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  • Russia Will Slow Work on Iran?s Nuclear Plant Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
    Russia contended that Iran had not made the last two $25 million monthly payments, adding a new twist to a deeply contentious project.
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  • Iran: Man Hanged for Role in Bus Bombing Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
    Iran hanged a man convicted of involvement in the bombing of a bus carrying members of the Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, the ILNA news agency reported. Eleven people were killed in the blast in southeastern Zahedan. According to an official in the governor?s office, the man, Nassrollah Shanbeh Zehi, had come from Pakistan two days earlier, the news agency said.
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  • Iran hangs man convicted of Revolutionary Guards attack Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Feb 19 4:50 PM
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran executed a defendant by hanging after a court convicted him of a bombing last week that killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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  • Russia delays Iran atomic power plant start-up Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 1:59 PM
    Russia will delay starting up Iran's first nuclear power plant because Tehran is behind with payments, a Russian atomic industry source said on Monday, as a U.N. deadline neared for Iran to curb disputed nuclear activity.
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  • Iran denies delaying payment for reactor Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 12:05 PM
    The launch of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran could be delayed because Iran has fallen behind in payments, Russian officials said Monday. Top Iranian officials swiftly denied that payments had been disrupted, in the latest dispute surrounding the deal at the heart of the two countries' nuclear cooperation.
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  • Iran readies gas for enriching uranium: diplomats Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 11:00 AM
    Iran has moved feedstock gas needed to start uranium enrichment into a nuclear plant at the centre of a crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme, diplomats said.
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  • Iran denies delaying to pay for reactor Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 9:53 AM
    A top nuclear official in Iran on Monday rejected claims that Tehran had been dragging its feet on payments for a Russian-built nuclear power plant and accused Moscow of trying to prolong the reactor's launch, the official news agency reported.
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  • Iran's Larijani to meet UN nuclear chief Tuesday Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 8:38 AM
    Iran's chief nuclear negotiator will on Tuesday meet the head of the UN nuclear watchdog for their first encounter this year, amid spiralling tensions over the Iranian nuclear programme.
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  • Russia delays Iran atom plant work as tensions rise Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 8:28 AM
    Russia will delay the building of Iran's first nuclear power plant as Tehran is behind with payments, a Russian atomic industry source said, as pressure grew on Tehran to curb its disputed nuclear activity.
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  • IAEA says sanctions alone won't resolve Iran dispute Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 8:19 AM
    Western powers need to reassure Iran over its security rather than just ratchet up sanctions if they want to resolve a nuclear standoff, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said on Monday.
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  • Iran launches war games with missile tests Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 6:52 AM
    Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have launched three days of war games with a succession of missile tests aimed at improving defensive capabilities.
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  • Iran says insurgent bombers are trained in Pakistan Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Feb 19 6:44 AM
    The Iranian Foreign Ministry charged that Sunni insurgents from Iran used Pakistan as a base to plan a bombing that killed 11 people and wounded more than 30 in the southeastern border city of Zahedan last week.
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  • No analogy between attitudes to Iran, Nazi Germany: Rice Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 7:31 AM
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview she was reluctant to draw an analogy between the international community's handling of Iran and appeasement towards Nazi Germany in 1938.
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  • Edwards: No direct talks with Iran a mistake Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Feb 19 6:43 AM
    (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards criticized the Bush administration on Sunday for failing to engage directly with Iran to resolve problems with the Iraq war and Iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons.
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  • Iran broadcasts hanging of elite Guards' killer Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 6:55 AM
    Iran has publicly hanged a man who had confessed to involvement in last week's bomb attack that killed 11 elite Revolutionary Guards, televising recorded footage of the convict's execution.
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  • Iran supreme leader criticizes sluggish privatisation Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 6:58 AM
    Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged the government to speed up the process of privatisation under a plan he announced last year.
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  • Iran Flap Exposes Public Skepticism Of US Intelligence And Intentions Open this result in new window
    Space War - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
    by Jim Mannion Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2007 Unfounded intelligence claims that paved the way for war in Iraq blew back like a ghost last week to haunt US charges that Iran is arming Iraqi extremists.
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  • US 'Iran attack plans' revealed Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Feb 19 2:14 PM
    US contingency plans for possible air strikes on Iran include most of its military infrastructure, the BBC learns.
