Christian Science Monitor | Iran Said to Be Set to Hasten Uranium Enrichment New York Times LONDON — Iran has told the United Nations nuclear supervisory body that it plans to install more sophisticated equipment at its principal nuclear enrichment plant, a diplomat said Thursday, enabling it to greatly accelerate processing of uranium in a ... Defiant Iran plans to speed up nuclear fuel work Iran tells IAEA it plans to add machines to enrich uranium Iran plans nuclear complex upgrade |
Christian Science Monitor | US skeptical about Argentina-Iran "truth commission" Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday voiced doubt that Argentina and Iran's planned "truth commission" would bring to justice those responsible for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center. Argentine courts ... Why Argentina is reaching out to Iran US skeptical of Argentina-Iran 'truth c'tee' US Doubts Iran-Argentina Pact |
Haaretz | Clinton Reviews Tenure, Focusing on Syria and Iran New York Times WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that both Iran and Russia continued to provide military support to the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad and that there were indications that Iranian assistance was ... Clinton: window for Iran talks can't stay open "too much longer" Clinton: Iran may be sending more people, arms to Syria Clinton: Iran sending more people, weapons to Syria |
Politico | Chuck Hagel, Lindsey Graham Disagree Over Iran ABC News (blog) As the Bush administration weighed whether to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the Senate voted on the issue in September 2007, urging the administration to apply that label. Graham voted “yes,” along with nearly ... Chuck Hagel stumbles on Iran questioning Republicans press Hagel on Iraq, Iran and nuclear arsenal Hagel asked to explain why Iran is 'legitimate' |
Washington Post | Iran, Russia defend Syria after Israeli attack Washington Post JERUSALEM — Syria's allies on Thursday condemned an Israeli airstrike a day earlier on a Syrian target, and Iran issued a veiled threat to respond, but Israeli analysts said the likelihood of retaliatory attacks across Israel's borders was slim. As ... Syria, Iran threaten retaliation against Israel over airstrike Syria, Iran threaten Israel over air strike Syria, Iran threaten retaliation against Israel |
Press TV | John Paul II gunman, in latest version, says Iran's Khomeini ordered '81 shooting Fox News VATICAN CITY – The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II has changed his story once again, saying in a new autobiography that Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini personally told him to kill the pope. Mehmet Ali Agca writes in "They ... Iran marks 34th anniversary of Islamic Revolution victory Iran marks 34th anniversary of Islamic revolution |
Iran says it plans to install modern machinery that will vastly speed up ... Washington Post VIENNA — In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of warheads. Eager to avoid scuttling those negotiations, world powers ... |
The Atlantic | The US Could Be Violating Its Own Iran Sanctions The Atlantic Iran used to export 2.14 million barrels of oil every day; that was two years ago. Now that number stands at some 890,000. The value of the rial has crashed, and the IMF reports that Iran's economy has shrunk for the first time in more than two decades. Iran fuel may be part of US-funded Afghan supply deals: report Afghan army fuel sales may have broken Iran sanctions US officials failed to verify that fuel for Afghan forces did not come from ... |
Wall Street Journal | Iran's Latest Hit: Bootleg 'Argo' DVDs Wall Street Journal Many Iranians see the film version of the 1979 hostage crisis in their country as evidence that their government hasn't changed that much at all. WSJ's Farnaz Fassihi explains how hundreds of thousands of bootlegged copies of the DVD have been sold. 'Argo' Taking Iran By Storm Bootleg Argo DVDs Selling Like Hotcakes in Iran |
UN watchdog says Iran poised for major upgrade to its nuclear program Fox News VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency has told member nations that Iran is poised for a major technological upgrade of its uranium enrichment program, in a document seen Thursday by The Associated Press. The move would vastly speed up Tehran's ability to ... |