Oman and Iran girded for heavy flooding and winds as the strongest cyclone ever recorded by scientists in the northwestern Arabian Sea neared.
Republican candidates for U.S. president agreed on Tuesday that Iran must not develop atomic weapons even if a tactical nuclear strike is needed to stop it and accused Democrats of being soft on the issue.
Republican candidates for U.S. president agreed on Tuesday that Iran must not develop nuclear weapons, even if a tactical nuclear strike is needed to stop Tehran, and accused Democrats of being soft on the issue.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Tuesday that it was too late to stop Iran's nuclear programme despite new efforts by Western powers to impose more UN sanctions against the Islamic republic.
Iran's nuclear program cannot be stopped, and any Western attempt to force a halt to uranium enrichment would be like playing "with the lion's tail," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday held talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator but hinted that it brought little progress towards resolving the row over Tehran's nuclear programme.
Iran warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday against imposing more sanctions over its nuclear work, saying it was like "playing with a lion's tail" as its top negotiator met Germany's foreign minister.
Oil prices rose Wednesday amid forecasts that the strongest storm to hit the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years was barreling toward Iran, a major oil producer, and the oil-rich Persian Gulf.
Iran's president warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday against imposing more sanctions on Tehran, saying it was like "playing with a lion's tale" as chief negotiator met Germany's foreign minister over the atomic row.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that it was "too late" to stop Iran's nuclear program and warned the U.S. and its allies not to push for new U.N. sanctions, comparing his country to a lion sitting quietly in a corner.