AP: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld urged America’s allies to increase their military spending to prevent the rise of a “global extremist Islamic empire.”
Rumsfeld: Iran regime sponsors terrorism
Nuclear agency votes to report Iran to U.N. Council
Reuters: The board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council because of suspicions it is trying to make atomic weapons, a diplomat who was in the session said.
Some Arabs aren’t fans of Iranian leader
AP: He wants Israel wiped off the face of the earth, dismisses the Holocaust as a myth and defies the world by pushing ahead with a nuclear program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s fiery rhetoric has found instant appeal among some Arabs, who consider him a hero for standing up to Israel and the West. But not everyone is cheering the hard-line leader.
German spy charges ‘on Iran arms’
AP: Federal prosecutors said Friday they have charged two Germans with spying and violating German export laws in a case media reports have said involves delivering weapons technology to Iran.
German newspaper says Tehran secretly tested missile last month
DPA: Iran secretly tested a new surface-to-surface missile last month, the German daily newspaper Die Welt was set to report Saturday, quoting western intelligence sources.
Ahmadinejad says Iran to pursue nuke project to the end
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 03 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Friday that the Islamic Republic would pursue its nuclear program to the end, adding that Tehran would never back down in the face of international pressure.
Ahmadinejad says Iran to pursue nuke project to the end
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 03 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Friday that the Islamic Republic would pursue its nuclear program to the end, adding that Tehran would never back down in the face of international pressure.
IAEA delays vote to send Iran to Security Council
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog deferred until Saturday a vote to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over fears it is seeking atomic bombs, as the European Union lobbied developing nations to back the measure.
Iran warns UN referral kills Russian plan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 03 Iran would no longer consider a proposal by Russia aimed at averting a diplomatic showdown on the international scene over Tehrans suspected nuclear weapons work if the United Nations nuclear watchdog referred the Islamic Republics nuclear file to the Security Council, a top Iranian nuclear negotiator said on Friday.
Iran warns UN referral kills Russian plan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 03 Iran would no longer consider a proposal by Russia aimed at averting a diplomatic showdown on the international scene over Tehrans suspected nuclear weapons work if the United Nations nuclear watchdog referred the Islamic Republics nuclear file to the Security Council, a top Iranian nuclear negotiator said on Friday.
