UPI: India rebuked Iran’s reference to the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, described the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal as a case of American double standards compared with Tehran’s nuclear program.
India rebukes Iran
Sanctions not automatic on Iran – UK official
Reuters: Referring Iran to the United Nations Security Council over concerns about its nuclear plans will not automatically lead to economic sanctions, a senior British official said on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister opposes sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that sanctions were not the best means of dealing with Irans nuclear threat.
Russian Foreign Minister opposes sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that sanctions were not the best means of dealing with Irans nuclear threat.
British FM says onus on Iran in nuke dispute
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw described Irans decision last week to resume previously-suspended uranium enrichment-related activities at its massive nuclear facility in Natanz as very unreasonable and a matter of serious concern.
British FM says onus on Iran in nuke dispute
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 17 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw described Irans decision last week to resume previously-suspended uranium enrichment-related activities at its massive nuclear facility in Natanz as very unreasonable and a matter of serious concern.
Russia and China demand Iran freeze nuclear activity, but reject referral to U.N.
New York Times: Russia and China affirmed Monday that Iran must resume its freeze on certain nuclear activities, but refused a call by the Americans and the Europeans for the issue to be put before the United Nations Security Council, according to the British Foreign Office and senior European officials.
Let’s give Iran some of its own medicine
Daily Telegraph: So let me see. On the one hand, we have a regime that is pressing full steam ahead with its nuclear programme and whose president has threatened to wipe another sovereign state off the map. And, on the other side of the negotiations, we have Her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Iran looking dangerous
The Sun: Europe has wasted precious time chatting while Iran plots nuclear mayhem, ex-White House chief General Colin Powell warned last night.
Iran and oil prices
The Washington Times – Editorial: With crude-oil output estimated at 4.1 million barrels per day, Iran is the world’s fourth-largest oil-producing country. Only Saudi Arabia (9.6 million barrels), Russia (9 million) and the United States (5.3 million) produced more oil last year. Moreover, according to the authoritative journal World Oil, Iran has 105 billion barrels of crude-oil reserves — nearly five times the size of U.S. reserves.
