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US to warn Iran with naval buildup in Gulf- CBS 
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The Pentagon is planning a major buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Gulf as a warning to Iran, CBS News reported on Monday.Rock (Iran's) Vote Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 4:00 PM
Mideast: Of America's enemies, none is as troublesome or as dangerous as Iran. Which is why we're happy to see its deranged leader losing favor with his nation's electorate -- a trend we should actively encourage.White House accused in Iran intel row AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 4:22 PM
A former top White House Middle East policymaker accused ex-colleagues of censoring an article he wrote for the New York Times to silence his criticism of the tough US line on Iran.U.S.: Iran makes headway on nuke weapons AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 3:31 PM
Iran is making headway in building nuclear weapons, the Bush administration said Monday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to iron out differences with Russia over a U.N. resolution designed to stop the program with economic sanctions.Rice, Lavrov try to overcome hurdle to Iran sanctions AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 2:01 PM
The top US and Russian diplomats intervened personally in a bid to overcome the final obstacles to a UN sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program, but with little apparent success.Russia cautious on quick UN vote on Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 1:28 PM
Western nations are pushing for a vote this week on a U.N. Security Council draft resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions, but Russia and China on Monday were far more cautious.US, Russia consult as UN vote on Iran sanctions looms AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 11:31 AM
The top US and Russian diplomats consulted on remaining differences over a UN sanctions resolution against Iran, with hopes rising that the measure will be passed within days, senior US officials said.US sees UN sanctions against Iran voted within days AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 9:31 AM
The UN Security Council will adopt sanctions against Iran within days in response to Tehran's refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program, a senior US official said.Ahmadinejad Rivals Lead Iran Elections CBS News - Dec 18 6:35 PM
Opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held an early lead in key races in Iran's local elections. Those winning were mostly not reformers but conservatives ? although more moderate conservatives than those allied with the hardline president.Iran vote "decisive defeat" for president: reformers Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 7:36 AM
Iran's biggest reformist party said on Monday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had suffered a "decisive defeat" in nationwide elections last week due to his government's "authoritarian and inefficient methods."Iran within four years of nuclear bomb: Israel spy chief AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 6:58 AM
Iran will have its first atomic bomb within three or four years if its nuclear weapons programme continues to develop at the current pace, Israel's spy chief Meir Dagan has said.Saddam says responsible for any Iran gas attacks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 7:26 AM
Saddam Hussein said on Monday he would take responsibility "with honor" for any attacks on Iran using conventional or chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 war but he took issue with charges he ordered attacks on Iraqis.Iran seeks to replace dollar with euro AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 3:49 AM
Iran has announced it would replace the dollar with the euro in foreign transactions and state-held foreign assets, in an apparent response to mounting US pressure on its banking system.Russia Boosts Iran Nukes Space War - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
UPI Outside View Commentator Moscow (UPI) Dec 18, 2006 Moscow intends to speed up the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the Russian Federal Nuclear Power Agency, who led a delegation to Tehran last week, convinced the Iranian authorities to meet Russian nuclear-equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport halfway in solving Bushehr's long-standing ...Iran to Calculate Oil Revenue in Euros AP via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 18 2:45 PM
Iran plans to calculate oil and other foreign trade revenue in euros not U.S. dollars beginning the next fiscal year, a top government official said. "We will calculate all oil and foreign trade income on the basis of the euro in next year's budget," government spokesman Gholam Hussein Elham said.U.S. foe in Iran suffers a setback Chicago Sun-Times - Dec 18 6:38 PM
TEHRAN, Iran -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an embarrassing blow in local council races, according to partial election results Monday.Iran to replace dollar with euro in foreign deals AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 2:09 AM
Iran announced it has ordered the central bank to use euros for foreign transactions and transform the state's dollar-denominated assets held abroad into the single European currency.Russia Fails To Resolve Differences With US,Europe On Iran Nasdaq - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Russia failed to resolve differences with the United States and key European countries over a U.N. resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.Dollar dropped by Iran BBC News - Dec 18 9:09 AM
Iran is to move its foreign currency reserves from dollars to euros as the US continues to press for sanctions against Tehran.What Iran vote says about Ahmadinejad's support The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 12:00 AM
