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U.S. warns Iran to back down 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 4:37 PM
A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday.The U.S. Seeks Leverage on Iran Time Magazine - Jan 23 2:18 PM
Amid falling oil prices, capital shortages and growing U.S. military presence in the Gulf, President Ahmedinejad is under fire at home. U.S. officials are hoping the furor pushes Iran back to the negotiating table Iran says "wise" Americans will bar any attack Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 1:14 PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he did not expect a U.S. attack on Iran because there were plenty of "wise people" in the United States who would not let it happen.Iran remains defiant on nuclear, flexes military muscles AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 9:33 AM
Iran remained defiant on its nuclear programme, dismissing UN sanctions as ineffective as it fired off short-range missiles in a new round of military exercises.U.S. warns Iran to back off in Persian Gulf USA Today - Jan 23 9:09 AM
A U.S. State Department official ruled out talks with Iran and said Tuesday that a second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Tehran not to challenge America.Iran says still heeding IAEA despite curbs Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 8:47 AM
Iran said on Tuesday it was still cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency despite announcing a day earlier that it had banned 38 of the U.N. watchdog's inspectors from working in the country.Iran dismisses nuclear sanctions as ineffective AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 8:09 AM
Iran has dismissed UN sanctions imposed on its nuclear programme as ineffective, and vowed to continue its controversial nuclear work.Iran says still cooperating with IAEA Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 6:57 AM
Iran said on Tuesday it was still cooperating with the IAEA, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, despite announcing a day earlier that it was barring 38 inspectors from working in the country.Iran's Ahmadinejad under fire again AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 6:40 AM
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire from Iran's top dissident cleric over his handling of foreign and domestic policies including Tehran's disputed nuclear drive.Iran Remains Defiant On Nuclear As Missile Testing Continues Space War - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Jan 23, 2007 Iran remained defiant on its nuclear programme on Tuesday, dismissing UN sanctions as ineffective as it fired off short-range missiles in a new round of military exercises.Iran's nuclear negotiator phones UN watchdog chief AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 6:15 AM
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has phoned UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei a day after inspectors were blocked from entering the country.Iran dismisses nuclear sanctions as ineffective Space War - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Tehran, Jan 23 (AFP) Jan 23 - Iran dismissed UN sanctions imposed on its nuclear programme as ineffective on Tuesday, and vowed to continue its controversial nuclear work.Iran Builds Hand-Launched Drones by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Jan 23, 2007 Space War - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Iran said Tuesday it has developed its own hand-launched drones in a breakthrough for the Islamic republic's aeronautics industry.NBC: Saudis waging an oil war on Iran? MSNBC - Jan 23 12:49 PM
Oil traders and others believe that the Saudi decision to let the price of oil tumble has more to do with Iran than economics. NBC's Robert Windrem reports.Netanyahu urges New England states to divest from Iran Boston Globe - Jan 23 4:23 PM
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday asked officials in Massachusetts and other New England states to divest pension funds from Iran -- a plea he said he hopes to take next to California and London.Mitt seeks Mass. squeeze on Iran Boston Herald - 29 minutes ago
Former Gov. Mitt Romney pulled the strings of Massachusetts government from Israel yesterday to bolster his presidential resume, orchestrating a State House meeting to push his newly minted plan to isolate Iran economically.Iran says it is still cooperating with IAEA Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 11:56 PM
Iran said on Tuesday it was still cooperating with the IAEA, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a day after announcing it was barring 38 inspectors from working in the country, which the West accuses of seeking atomic bombs.Reports: Russia fulfills Iran missile deal AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 10:59 PM
Russia fulfilled a contract to sell air defense missiles to Iran, Russian news agencies quoted the head of the country's state-run weapons exporter as saying Tuesday.Iran prepares for possible military action by U.S. Times-Reporter - 45 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran Iran conducted missile tests Monday as its leadership stepped up warnings of a possible military confrontation with the United States.Russia completes Iran missile deliveries: Tass Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 9:58 PM
Russia has completed a contract to deliver its TOR-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran, Itar-Tass news agency quoted Sergei Chemezov, head of state arms exporter Rosoboronexport as saying on Tuesday.Repsol to Sign $4.3 Billion Iran Gas Agreement, Document Shows Bloomberg.com - Jan 23 8:10 AM
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Repsol YPF SA, the Spanish oil company struggling to find new reserves, plans to sign a $4.3 billion agreement in Iran this week to help develop the world's biggest natural gas field.NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 23, 2007 - Dust in Iran and Turkmenistan SpaceRef - Jan 23 6:37 PM