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  • Iran's Larijani to meet IAEA head before key report Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 5:15 AM
    Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will meet International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday, shortly before a critical IAEA report on Tehran's disputed nuclear activity, officials said.
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  • Iran's nuclear power station to be delayed Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 5:27 AM
    Late payments by Iran and problems obtaining equipment are likely to delay the launch of the Islamic republic's first nuclear power station at Bushehr, Russian officials have said.
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  • Iran Launches War Games With Missile Tests by Aresu Eqbali Tehran (AFP) Feb 20, 2007 Open this result in new window
    Space War - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
    Iran's ideological army, the elite Revolutionary Guards, launched three days of war games on Monday with a succession of missile tests aimed at improving defensive capabilities.
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  • Russia delays work on Iran nuclear plant Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 4:45 AM
    Russia will delay work on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor because Tehran is behind with payments, a source in Russia's nuclear agency said on Monday.
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  • Russia delays work on Iran nuclear plant: source Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 3:42 AM
    Russia will delay construction work at Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor because Iran is behind with its payments, a source in Russia's nuclear agency said on Monday.
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  • Iran fires missiles in new round of war games Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 2:58 AM
    Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fired missiles on Monday at the start of three days of military exercises that will be staged across the country, the second round of manoeuvres this month, state media reported.
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  • Iran hangs man for attack on bus Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Feb 19 12:28 PM
    Iran executes a man over a bomb attack which killed 11 members of its elite Revolutionary Guards last week.
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  • Iran cash lapse puts nuke plan in peril Open this result in new window
    The Washington Times - 6 minutes ago
    MOSCOW -- The opening of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran could be delayed because Iran has fallen behind in payments, Russian officials said yesterday.
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  • Iran hangs Zahedan bomber Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 2:51 AM
    Iran has hanged in public a man who confessed to involvement in last week's deadly bomb attack on members of the Revolutionary Guards in the tense border city of Zahedan.
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  • Iran's Larijani to meet IAEA chief on February 20 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 2:43 AM
    Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will hold talks with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei in the Austrian capital on Tuesday.
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  • Iran launches large-scale war games Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 12:34 AM
    Iran began its largest war games in almost a year Monday, just two days ahead of a U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment or face further economic sanctions.
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  • Iran 6-12 mths from industrial enrichment -IAEA Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - 49 minutes ago
    LONDON (Reuters) - Iran may be as little as six months from being able to enrich uranium on an industrial scale, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said.
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  • Iran Denies Delaying Payment for Reactor Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 19 10:12 AM
    Uranium fuel deliveries to a Russian-built nuclear plant in Iran, and the reactor's launch, could fall behind schedule because of delays in Iran making payments, Russian officials said Monday -- the latest sign of financial disputes dogging the deal at the center of Moscow's nuclear cooperation with Tehran.
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  • Iran Denies Delaying Payment For Reactor Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Feb 19 10:08 AM
    The launch of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran could be delayed because Iran has fallen behind in payments, Russian officials said Monday. A top Iranian nuclear official swiftly denied that payments had been disrupted, in the latest dispute surrounding the deal at the heart of the two countries' nuclear cooperation.
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  • Iran's nuclear capability nears industrial scale Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Feb 19 6:37 PM
    Iran has mastered crucial nuclear technology since August and could be six months away from being able to enrich uranium on an industrial scale, the United Nations' chief nuclear watchdog warned yesterday.
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  • Iran Publicly Hangs Man Over Bus Attack Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
    (RTTNews) - An Iranian found guilty in a bomb attack that killed 11 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, was publicly hanged at the scene of the attack in the south-eastern city of Zahedan.
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  • US Contingency Plan For Iran Attack Revealed Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
    (RTTNews) - US preparations for pre-emptive air strikes on Iran not only included nuclear sites but also most of the country's military infrastructure including air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centers, according to the BBC.
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  • Man hanged in public in Iran for bombing Open this result in new window
    UPI - Feb 19 10:56 AM
    A man was hanged in public in Iran Monday after the Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted him on charges of bombing a Revolutionary Guard bus last week.