Even as votes are still being counted from Iran's twin elections last Friday, politicians of all stripes are declaring victory for their own factions.Poll blow for Iran's Ahmadinejad BBC News - Dec 18 8:15 AM
Partial results from key polls in Iran suggest a setback for President Mahmoud AhmadinejadUS 'to park carrier off Iran' News Interactive - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
THE US will position an aircraft carrier battle group in the Gulf within months as a warning to "increasingly provocative" Iran, reports say.Iran Presses on With Nuclear Work Despite World Opposition Voice of America - Dec 18 3:14 PM
While much of the world's attention focused on Iraq in 2006, its neighbor to the east also drew considerable scrutiny. Iran pushed forward with a nuclear program that it says is for peaceful nuclear energy, but which critics say is a veiled attempt to become a nuclear weapons power.US to warn Iran with naval buildup in Gulf- CBS AlertNet - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is planning a major buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Gulf as a warning to Iran, CBS News reported on Monday. A senior Defense Department ... Administration says Iran making headway on weapons Boston Herald - Dec 18 4:08 PM
WASHINGTON - Iran is making headway in building nuclear weapons, the Bush administration said Monday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to iron out differences with Russia over a U.N. resolution...Iran's election likely to bring rethink at top Financial Times - Dec 18 6:36 PM
Just 18 months after the landslide election of President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad of Iran, the bloody nose delivered to his government at the weekend suggests Iranian politics is entering a new and volatile stage in which voters deliver swift verdicts on their leaders.US to park carrier off Iran: report News Interactive - Dec 18 6:35 PM
THE US will position an aircraft carrier group in the Gulf after the new year as a warning to Iran, CBS news has reported.US Says Iran Making Headway On Nuclear Weapons Development Nasdaq - Dec 18 3:38 PM
WASHINGTON (AP)--The Bush administration said Monday Iran was making headway in developing nuclear weapons, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to iron out differences with her Russian counterpart on a resolution designed to stop the program with economic sanctions.Local Vote Embarrassing Iran President The Times and Democrat - Dec 18 6:18 PM
TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an embarrassing blow in local council races, according to partial election results Monday, in voting viewed as a sign of public discontent with his hard-line stance.Germany Casts Skeptical on Iran Sanctions NPR - Dec 18 6:48 AM
Diplomats say they've made significant progress developing a U.N. Security Council resolution that imposes sanctions against Iran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium. But there is skepticism in Germany that the sanctions will work.US Wants Iran Sanctions Resolution within Days Voice of America - Dec 18 1:29 PM
The Bush administration said Monday it wants the U.N. Security Council to vote within a matter of days on a resolution putting sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment.Kasuri to discuss gas pipeline in Iran IANS via Yahoo! India News - Dec 18 1:40 PM
Islamabad, Dec 19 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will begin a two-day visit to Iran Wednesday to discuss the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project among other issues.US plans Gulf naval buildup to warn Iran: report Outlook India - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
The United States is planning to position an aircraft carrier group in the Gulf after the new year as a warning to Iran, CBS news has reported, citing unnamed officials.US plans Gulf naval buildup to warn Iran: report Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The United States is planning to position an aircraft carrier group in the Gulf after the new year as a warning to Iran, CBS news reported Monday, citing unnamed officials.*Iran To Replace Dollar With Euros For All Foreign Transactions Nasdaq - Dec 18 1:07 PM
(RTTNews) - Iran To Replace Dollar With Euros For All Foreign Transactions.Abdelaziz al-Hakim's Badr Organisation has been identified as a key Iran vehicle of influence Aljazeera - Dec 18 2:37 PM
A report commissioned by the Saudi Arabian government says that Iran has created a Shia "state within a state" in Iraq, providing support to armed groups and funds for social programmes.Conservatives Heading Towards Victory In Iran Elections Nasdaq - Dec 18 11:38 AM
(RTTNews) - According to the partial results of the December 15 elections announced by the country's interior ministry on Monday, conservative opponents of the hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appear to be heading towards victory in most Iran's local city councils and Assembly of Experts.Iran Gas to Armenia St. Petersburg Times - Dec 18 1:52 PM
MOSCOW (Bloomberg) Iran will start shipping gas through a pipeline to Armenia in January, the Tehran Times reported Sunday, citing an Iranian official.Saddam admits Iran gas attacks AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 18 10:38 AM
Saddam Hussein says he will take responsibility "with honour" for any attacks on Iran using conventional or chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 war.Iran Article Is Blocked Amid Dispute on Cause New York Times - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Two former government Mideast experts accused the White House of abusing secrecy rules to block the publication of an article they had written for The New York Times.Ahmadinejad opponents leading in local Iran election International Herald Tribune - Dec 17 1:53 PM