This image was captured on January 20, 2007 by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite. It shows a large plume of dust that blew across the border into Turkmenistan from Iran. In this image, the dust appears as plume that pushes out of Iran in a counter-clockwise direction.Iran bars 38 IAEA nuclear inspectors AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 8:11 PM
Iran has barred 38 nuclear inspectors on a United Nations list from entering the country, the foreign minister said Monday in what appeared to be retaliation for the U.N. sanctions imposed last month.Romney calls for anti-apartheid-like sanctions against Iran Boston Globe - Jan 23 11:43 AM
Republican Mitt Romney called for economic sanctions against Iran "at least as severe" as those imposed on South Africa during its apartheid era, in an effort to isolate the Central Asian nation and convince it to give up its pursuit of a nuclear weapon.N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing Daily Telegraph - Jan 23 6:33 PM
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out last year.Israel's Netanyahu asks US pension fund quit Iran Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 23 3:34 PM
BOSTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Israel's opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday asked one of the biggest U.S. pension funds to pull money out of companies doing business with Iran because of fears over possible development of nuclear weapons.Iran Bars Inspectors; Dissident Cleric Condemns President?s Stance New York Times - Jan 22 6:05 PM
The two developments suggest an increasingly open debate within Iran on how to confront the West over Iran?s nuclear ambitions.Ahmadinejad said Iran was not seeking a confrontation[AFP] Aljazeera - Jan 23 4:14 PM
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Iran' s president, has said that the US is incapable of inflicting damage on Iran , in an interview with state television on Tuesday.N Korea helping Iran's nuke program: report News Interactive - Jan 23 5:42 PM
NORTH Korea is giving Iran help with its nuclear program, aiding it to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one carried out by Pyongyang last October, Britain's The Daily Telegraph reported today.Iran defiant on nuke, flexes military muscles IranMania.com - 54 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Iran remained defiant on its nuclear programme, dismissing UN sanctions as ineffective as it fired off short-range missiles in a new round of military exercises, AFP reported.US warns Iran of stiffer curbs Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
DUBAI The United States warned Iran yesterday to sit down for talks on its nuclear programme or face tougher sanctions in winter.Iran says still heeding IAEA despite curbs IranMania.com - 54 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Iran said it was still cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency despite announcing a day earlier that it had banned 38 of the UN watchdog's inspectors from working in the country, AFP reported.NKorea providing Iran with nuclear help: report Channel NewsAsia - Jan 23 5:13 PM
LONDON: North Korea is providing Iran with help on its nuclear programme, aiding it to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one carried out by Pyongyang last October, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday.US warns Iran to back down IranMania.com - 57 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - A second US aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top US diplomat said, The Associated Press reported.U.S. warns Iran to back down Boston Globe - Jan 23 8:37 AM
A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was ...Iran dismisses nuclear sanctions as ineffective IranMania.com - 55 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Iran has dismissed UN sanctions imposed on its nuclear programme as ineffective, and vowed to continue its controversial nuclear work, AFP reported.Ahmadinejad: Iran respects IAEA regulations IranMania.com - 50 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated that Iran has complied and will comply with the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), IRNA reported.Debate Grows in Iran Over Nuclear Program New York Times - Jan 22 4:20 PM
There is an increasingly open debate within Iran over how forcefully to confront the West over its nuclear ambitions.Iran's Ahmadinejad under fire again IranMania.com - 55 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire from Iran's top dissident cleric over his handling of foreign and domestic policies including Tehran's disputed nuclear drive, AFP reported.Russia fulfils Iran missile deal BBC News - Jan 23 2:29 AM
Russia has completed a controversial contract to sell air defence missiles to Iran, a senior official says.Iran says "wise" Americans will bar any attack IranMania.com - 55 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he did not expect a US attack on Iran because there were plenty of "wise people" in the United States who would not let it happen, Reuters reported.Iran, Brazil discuss sports cooperation IranMania.com - 56 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Head of Iran s Physical Education Organization (PEO) Mohammad Aliabadi and Brazilian Ambassador to Tehran Luiz Antonio Fachini Gomez exchanged views on expansion of cooperation in the sports sector, MNA reported.Brzezinski: Bush Iran policy "Stupid" IranMania.com - 56 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Former US advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, harshly criticized US President George W Bush s Iran policy, branding it as stupid and self-blinding .Iran, world s 2nd leading producer of stones IranMania.com - 52 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Coming second only to China, Iran is a world major producer of construction stones, therefore, even small investment in the industry could yield high value added revenues, an official with the Industries and Mines Organization of Lorestan Province noted, MNA reported.Albania calls for expansion of trade with Iran IranMania.com - 52 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - The Albanian Minister of Economy called for the expansion of trade relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in a meeting with Iran's ambassador to Tirana Ali Beman-Eqbalid.Iran bars 38 U.N. nuclear inspectors Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 2:46 PM
