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
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.
CNN allowed to resume work in Iran after apology
Reuters: Iran on Tuesday lifted its ban on CNN after the U.S. news network apologized for misquoting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Tehran wanted nuclear weapons, a top culture ministry official said.
Amnesty calls on Iran to end child executions
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 16 A top human rights group called Monday on Iran to end the execution of child offenders after death sentences were handed down to two teenage girls for crime they allegedly committed when they minors.
Amnesty calls on Iran to end child executions
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 16 A top human rights group called Monday on Iran to end the execution of child offenders after death sentences were handed down to two teenage girls for crime they allegedly committed when they minors.
Iran coastguard kill Iraqi, Basra governor says
Reuters: The Iranian coastguard has killed one Iraqi soldier and kidnapped nine others in a confrontation with the Iraqi coastguard, the governor of Basra told al Jazeera television on Monday.
Big Security Council members agree on Iran
AP: Moscow and Beijing joined the U.S. and its European allies in demanding Monday that Iran fully suspend its nuclear program, while Vladimir Putin held out hope for a compromise, saying Tehran might agree to move its uranium enrichment program to Russia.