Some conservatives feel Ahmadinejad has spent too much time confronting the West and failed to deal with Iran's struggling economy.Report: U.S. Naval Operations A Warning to Iran Israel National News - 56 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) The Pentagon is planning to beef up naval forces in the Persian Gulf as a warning to Iran, CBS news reported. However, a Defense Department official told Reuters News Agency that the report was "premature," and another source said it was speculative.Some results show opponents of Iran's president lead in local elections WLUC TV 6 - Dec 18 5:24 PM
TEHRAN, Iran Early results in Iran's local elections give the lead to conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (mahk-MOOD' ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhadh).Opposition Closer to Victory in Iran Zaman Online - Dec 18 2:15 PM
Two minor but significant elections in Iran have resulted in a setback for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Iran Vote a Setback for President?s Hard Line New York Times - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Voters evidently rebuked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to deliver on promises to improve the economy.Blame me for gas attacks in Iran, says Saddam Independent Online - Dec 18 4:46 PM
Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein says he will gladly take responsibility for any attacks on Iran using conventional or chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 Anfal military campaign.Iran in Asian Cup draw as FIFA lifts suspension AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 17 11:27 AM
FIFA has decided to lift Iran's suspension from international football, making it eligible for next week's Asian Cup draw, the world governing body's president said.Outside View: Russia boosts Iran nukes UPI - Dec 18 11:44 AM
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Moscow intends to speed up the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.Saddam says responsible for any Iran gas attacks Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 18 8:05 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein said on Monday he would take responsibility "with honour" for any attacks on Iran using conventional or chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 war but he took issue with charges he ordered attacks on Iraqis.Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, China, CARs to be linked by rail: Musharraf Business Recorder - Dec 18 3:45 PM
KHANEWAL: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Pakistan will be linked to Iran, Afghanistan, China and Central Asian Republics (CARs) by rail unfolding numerous opportunities for progress and prosperity of the country. The mega project being exe ....Iran bloggers test regime's tolerance Boston Globe - Dec 18 12:47 AM
TEHRAN -- By day, Alireza Samiei covers banking and insurance for an industry newspaper. By night, he writes a daring online blog about Iran's social and political ills.Iran to calculate oil revenue in euros Sharewatch - Dec 18 2:48 PM
Iran\'s next fiscal year begins March 21. Elham also said a budget bill has been drawn up by the government using euros instead of dollars and will be sent to the parliament for debate and ratification, state-run radio reported.Saddam admits Iran gas attacks News Interactive - Dec 18 9:20 AM
SADDAM Hussein said he would take responsibility "with honour" for any attacks on Iran using conventional or chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 war but he took issue with charges he ordered attacks on Iraqis.US should talk to Syria, Iran: Colin Powell AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 17 10:53 AM
The United States should talk to Syria and Iran about strife in the Middle East, former secretary of state Colin Powell said.Some Results Show Opponents Of Iran's President Lead In Local Elections WCSH 6 Portland - Dec 18 10:14 AM
Early results in Iran's local elections give the lead to conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Iran wants Israel to return Golan to Syria UPI - Dec 18 9:28 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Iran's ambassador to Syria made a subtle overture Monday, saying Iran wants to see the disputed Golan Heights returned to Syria by Israel.Iran suspension is lifted by FIFA CNN.com - Dec 17 8:39 AM
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) -- World football's ruling body FIFA has decided to lift its international ban on Iran, president Sepp Blatter said on Sunday.EU Commission declines to comment on reports of euro-shift by Iran Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 11:26 AM
EU - Iran - Euro A spokesperson for the European Commission Monday declined to speculate on media reports that Iranian hard currency budget revenue for the next fiscal year beginning March 21 will be calculated in euros.Opposition picks up ground in Iran municipal elections Calcutta News - Dec 18 10:36 AM
Preliminary results from Iran's municipal elections show opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have taken an early lead in key races. Partial results released Monday show seven moderate conservative technocrats and four reformers winning seats on Tehran's 15-seat municipal council.Iran to replace dollar with euro IANS via Yahoo! India News - Dec 18 5:02 AM
Tehran, Dec 18 (DPA) Iran has decided to use euro instead of US dollar in the country's budget for the next Iranian year (March 21, 2007-March 20, 2008), the news network Khabar reported Monday.Outside View: Russia, EU and Iran sanctions UPI - Dec 18 8:13 AM
MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council plans to vote on a draft Iranian resolution on Dec. 24. The five permanent members of the Council -- the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France -- and Germany still cannot agree on the proposed sanctions against Iran.Saddam says responsible for any Iran gas attacks AlertNet - Dec 18 7:22 AM
