Washington Times: You may have missed it, but sometime this spring, the Bush administration decided to subcontract its Iran strategy to Europe. In late February, in a dramatic reversal of its long-standing assertion that the United States will not negotiate with Iran over its nuclear ambitions, the White House unexpectedly announced that it was siding with the “EU 3” France, Germany and Great Britain in their efforts to diplomatically stall Tehran’s atomic advances.
Nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security
Iran Focus Special Report Part 1: Berlin, May 06 Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is ranked by experts as one of the largest and most active intelligence agencies in the Middle East, having masterminded 450 acts of terrorism throughout the world since the 1980s, yet it has been …
US wants Russia minister over Iran
Reuters: The United States is seeking the extradition of a former Russian atomic energy minister because he may have sensitive information on Moscow’s nuclear ties with Iran, Russia’s ex-security chief said on Thursday. The former minister, Yevgeny Adamov, was arrested in Switzerland this week at the request of the United States, which suspects him of stealing Washington funds sent to boost Russia’s nuclear security.
Iran says Mujahedeen responsible for ethnic Arab unrest in southern Iran
AFP: Iran on Thursday accused “foreigners” of having supported last months unrest involving ethnic Arabs from the southwestern province of Khuzestan and has said it has identified or arrested all the suspected ringleaders. “All the ones involved in the Khuzestan unrest (and) who provoked people in the early days of the unrest have been identified and the arrests are continuing,” Intelligence Minister Ali Yunessi was quoted as saying by the student news agency ISNA.
Iran agents run sectarian war in Iraqs Diyala province
Iran Focus: Baghdad, May 05 Some 30 individuals arrested
in the Iraqi province of Diyala have admitted to acting on the orders of Irans notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to spur sectarian violence to destabilise the region, according to a senior Iraqi police official.
Iran agents run sectarian war in Iraqs Diyala province
Iran Focus: Baghdad, May 05 Some 30 individuals arrested
in the Iraqi province of Diyala have admitted to acting on the orders of Irans notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to spur sectarian violence to destabilise the region, according to a senior Iraqi police official.
Source: SEC asks for Iran disclosure
AP: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked oil companies, including Total SA and Norsk Hydro ASA, to disclose commissions they may have paid while doing business in Iran, a person familiar with the inquiry said.
Needed: An Iran exit strategy
Washington Times – Editorial: During the Vietnam War, critics of U.S. policy repeatedly demanded an “exit strategy” that would
bring American troops home from Indochina. Judging from Iran’s continued refusal to come clean about its nuclear-weapons programs — on display at a United Nations conference in New
York this week — it’s time for the Bush administration to formulate an Iran exit strategy. That means extricating Washington from the failed European Union policy of kowtowing to the mullahs in Tehran.
EU, Iran nuclear talks near collapse: diplomats
Reuters: Talks between Iran and the EU’s three biggest powers on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program are near collapse as Iran threatens to resume sensitive atomic activities, European diplomats said on Wednesday. In a deal reached with Britain, Germany and France last November, Tehran agreed to suspend all nuclear fuel-related activities while both sides tried to negotiate a long-term solution regarding Iran’s atomic ambitions.
U.S. pressure scuttles Iran buy of plastics firm
Reuters: Intense U.S. pressure has scuppered the possible acquisition of a European plastics firm by an Iranian state-owned company, Iran said on Wednesday, a day after it vowed to press on with its nuclear activities.