Iran has barred entry to 38 inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog after hardliners demanded retaliation for U.N. sanctions imposed on Tehran last month, officials said on Monday.US Rules Out Direct Talks With Iran Arab News - Jan 23 4:20 PM
DUBAI, 24 January 2007 US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns yesterday ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was not possible until Iran halts its uranium-enrichment program.Larijani, ElBaradei discuss Iran case over phone IranMania.com - 51 minutes ago
LONDON, January 24 (IranMania) - Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani and IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei reviewed Iran's nuclear case over phone, said a reliable source, IRNA reported.Iran's Larijani holds telephone talk with IAEA chief People's Daily - Jan 23 5:02 PM
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani held a telephone talk with chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported.Move to bar UN nuclear inspectors will further isolate Iran: US AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 3:33 PM
The United States denounced a reported decision by Iran to bar some UN nuclear inspectors from the country as an attempt to "dictate terms" to the international community in the standoff over Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.Report: Gulf states would prefer U.S. strike to a nuclear Iran World Tribune - Jan 23 11:03 AM
ABU DHABI The Persian Gulf states would support a U.S. strike to destroy Iran's nuclear weapons program.Iran successfully test-fires home-made missiles: report People's Daily - Jan 23 4:32 PM
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Tuesday successfully test-fired two types of home-made missiles during military exercises, the local Fars news agency reported.North Korea to Aid Iran in Nuclear Program Israel National News - 23 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) According to the British Daily Telegraph, North Korea will help Iran to develop a nuclear program. North Korea, which conducted a nuclear test last October, will provide Iran with the results. According to the report, Iran hopes to conduct a similar test by the end of 2007.Iran Will Allow UN Nuclear Inspections-Nuclear Negotiator Nasdaq - Jan 23 9:21 AM
TEHRAN (AP)--Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that his government would continue to allow the U.N. nuclear watchdog to inspect its nuclear facilities, adding that Iran's decision to bar 38 inspectors had been misinterpreted.U.S. Warns Iran To Back Down CBS 13 Sacramento - Jan 23 1:44 PM
A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. CBS News Interactive: Nuclear Armed World Scant evidence found of Iran-Iraq arms link Los Angeles Times - Jan 23 12:10 AM
U.S. warnings of advanced weaponry crossing the border are overstated, critics say. BAQUBAH, IRAQ If there is anywhere Iran could easily stir up trouble in Iraq, it would be in Diyala, a rugged province along the border between the two nations. Iran prepares public for possible military clash with U.S. amid growing discontent at home Boston Herald - Jan 23 8:47 AM
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran conducted missile tests Monday as its leadership stepped up warnings of a possible military confrontation with the United States. In another show of defiance, Tehran said Monday it...Iran bars some inspectors amid clerics' dissent / Debate appears to be opening up over how the nation should confront ... San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 23 4:07 AM
Iran is barring 38 nuclear agency inspectors in retaliation for a U.N. resolution aiming to curb that country's nuclear program, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Monday. The announcement came only days after Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran's... IAEA in talks with Iran after inspectors blocked AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 12:25 PM
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was discussing with Iran its demand to withdraw some nuclear inspectors but was confident it could continue monitoring the country's nuclear facilities.Sick: Signs of Emerging U.S., Israeli, Sunni Arab Alliance against Iran Foreign Relations - Jan 23 1:12 PM
Gary G. Sick, a former National Security Council adviser on Iran, says an emerging strategy is developing that brings the United States, Israel, and Sunni Arab states in an informal alliance against Iran. He does not believe the United States would launch a military attack on Iran at this time because it lacks the military ability to be in Iraq and Iran at the same time.Report: Iran aid to Iraq questionable The Washington Times - Jan 23 9:38 AM
Despite mounting U.S. and British claims Iran is supplying insurgents in Iraq with weaponry, there's scant evidence of it, The Los Angeles Times reported.Iran's foreign policy active, says president Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 2:51 PM
President - Interview - Foreign Policy President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Tuesday said Iran has an active foreign policy but is not engaged in rivalry with any country.President: US incapable of inflicting serious damage on Iran Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 2:52 PM
