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Don’t go wobbly on Iran

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Boston Globe: ”It is not on the table. It is not on the agenda. I happen to think it is inconceivable.” That was British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in September, telling the BBC what he thinks about the use of military force to prevent Iran’s homicidal theocrats from acquiring nuclear weapons. Last week Straw went further, declaring that even economic sanctions would be an overreaction.

Iran’s intelligence chief says Britain behind bombings

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 – Iran’s intelligence chief accused Britain on Thursday of involvement in Tuesday’s twin bombings that left nine people dead in the south-western city of Ahwaz.

Iran’s intelligence chief says Britain behind bombings

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 – Iran’s intelligence chief accused Britain on Thursday of involvement in Tuesday’s twin bombings that left nine people dead in the south-western city of Ahwaz.

Iran turns heat on Britain ahead of key meeting in London

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 – Iran’s senior officials and state-run media kept up a barrage of propaganda against the British government ahead of the meeting in London on Monday of the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany to discuss joint action on the Iranian nuclear stand-off.

Iran turns heat on Britain ahead of key meeting in London

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 – Iran’s senior officials and state-run media kept up a barrage of propaganda against the British government ahead of the meeting in London on Monday of the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany to discuss joint action on the Iranian nuclear stand-off.

Iran trumpets Hamas victory in Palestinian elections

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 – Iran trumpeted on Thursday the victory of the Islamist group Hamas in the Palestinian elections as a vote by the people to “resist the Zionist regime”, the official state-run news agency reported on Thursday.

Iran trumpets Hamas victory in Palestinian elections

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 26 – Iran trumpeted on Thursday the victory of the Islamist group Hamas in the Palestinian elections as a vote by the people to “resist the Zionist regime”, the official state-run news agency reported on Thursday.

China opposes sanctions to resolve Iran dispute

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Reuters: China opposes sanctions against Iran’s nuclear ambitions and urges countries to consider a Russian compromise, a Chinese spokesman said on Thursday, as Tehran’s nuclear negotiator held talks in Beijing.

US warns India to back Iran UN referral or lose nuclear deal

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Financial Times: Washington yesterday raised the stakes in the confrontation over Iran when it warned India that Delhi’s own nuclear deal with the US could be ditched if the Indian government did not vote to refer Tehran to the United Nations Security Council.

US warns India to back Iran UN referral or lose nuclear deal

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Financial Times: Washington yesterday raised the stakes in the confrontation over Iran when it warned India that Delhi’s own nuclear deal with the US could be ditched if the Indian government did not vote to refer Tehran to the United Nations Security Council.