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  • Iran says up to date with atomic plant payments Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Feb 19 6:41 PM
    TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian nuclear official said on Monday Iran was up to date with payments to Russia, which is building the Islamic Republic's first atomic power plant, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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  • Russia: Iran nuke plant could be delayed Open this result in new window
    Chicago Sun-Times - Feb 19 12:27 PM
    MOSCOW -- The launch of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran could be delayed because Iran has fallen behind in payments, Russian officials said Monday.
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  • Iran 'six months from mass uranium enrichment' Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 19 5:31 PM
    Iran could be close to being able to enrich uranium on an industrial scale, warns UN's nuclear watchdog.
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  • Iran 'six months from mass uranium enrichment' Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 19 5:00 PM
    IAEA director general stresses that Iran is still "5-10 years away" from developing a nuclear weapon.
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  • Iran's top nuclear negotiator to meet IAEA chief Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 15 minutes ago
    Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is to meet head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday, according to the Austria Press Agency (APA) reports on Monday.
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  • Iran rejects claims of delayed payments for Russian-built nuclear power plant Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 19 4:02 PM
    MOSCOW (AP) - The launch of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran could be delayed because Iran has fallen behind in payments, Russian officials said Monday. Top Iranian officials swiftly denied that payments had been disrupted, in the latest dispute surrounding the deal at the heart of the two countries' nuclear co-operation.
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  • Iran Says Sunnis, Using Pakistan as Base, Planned Fatal Bombing Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Feb 18 8:20 PM
    Iran has accused the United States and Britain of provoking the Sunni insurgents who claimed responsibility for last week?s attack. A senior security official said 65 people had
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  • Iran's First Nuclear Reactor Postponed Indefinitely (Update4) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Feb 19 7:10 AM
    Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's first nuclear reactor won't start as expected this year because of supply and financing delays and it may be postponed indefinitely, the Russian agency building the power plant said.
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  • Iran, Russia in nuclear plant row Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Feb 19 5:14 AM
    Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.
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  • Iran denies delaying payment for reactor Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Feb 19 10:23 AM
    Uranium fuel deliveries to a Russian-built nuclear plant in Iran, and the reactor's launch, could fall behind schedule because of delays in Iran making payments, Russian officials said Monday -- the latest sign of financial disputes dogging the deal at the center of Moscow's nuclear cooperation with Tehran. But a top nuclear official in Iran rejected claims that Tehran had ...
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  • Iran: Foreign firms interested in blocks Open this result in new window
    UPI - Feb 19 7:16 AM
    Asian and European firms are interested in 17 new oil blocks being offered by Iran, a top Iranian official said Monday. Hoseyn Roshandel, director at ...
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  • Head of UN nuclear agency gloomy on Iran breakthrough Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Feb 19 6:42 PM
    Mohamed ElBaradei has not given up hope that the US and Iran will one day sit down and negotiate their -differences away, but in the much shorter term his prognosis is bleak.
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  • 'Sanctions alone won't resolve Iran dispute' Open this result in new window
    Express India - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
    Western powers need to reassure Iran over its security rather than just ratchet up sanctions if they want to resolve a nuclear standoff, IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei said.
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  • U.S. vs. Iran: India vs. Pakistan Anew? Open this result in new window
    Time Magazine - Feb 19 12:33 PM
    A test-fire of Iran's new medium-range land-to-sea Kowsar missile, 2006. The scenario: Militants wage a proxy war for a budding nuclear power, pinning down a more formidable enemy army. If that appears to be the Iranian game-plan in Iraq, it isn't an original one.
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  • Edwards Wants to Deal Directly With Iran to Resolve Problems Open this result in new window
    Fox News - Feb 19 6:29 AM
    Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says the Bush administration is making a mistake by not dealing directly with Iran.
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  • Iran denies delaying payment for reactor Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Feb 19 1:48 PM
    TEHRAN, Iran - Top Iranian officials on Monday rejected claims that Tehran had been dragging its feet on payments for a Russian-built nuclear power plant, criticizing Moscow of buckling under international...
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  • Iran Denies Delay In Nuclear Power Plant Payments Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Feb 19 1:37 PM
    (RTTNews) - Iran on Monday denied falling behind in the schedule of payments towards the installation and launching of a Russian-built nuclear power plant at Bushehr in southern Iran, reported AP.