Source: Reuters (adds Saddam quotes, details) By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein said on Monday he would take responsibility "with honour" for any attacks on Iran using ... EU Plays Down Significance Of Iran Euro Shift Plan Nasdaq - Dec 18 4:53 AM
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The European Commission Monday downplayed the significance of Iran's announcement that it intends to replace the dollar with the euro in its budget.Chief banker says Iran to use all currencies in int'l exchanges Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 8:11 AM
Iran - Forex - Sheibani Iran's top banker said on Monday that Iran will use all currencies, and not just the euro, in its international transactions.Iran Confirms Rafsanjani's Election Victory Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Dec 18 9:55 AM
December 18, 2006 -- Iran's Interior Ministry has released the final results of the December 15 elections for the Assembly of Experts that oversees the work of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Iran: Sanctions won't stop nuclear program USA Today - Dec 17 6:48 AM
Iran will continue its nuclear program even if the United Nations imposes sanctions, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Sunday, referring to the gathering international momentum toward punishing Iran for its enrichment of uranium.Iran claims to have 1,400 uranium mines UPI - Dec 18 7:14 AM
MASHHAD, Iran, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A senior nuclear official in Iran said that the country has 1,400 uranium mines it is using to fuel its growing nuclear power generation.Iran, Germany review expansion of scientific cooperation Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 7:52 AM
Iran - Germany - Relations Co-Chairman of Iran-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group Rolf Muetzenich on Tuesday conferred with head of Majlis Commission for Education and Research Hossein Amiri Khamkani on expansion of cooperation between the two countries.Iran: Early Election Results Seen As Bad For President Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Dec 18 8:10 AM
December 18, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Analysts say partial results from the December 15 city council and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran could signal a defeat for the supporters of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad who -- after 18 months in power -- was facing the first public test of his government's rule. Reports say opponents of Iran's hard-line president have a clear lead in races for local councils ...EU Commission not clear on Iran euro calculations Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 18 3:38 AM
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday it lacked a clear idea of what Iran was intending to do after the Tehran government said it was calculating revenues in euros not dollars, including income from oil sales.Iran within four years of nuclear bomb: Israel spy chief Khaleej Times - Dec 18 7:09 AM
JERUSALEM - Iran will have its first atomic bomb within three or four years if its nuclear weapons programme continues to develop at the current pace, Israel s spy chief Meir Dagan said Monday.Pakistani foreign minister to visit Iran this week Khaleej Times - Dec 18 7:12 AM
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will visit Iran December 20-21 to take stock of Iran-Pakistan bilateral relations and discuss international issues of mutual interest , the foreign ministry announced in Islamabad on Monday.Persian version of Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" available in Iran Payvand Iran News - Dec 18 7:23 AM
The Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" has hit Iran's bookstores. Translated by Nilufar Shidfar and Ali Azarang, the book came out by the Daricheh Publications. -MNAIran Will Acquire Nuke Weapon By 2009-10 Israel National News - Dec 18 12:18 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Mossad spy master Meir Dagan told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that the time for stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is growing shorter.Armenia could get 2.5 bcm per year gas from Iran from 2008 Interfax - Dec 18 4:37 AM
YEREVAN. Dec 18 (Interfax) - Armenia should be able to receive 2.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year from Iran from 2008, Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisian told Interfax.Latest status of Iran's nuclear issue Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 6:52 AM
Iran - Press - Nuclear Editorial of the morning daily, Jomhouri-e Eslami, titled `Dual Standard in Nuclear Field!', on Monday reviewed the country's nuclear issue.Iran calculating revenues in euros - spokesman Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 18 12:52 AM
TEHRAN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Iran is calculating its revenues in euros not dollars, including income from oil sales, and is making changes to reflect this in its currency reserves abroad, the government spokesman said on Monday.Partial Iran Election Results Show Ahmadinejad Allies Stumbling FOX 5 Atlanta - Dec 18 4:13 AM
Opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held an early lead in key races in Iran's local elections, including in the capital Tehran, according to results announced Monday.Iran seeks to replace dollar with euro TODAYonline - Dec 18 4:29 AM
US dollar and Euro bank notes at an exchange counter in Paris in December 2003. Iran has announced it would replace the dollar with the euro in foreign transactions and state-held foreign assets, in an apparent response to mounting US pressure on its banking system.Iran: Dollar To Be Replaced By Euro India Daily - Dec 18 8:35 AM
Iran's central bank will convert its foreign currency holdings from dollars to euros and begin carrying out international transactions in euros, government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said Dec. 18. Elham also said that Iran's budget will be calculated in euros.Iran has 1,400 uranium mines: AEOI official Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 2:38 AM
