeats it is in accord with Russia on Iran
Reuters: China said on Thursday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin left Beijing, that Beijing and Moscow are in accord on Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West.
Attackers on government convoy identified – Iran police chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 23 Irans paramilitary police chief announced that Tehran had identified those responsible for an armed attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan which left 22 Iranian officials dead last Friday.
Attackers on government convoy identified – Iran police chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 23 Irans paramilitary police chief announced that Tehran had identified those responsible for an armed attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan which left 22 Iranian officials dead last Friday.
‘Irrational’ US view will not prevail: Iran’s FM
AFP: US pressure on the UN Security Council to penalise Iran for its nuclear policy is “irrational” and will not succeed, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Qatar Wednesday.
Iran’s nukes concern some Arab countries
AP: This tiny Gulf country is increasingly nervous – as are some of its neighbors – about Iran’s controversial nuclear program, right across the water.
U.S. asks Japan to stop Iran oil development – paper
Reuters: The United States has informally asked Japan to suspend its plans to develop an Iranian oil field as part of world efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, a Japanese newspaper said on Thursday.