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  • Iran guards begin war games Open this result in new window
    UPI - Feb 19 5:55 AM
    Iran's Revolutionary Guards began their annual war games Monday with military maneuvers around the country planned for the next three days. Military ...
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  • Iran's nuclear power plant could be delayed: Russian contractor Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
    The launch of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant could be delayed because of late payments and problems with equipment deliveries, Russian news agencies reported on Monday citing an official of the Russian general contractor.
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  • Russia says Iran is behind in payments for nuclear plant Open this result in new window
    KTRE-TV East Texas - Feb 19 6:22 PM
    MOSCOW If Iran doesn't get a nuclear power plant up and running, it could be because it hasn't kept up the payments on it.
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  • Iran fires missiles in war games Open this result in new window
    TVNZ - Feb 19 4:02 PM
    Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fired missiles on Tuesday at the start of three days of military exercises that will be staged across the country, the second round of manoeuvres this month, state media reported.
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  • Romney: Keep Iran at arms length Open this result in new window
    The Des Moines Register - Feb 19 1:20 PM
    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said today in Iowa that the United States should maintain diplomatic isolation from Iran, as the Middle...
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  • Iran's leader: Nuclear fuel necessary for future energy Open this result in new window
    Daily Bulletin - Feb 19 4:17 PM
    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's top leader said Saturday the country's oil and gas reserves will eventually dry up and defended the drive to produce nuclear fuel, claiming it was the only way to avoid depending on the West for energy.
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  • Iran executes bus bomber Open this result in new window
    AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Feb 19 12:06 PM
    Iran has executed a man who bombed a bus that killed several members of an elite military unit.
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  • Iran could enrich uranium on mass scale in six months: report Open this result in new window
    The Nation - Feb 19 1:57 PM
    LONDON - Iran may be able to enrich uranium on a mass scale in just six months, but it could still be 10 years away from the capacity to build a nuclear bomb, the chief UN monitor said in remarks published Monday.
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  • Iran behind on nuclear payments Open this result in new window
    WHOI Peoria - Feb 19 4:05 PM
    MOSCOW (AP) -- If Iran doesn't get a nuclear power plant up and running, it could be because it hasn't kept up the payments on it. Russian officials say the launch of a nuclear power plant built by Russia in Iran could be delayed because Iran is falling behind in payments.
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  • Iran Denies It Is Late on Payments for Nuclear Plant Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Feb 19 12:03 PM
    A top Iranian nuclear official says Iran is up to date with its payments for a Russian-built nuclear power plant. Earlier Monday Russian officials were quoted as saying the opening of the nuclear plant may be delayed because the Iranian government was behind on payments.
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  • Iran Ties Sunni Insurgents to Base in Pakistan Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Feb 18 3:21 PM
    Sunni insurgents from Iran used Pakistan as a base to plan a bombing that killed 11 people, the Iranian Foreign Ministry charged.
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  • U.S. sanctions Iran companies for 2nd time this year Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Feb 19 11:18 AM
    WASHINGTON The United States has again sanctioned Iran's weapons of mass destruction program. The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on three Iranian companies cited as contributing to Iran's WMD program.
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  • Iran 'could enrich on mass scale in months' Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Feb 19 1:15 PM
    IRAN may be able to enrich uranium on a mass scale in just six months, but it could still be 10 years away from the capacity to build a nuclear bomb, the chief UN monitor said.
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  • UN Official:Iran Can Still Negotiate Over Its Nuclear Program Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Feb 19 11:21 AM
    LONDON (AP)--Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said Monday there is still time to negotiate with Iran about its nuclear program, noting that it would take years for Tehran to produce weapons.
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  • Iran and Syria stress ties amid rumors Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 1:43 PM
    Syria's President Bashar Assad accused the "enemies" of Islamic countries of trying to sow discord, Iranian state television's Web site reported Sunday after the Syrian leader ended his visit to Iran.
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  • Iran 'could enrich on mass scale in months' Open this result in new window
    The Australian - Feb 19 1:18 PM
    Mohamed ElBaradei, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told London's Financial Times that Iran has since August been using centrifuges at a pilot plant in the town of Natanz to enrich uranium.