Iran - Uranium - Mine Iran has 1,400 uranium mines, an official at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said here Monday.Iran to replace dollar with euro in foreign deals Middle East Times - Dec 18 3:16 AM
TEHRAN -- Iran announced Monday that it has ordered the central bank to use euros for foreign transactions and transform the state's dollar-denominated assets held abroad into the single European currency.U.S.: Hezbollah recovers, and Iran helps AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 18 11:33 AM
Money to help rebuild Hezbollah strongholds has been pouring into Lebanon, and arms may not be far behind, according to U.S. officials familiar with the efforts to restock everything from kitchen shelves to arsenals following this summer's conflict with Israel.Iran: Initial AoE Election Results India Daily - Dec 18 8:36 AM
Initial election results released by Iran indicate that the top candidates for the Assembly of Experts are Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini and Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, IRNA reported Dec. 18. Full results, as well as the results of the Tehran city council elections, will be delayed.Election Seen as Setback for Iran?s President New York Times - Dec 18 12:22 PM
Partial election returns suggested today that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had experienced a major setback barely over a year after his own election.Saudis claim Iran arming Iraqi Shiites UPI - Dec 18 4:58 AM
BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency claims Iran is arming Shiite Muslim militants and funding Shiite schools and hospitals in neighboring Iraq.Some results show opponents of Iran's president lead in local elections NewsChannel 10 Amarillo - Dec 18 3:04 AM
TEHRAN, Iran Early results in Iran's local elections give the lead to conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (mahk-MOOD' ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhadh). Partial...Bahrain king rejects claims Iran a threat to PGCC states Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 2:52 AM
Bahrain - Iran - PGCC Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa in Manama on Sunday rejected claims Iran is a threat to Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) states.Iran reformist regains influence BBC News - Dec 17 10:32 AM
Iran's moderate ex-President Rafsanjani wins election to Iran's powerful clerical body, marking a surprise comeback.Exim bank to provide credits to expand business ties with Iran The Nation - Dec 18 1:02 AM
The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim) will provide credit supports to expand business ties with Iran. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Exim's president Apichai Boontherawara met with Iran's Ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak-Ayeen in Bangkok last Friday.Russia, EU and Iran's nuclear program Russian Information Agency Novosti - Dec 18 4:35 AM
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) - The UN Security Council plans to vote on a draft Iranian resolution on December 24. The five permanent members of the Council (the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France) and Germany still cannot agree on the proposed sanctions against Iran.No state has right to sanction Iran: Venezuelan envoy Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 2:07 AM
Venezuela - Iran - Nuclear Venezuelan Ambassador to Egypt Victor R Carazo said in Cairo on Sunday that no country has the right to impose sanctions on Iran.Iran, Sudan hold 7th joint economic committee session Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 1:37 AM
Iran - Sudan - Committee Iran and Sudan held the 7th session of their joint political committee in the Iranian Foreign Ministry here on Friday.Iran to use euro instead of US dollar in next year's budget Moldova.org - Dec 18 4:32 AM
Tehran (dpa) - Iran has decided to use the euro instead of the US dollar in the country's budget for the next Iranian year (21 March 2007-20 March 2008), the news network Khabar reported Monday. Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said the switch would be made not only in the budget but also in foreign as well as oil trade, and also assets abroad, in a move to end Iran's dollar dependence.Iran in Asian Cup draw as FIFA lifts suspension AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 11:54 PM
FIFA has decided to lift Iran's suspension from international football, making it eligible for next week's Asian Cup draw, the world governing body's president has announced.Iran bloggers test regime's tolerance International Herald Tribune - Dec 18 5:45 AM
Iranian bloggers are testing how much dissent the nation's rulers will tolerate on the Internet.President: Iran a unique example of democracy, freedom Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 18 1:07 AM
Iran - President - Election The Islamic Republic of Iran is a unique example of democracy and freedom and its people are a great support for freedom-seeking and independent nations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday evening.Rock (Iran's) Vote Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 18 4:00 PM
Commentary from Investor's Business DailyIran Also Eyeing the Golan Heights Israel National News - Dec 18 5:33 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The Golan Heights is coming under increasing scrutiny not only by Syria but by Iran as well. Iran s Ambassador to Syria said Monday in an interview published in the London-based Al Hayat newspaper that his nation is very invested in returning the Golan to Syrian rule.IRAN: Iran Khodro targets 100,000 exports next year just-auto - Dec 18 2:30 AM
Iran Khodro is planning to export 100,000 cars in its financial year starting March 2007.