AFP: Iran’s foreign minister is to begin a three-day visit to India Sunday for talks following New Delhi’s decision to launch discussions on securing gas to fuel its energy-hungry economy.
Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazzi will address the India-Iran Joint Business Council Meeting Monday before holding talks with his Indian counterpart Natwar Singh, the Indian foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday.
Iranian FM to visit India, gas imports seen as key topic
Iran not wanting to acquiring nuclear arms, Putin says
AFP: President Vladimir Putin said Friday Russia was convinced Iran has no intention of making nuclear weapons, but warned Tehran must “strictly respect” rules to make sure it does not do so in exchange for Russian help in developing its civilian nuclear power program. “The latest steps on Iran’s behalf persuade us that Iran has no intention of building an atomic weapon,” Putin said as he greeted Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, at the Kremlin.
Bush says Iran using U.S. refusal as excuse
Reuters: President George W. Bush said on Friday that Iran is trying to use the United States’ refusal to join European talks over Tehran’s nuclear program as an excuse for not giving up uranium enrichment. He stressed that the United States preferred diplomacy and did not want to use military action against Iran over the nuclear question.
Iran does not fear Security Council senior official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 18 A senior Iranian official today shrugged off the threat of referral to the United Nations
Security Council for its perceived nuclear weapons program, saying that Iran did not fear the implications of such an action.
Iran does not fear Security Council senior official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 18 A senior Iranian official today shrugged off the threat of referral to the United Nations
Security Council for its perceived nuclear weapons program, saying that Iran did not fear the implications of such an action.
Hunger strike in Iran prison enters third week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 17 – A hunger strike by seven political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaii Shahr prison near Karaj (west of Tehran) has entered its third week. The hunger strike by the prisoners started on January 25 in protest to their confinement in the “dangerous criminals” section. Reports have surfaced that the political prisoners have been faced with assault and intimidation from murderers and other dangerous criminals. The seven prisoners are Hojjat Zamani, Bina Darab-Zand, Arzhang Davoodi, Valiollah-Feyz Mahdavi, Mehrdad Lohrasbi, Dr. Farzad Hamidi, and Jaafar Iqdami.
Hunger strike in Iran prison enters third week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 17 – A hunger strike by seven political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaii Shahr prison near Karaj (west of Tehran) has entered its third week. The hunger strike by the prisoners started on January 25 in protest to their confinement in the “dangerous criminals” section. Reports have surfaced that the political prisoners have been faced with assault and intimidation from murderers and other dangerous criminals. The seven prisoners are Hojjat Zamani, Bina Darab-Zand, Arzhang Davoodi, Valiollah-Feyz Mahdavi, Mehrdad Lohrasbi, Dr. Farzad Hamidi, and Jaafar Iqdami.
Bush: U.S. to counter Iran nuke threat with ‘effective strategy’
Combined dispatches: Washington, Feb. 17 – United State President George W. Bush today called on Iran to adhere to its international obligations and called Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons “unacceptable”. At a White House press conference to introduce John Negroponte as the new national intelligence chief, Bush said Iran had kept its program secret over the past two decades until it was exposed by an Iranian group.
Words are weapons for Iranian bloggers
UPI: Iran is already under attack. The opposition is at work both within and beyond its borders, restless, coordinating and sharing intelligence. Its ranks number in the tens of thousands, most of whom are young and savvy with experience in clandestine activity. Their arsenal, however, includes neither guns nor grenades, but keyboards and flat-screen monitors.
Iran warns of immediate payback for any attack after blast scare
AFP: Iran warned Thursday that it would respond immediately to any military strike after a roadworks blast near a nuclear site sparked fears of an attack, the state news agency IRNA reported Thursday.
“An attack, whatever it is, against any site, whether it be nuclear or not, would produce a very rapid response,” Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said.