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  • Iran says up to date with atomic plant payments Open this result in new window
    The New Zealand Herald - Feb 19 1:35 PM
    TEHRAN - A senior Iranian nuclear official said today Iran was up to date with payments to Russia, which is building the Islamic Republic's first atomic power plant, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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  • Where is al-Sadr? Not in Iran, official says Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Feb 18 2:00 PM
    Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman denied Sunday that Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shiite cleric who opposes the U.S. presence in Iraq, is in Iran.
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  • Iran could enrich uranium on mass scale in six months: UN Open this result in new window
    The West Australian - Feb 19 2:39 PM
    Iran may be able to enrich uranium on a mass scale in just six months, but it could still be 10 years away from the capacity to build a nuclear bomb, the chief UN monitor said yesterday.
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  • President: Iran, Oman have more potentials for expansion of ties Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 19 3:07 PM
    Iran - Oman - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin al-Alawi on Monday said Iran and Oman have more potentials for expansion of ties.
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  • Iran alleges U.S. link to militant attack Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Feb 19 12:13 AM
    Tehran worries that America is helping Iranian opposition groups foment instability. TEHRAN Bullet cartridges bearing a U.S. insignia and English lettering were among the weaponry seized last week from Sunni militants suspected of killing 11 members of Shiite-dominated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, Iranian officials said Sunday.
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  • Edwards calls lack of direct talks with Iran a mistake Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Feb 19 10:15 AM
    DUBUQUE, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards criticized the Bush administration on Sunday for failing to engage directly with Iran to resolve problems with the Iraq war and Iran's...
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  • No pay, no gain: Iran's first nuclear power station in Bushehr has been dogged by delays [EPA] Open this result in new window
    Aljazeera - Feb 19 11:44 AM
    The launch of Iran 's first nuclear power station is likely to be delayed due to late payments by Iran , a Russian spokeswoman has said.
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  • U.S. delegation in Israel considers military option for Iran Open this result in new window
    Calcutta News - Feb 19 3:36 PM
    Iran was at the center of talks held between members of a Joint Parliamentary Committee for the US and Israel, Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz told Ynetnews on Monday evening.
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  • Iran nears industrial nuclear fuel production Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Feb 19 11:01 AM
    Iran has mastered crucial nuclear technology since August and could be as little as six months away from being able to enrich uranium on an industrial scale, the United Nations chief nuclear watchdog warned on Wednesday.
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  • Official: Iran has not delayed payment for Bushehr Power Plant Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 19 2:58 PM
    Iran - Power Plant - Payment Deputy Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) in International Affairs Mohammad Saeedi said Iran has not delayed payments to the Russian Company 'Atomstroiexport' for Bushehr Power Plant.
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  • Video Report: Iraq reopens borders with Iran Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - 20 minutes ago
    Basra, Feb. 19: Iraq re-opened its borders with Iran, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown; a spokesman for the officer overseeing the plan confirmed the report.
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  • Iran bars Greenpeace ship from entering waters Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 12:46 PM
    Iran withdrew permission at the last minute for the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior to enter the port of Bushehr where its first nuclear reactor is under construction, the campaign group said.
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  • Iran executes bomber at site of attack Open this result in new window
    Dawn - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
    TEHRAN, Feb 19: Iran executed the bomber at the site of his attack which killed several members of an elite military corps, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Monday.
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  • Russia says Iran is behind in payments for nuclear plant Open this result in new window
    ABC 7 El Paso - Feb 19 1:04 PM
    MOSCOW If Iran doesn't get a nuclear power plant up and running, it could be because it hasn't kept up the payments on it. Russian officials say the launch of a...
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  • IAEA urges West to complement sanctions on Iran with 'engagement' Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 19 1:11 PM
    Western powers need to reassure Iran over its security rather than just ratchet up sanctions if they want to resolve a nuclear standoff, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday. "The Iran issue is not going to be resolved through sanctions alone. You need to reach out to the country and bring them to engagement.
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  • Iran's Revolutionary Guards send message with war games Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 19 1:12 PM
    Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps launched three days of war games on Monday with a series of missile tests aimed at improving the country's defensive capabilities. The "Power Maneuver" exercises, involving 3,000 units of the elite force in 16 of Iran's 30 provinces, come at a time of mounting tension with the United States.
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  • Iran flap exposes public skepticism of US intelligence, intentions Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 10:13 AM
    Unfounded intelligence claims that paved the way for war in Iraq blew back like a ghost last week to haunt US charges that Iran is arming Iraqi extremists.
