Reuters: New satellite images show a heavy water plant in Iran, intended to supply a research reactor that could eventually produce plutonium for one atomic bomb a year, is nearly complete, a U.S. think-tank said on Friday.
Images show Iran heavy-water plant nearly done – ISIS
Stalemate Lengthens Brothers’ Detention
Washington Post: They waited more than a thousand days for good news, and on a chilly February afternoon it came: A guard at the Terminal Island immigration jail walked into the dorm room of the four Mirmehdi brothers and said they were being released.
Iraqi claims Iran, Syria against democracy
AP: The head of a small secular political party in Iraq who lost his two sons in a suicide bombing last month is making the rounds of the U.S. capital to warn that Iran and Syria are trying to throttle democracy in his country.
Iran Says to Make Atomic Fuel if Sent to UN Council
Reuters: Iran warned on Saturday it would return to making nuclear fuel and that the Middle East would get even more unstable if the Islamic Republic was sent to the U.N. Security Council over its atomic program.
US wants harder EU3 line on Iran if incentives fail
Reuters: The United States wants Europe to take a harder line toward Iran if Washington supports incentives for Tehran and Iranian authorities still refuse to give up their nuclear program, U.S. officials said on Friday.
Iran cleric underlines no compromise on atomic fuel
Reuters: Iran underlined its resolve on Friday to never abandon its nuclear fuel programme, with a leading politician saying U.S. and European Union demands for it to do so would only stir up trouble. Washington accuses Iran of seeking to make nuclear fuel for atomic warheads, whereas Tehran says it is only needed for use in power stations.
Iran threatens to end nuclear treaty with EU
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 04 Iran today threatened to end its nuclear agreement with the European Union “big three”, saying that it would not be bound to previous commitments, if they continued to call for permanent suspension of uranium enrichment by the Iranian regime. If the Europeans do not abide by the Iran-EU nuclear agreement and ask for a permanent suspension of uranium enrichment, Iran will not fulfill its commitments, the regime’s spokesman Abdollah …
Iran threatens to end nuclear treaty with EU
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 04 Iran today threatened to end its nuclear agreement with the European Union “big three”, saying that it would not be bound to previous commitments, if they continued to call for permanent suspension of uranium enrichment by the Iranian regime. If the Europeans do not abide by the Iran-EU nuclear agreement and ask for a permanent suspension of uranium enrichment, Iran will not fulfill its commitments, the regime’s spokesman Abdollah …
Iran resists EU nuclear deal
AFP: Top Iranian officials gave fresh signals Friday that Tehran will reject a demand from Britain, France and Germany that it completely halt sensitive nuclear activities in return for a package of incentives.
Speaking in a Friday prayer sermon, top cleric and powerful ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned the European Union,
the United States and the UN’s atomic watchdog that they were
facing “trouble” for pressuring Iran to abandon fuel cycle work.
Iran says joining WTO not an incentive in nuclear talks
AFP: Allowing Iran to join the World Trade Organisation should not be considered as an incentive during nuclear negotiations with the European Union, its commerce minister was quoted as saying Friday. “Whether the United States and Europe accept it or not, this is not a favour to Iran and they cannot demand something from Iran in return,” Mohammad Shariatmadari told the student news agency ISNA.