President - Interview - US President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that the United States was "absolutely incapable of inflicting serious damage on the Islamic Republic of Iran." "They (America) would like to hurt (our country) but they are not in a position to do so," the president said confidently in a live TV interview Tuesday night.Former Israeli prime minister calls for Iran divestiture WPRI 12 Providence - Jan 23 1:23 PM
BOSTON Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu is in Boston today asking New England states to revoke investments from Iran.Deployment Of Second US Aircraft Carrier Intended To Warn Iran, Says US Diplomat Nasdaq - Jan 23 7:37 AM
(RTTNews) - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday that the deployment of the second American aircraft carrier in the Middle East is aimed to counter Iran's efforts to dominate the region.U.S. Warns Iran to Back Down RedNova - Jan 23 11:11 AM
By JIM KRANE DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S.Iran bars 38 U.N. nuclear agency inspectors, but allows others to enter USA Today - Jan 22 10:43 AM
Iran said Monday it has barred 38 members of a U.N. nuclear inspection team from entering the country, in what appeared to be retaliation for sanctions imposed last month over its contentious atomic program.President: Iran respects IAEA regulations Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 12:36 PM
President - Interview - Nuclear President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated here Tuesday that Iran has complied and will comply with the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Romney calls for anti-apartheid-like sanctions against Iran Boston Herald - Jan 23 7:52 AM
BOSTON - Republican Mitt Romney called for economic sanctions against Iran "at least as severe" as those imposed on South Africa during its apartheid era, in an effort to isolate the Central...US warns Iran won't be allowed to control Gulf INQ7.net - Jan 23 8:17 AM
DUBAI -- A top US official warned on Tuesday that Washington will not allow Iran to "control" the oil-rich Gulf and was sending a second aircraft carrier battlegroup to stop Tehran's muscle-flexing.US, China Discuss Stronger North Korean and Iran Sanctions Voice of America - Jan 23 7:33 AM
U.S. and Chinese officials have discussed speeding up U.N. sanctions against North Korea, and expanding those against Iran. The visiting U.S. official says China's help has been instrumental in getting some U.S. policy through the U.N. Security Council, but she expressed disappointment at Beijing's veto of a resolution condemning Burma's human rights record.Iran prepares the public for possible military confrontation with U.S Fox21 - Jan 23 10:24 AM
TEHRAN, Iran Iran conducted missile tests today as its leadership stepped up warnings of possible military confrontation with the U-S.Iran respects IAEA regulations Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 11:51 AM
President - Interview - Budget President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated here Tuesday that Iran abides by the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency.How Iran is planning to deal with Americans Gulf News - Jan 23 1:55 PM
Confrontation or accommodation? As the latest ultimatum set for Iran by the US Security Council draws closer, that perennial question of Iranian politics is back at the centre of debate in Tehran.Iran launches missile tests amid fresh nuclear defiance AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 8:51 AM
Iran has launched a series of war games and vowed to block UN nuclear inspectors from entering the country in a fresh show of defiance over its controversial nuclear aims.Iran tests missiles as tensions rise The Philadelphia Inquirer - Jan 23 12:12 AM
Iran conducted missile tests yesterday as its leadership stepped up warnings of a possible military confrontation with the United States.Iran denies entry to 38 UN nuclear inspectors International Herald Tribune - Jan 22 1:41 PM
Iran's decision to bar the monitors is in apparent retaliation for UN sanctions imposed last month.Iran: Cooperation with IAEA Will Continue Voice of America - Jan 23 5:03 AM
Iraq says it will continue cooperating with United Nations nuclear inspectors, despite barring 38 of them from entering the country. A government spokesman, Gholamhossein Elham, told reporters in Tehran Tuesday that Iran has "no problem" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Deployment of US Navy ship in Arabian Gulf 'not aimed at Iran' Gulf News - Jan 23 1:55 PM
Manama: The deployment of the mine hunter USS Gladiator in the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday was not aimed at Iran, a US Navy spokesman said. "The presence of the minesweeper was a long-scheduled event that is not part of any military build-up in the Arabian Gulf.EU imports from Iran on upward trend Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:59 AM
EU imports from Iran in the 10-month period (January-October) in 2006 totaled 11,931 billion euros whereas its imports from Iran for the whole of 2005 totaled 11,448 billion euros. -IRNAUS Says More Pressure Needed to Stop Iran Nukes Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:58 AM
A senior U.S. diplomat says the international community needs to bring more pressure on Iran to end, what he describes as, its efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. -VOAIran to continue cooperation with IAEA based on NPT, Larijani Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:58 AM
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said here Tuesday that Iran will continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency based on NPT and Safeguards Agreement. -IRNAUS says Arabs too concerned by Iran military Middle East Online - Jan 23 8:33 AM
DUBAI - Burns says US will not allow Iran to dominate Middle East, seeks to allay fears that military action was inevitable.Russia Completes $700m Missile Deal With Iran Nasdaq - Jan 23 4:37 AM