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  • Iran televises public hanging of convicted bomber Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 19 1:12 PM
    Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had confessed to involvement in last week's bomb attack that killed 11 elite Revolutionary Guards, televising recorded footage of the convict's execution. Nosrallah Shanbeh-Zehi had been found guilty by a revolutionary court of participating in Wednesday's bombing in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
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  • Iran broadcasts killer's hanging Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Feb 19 10:01 AM
    IRAN hanged in public overnight a man who had confessed to involvement in last week's bomb attack that killed 11 elite Revolutionary Guards, televising recorded footage of the convict's execution.
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  • Iran accuses American, British and Israeli secret services of plotting last Wednesdays explosions in Zahedan, capital ... Open this result in new window
    DEBKAfile - Feb 19 11:36 AM
    Irans interior minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi, speaking over a domestic TV channel, also charged the three services with subversive activities in Iranian Khuzestan, Kurdistan and Azerbaijan.
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  • Iran Executes Man for Bombing That Killed 11 Revolutionary Guards Open this result in new window
    FOX 35 Orlando - Feb 19 9:43 AM
    Iran executed the bomber at the site of his attack that killed several members of an elite military corps, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.
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  • Bush Administration Says No Plans to Attack Iran Open this result in new window
    Payvand Iran News - Feb 19 9:46 AM
    The Bush administration is reiterating that it has no plans to go to war with Iran, despite concerns over Iranian weapons filtering into neighboring Iraq as well as the country's continued nuclear program in defiance of the United Nations. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports.
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  • Iran's Larijani to meet UN nuclear chief Tuesday Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Feb 19 7:04 AM
    NUCLEAR POINTERS: Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, seen here delivering a speech at the 43rd Conference on Security Policy in Munich February 11, will meet UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna Tuesday.
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  • Iran's Larijani To Meet Tuesday With IAEA Chief - Iran Official Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Feb 19 5:21 AM
    VIENNA (AP)--Iran's top nuclear negotiator will meet with the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Vienna Tuesday, an Iranian official said Monday. The official said that Ali Larijani would meet Tuesday with Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency.
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  • Iran's nuclear official to meet IAEA chief Tuesday Open this result in new window
    Payvand Iran News - Feb 19 9:47 AM
    Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani is to hold talks with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna on Tuesday. Also, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana have agreed to resume talks on the Iran nuclear issue. -IRNA
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  • Survey reveals majority of British MP's would not support attack on Iran Open this result in new window
    Payvand Iran News - Feb 19 9:47 AM
    The survey carried out over a two month period by the Westminster Committee on Iran together with the No Confidence Campaign attempted to establish where every Member of Parliament stood on the question of a possible of pre-emptive war on Iran without the explicit support of the United Nations. -Westminster Committee on Iran
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  • Iran refugee free after years in church Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 5:05 PM
    Canada on Monday unexpectedly granted permanent resident status to an Iranian man who spent nearly three years in sanctuary in a Vancouver church before being arrested over the weekend.
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  • Liberal Religious Officials Head to Iran this Weekend to Forestall U.S. Military Action Open this result in new window
    Christian News Wire - Feb 19 1:12 PM
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 / Christian Newswire / -- A coalition of liberal religious leaders have joined together for a week long trip beginning on Saturday, February 17 to Iran. They plan to meet with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the hopes of averting a clash between the U.S. and Iran. The trip, scheduled for Feb. 17-25, was organized by the Mennonite Central Committee and American Friends ...
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  • IRAN PAYS FOR PALESTINIAN MISSILE STRIKES Open this result in new window
    Middle East Newsline - Feb 19 10:40 AM
    TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has determined that Iran was financing the daily Palestinian missile attacks against the Jewish state.
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  • Iran: U.S. will lose in Middle East conflict Open this result in new window
    The Olympian - Feb 19 3:55 AM
    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Sunday the United States will not achieve its goals in the region, state television reported.
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  • Iran's IAU lifts Asian Clubs taekwondo title Open this result in new window
    Payvand Iran News - Feb 19 9:47 AM
    The Islamic Azad University (IAU) of Iran was crowned at the first Asian Taekwondo Club Championships on Tuesday night in Tehran. -MNA
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