(RTTNews) - Head of Russian weapons exporter Rosoboronexport said that his country has completed a contract to sell some 30 air defense missile systems to Iran, with the delivery being completed at the end of last year.US cannot hurt Iran: Ahmadinejad AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 3:55 PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a defiant message to the United States, saying Washington could not hurt Tehran by waging what he called a "psychological war".Syrian activist defends Iran's right for peaceful nuclear energy Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 8:36 AM
Iran - Nuclear - Syria A Syrian political activist said on Tuesday that Iran is entitled to peaceful use of nuclear energy.Iran's guards start wargame to test missiles Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 7:07 AM
Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched war-games in central Iran on Monday and said they would test two models of home-made missiles, state radio reported.German parliamentarian calls for talks between Iran, Europe Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 8:36 AM
Iran - Germany - Negotiations Visiting German Parliamentarian and Head of Green Party Faction Fritz Kuhan conferred here Tuesday with the Head of Iran-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group Akbar Alami on the country's nuclear standoff.Last of the Asiatic Cheetahs Fight Extinction: Iran shelters the small surviving population, which experts hope to save Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:59 AM
According to Peter Zahler, assistant director of the Asia Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York, there are only 50 to 60 Asiatic cheetahs left in the wild, and they live in the Dasht-e Kavir region of Iran. WCS, one of America's leading wildlife conservation institutions, helps Iran conserve this precious population, training local wildlife professionals in effective ...EU Calls for Tightening of Sanctions on Iran Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:58 AM
The European Union called on all countries Monday to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran and announced a series of measures it would take against Tehran's efforts to develop a nuclear program. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris.Iran sets new missile tests as U.S. carrier dispatched CNN.com - Jan 22 5:47 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran announced new tests of short-range missiles Sunday, and hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed criticism that the country's economy has been hurt by U.N. sanctions imposed for its suspect nuclear program.Spokesman calls on West to approach Iran's nuclear issue based on facts Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 23 8:22 AM
Iran - Hosseini - Nuclear Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyed Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, in reaction to the statement issued at the European Union foreign ministers meeting, called on EU for an independent and rational approach to Iran's nuclear issue based on the relevant facts.Iran Nuclear Program Actions Could Spur Further Isolation U.S. Department of State - Jan 23 10:47 AM
The news that Iran has barred 38 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors is another example of the Iranian government s attempts to dictate the terms to the international community, and Tehran risks becoming even more isolated because of it, according to a State Department official. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack says that even if the IAEA is able to work around Iran s ...Attack on Iran would need nuclear weapons The Ann Arbor News - Jan 23 8:07 AM
In the president's recent speech on Iraq, he included Iran as a potential military target. As we know, there are already contingency plans for such an attack, and the United States has two aircraft carrier task forces in the region to carry out those plans if ordered.Iran in talks with Italy's Saipem on Azadegan Oilfield Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:58 AM
The Petroiran Development Company (PEDCO) is in talks with Italy's Saipem over two EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Maintenance) contracts for the project to develop the Azadegan Oilfield in southern Iran, the PEDCO managing director said here on Tuesday. -MNAIran tests missiles, steps up warning Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jan 23 2:14 AM
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran conducted missile tests during maneuvers Monday as its leadership stepped up warnings of a possible military confrontation with the United States.GCC WOULD SUPPORT U.S. STRIKE ON IRAN Middle East Newsline - Jan 23 8:40 AM
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Gulf Cooperation Council states would support a U.S. strike to destroy Iran's nuclear weapons program.RUSSIA COMPLETES SAM DELIVERY TO IRAN Middle East Newsline - Jan 23 8:40 AM
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has confirmed the completion of anti-aircraft deliveries to Iran.The Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies Payvand Iran News - Jan 23 7:58 AM
It gives me great pleasure to hereby announce the addition of the word "Persian" to the term "Gulf" in our center's name. It makes justice to the historically appropriate, right and just term for that geographic region, and thus makes the Ezri Center as probably the only research and academic center outside Iran to use that term. -Soli Shahvar, Deputy-Director, EzriEU calls for full implementation of Iran sanctions AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 22 5:52 AM
The European Union has deplored Iran's lack of cooperation over Tehran's nuclear programme and called for the full implementation of United Nations sanctions.