Iran
US: Iran standoff with IAEA ‘unfortunate and disappointing’
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:50pm
AFP - The White House accused Iran Wednesday of an “unfortunate and disappointing” failure to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog agency and effectively rejecting a US offer for high-level talks.
IAEA: Syrian site could have been nuclear reactor
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:27pm
AP - The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Wednesday that a Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 had the characteristics of a nuclear reactor. It also admitted that its investigation into Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program is deadlocked.
IAEA, Iran in silent standoff over nuclear probe
(Reuters)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:00pm
Reuters - An inquiry by the U.N. nuclear watchdog into alleged atom bomb research by Iran has degenerated into a silent standoff a few months after Tehran asserted “the matter is over,” U.N. officials said on Wednesday.
IAEA makes little headway on Syria, Iran
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:48pm
AFP - The UN atomic watchdog on Wednesday reported scant progress in its investigations into alleged suspect nuclear activities in both Iran and Syria.
Syria must choose between ‘peace or belligerence’: Peres
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:46pm
AFP - Syria must choose between “peace or belligerence” in its dealings with Israel, and between relations with Iran or the Jewish state, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Wednesday.
Iranian nuclear probe deadlocked, says IAEA
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:23pm
AFP - The International Atomic Energy Agency, despite six years of intensive investigation, is no closer to determining whether Iran’s disputed nuclear drive is entirely peaceful as Tehran claims, the watchdog said in a new report Wednesday.
Iran blocks access to over five million websites: report
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 12:33pm
AFP - Iran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites, whose content is mostly perceived as immoral and anti-social, a judiciary official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
U.S. urges vigilance against Iranian banks in Dubai
(Reuters)
19 Nov 2008 at 9:37am
Reuters - Iranian banks are operating in the Gulf financial hub of Dubai despite U.N. sanctions and authorities should keep a close eye on them, a U.S. official involved in tracking suspicious financial activity said on Wednesday.
Iran kills Kurd separatists at border
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 7:37am
AP - Iran’s official news agency says Iranian border guards have killed several Kurdish separatists in a shootout in the western part of the country.
US arrests suspected Iranian agent in Iraq
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:25am
AP - The U.S. military says it has arrested an alleged senior member of the Iranian security forces suspected of funneling weapons into Iraq.
Iranian parliament chooses new interior minister
(AP)
18 Nov 2008 at 1:17pm
AP - Iranian state radio says the parliament has chosen a close ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the new interior minister, after the predecessor was dismissed over a fake university degree.
Iran aims for 2009 launch of nuclear plant
(Reuters)
18 Nov 2008 at 11:23am
Reuters - Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran speaker urges Iraq to resist U.S. pact: report
(Reuters)
18 Nov 2008 at 9:33am
Reuters - Iran’s parliament speaker urged Iraqi lawmakers to keep resisting a security pact with the United States, official media said Tuesday, a day after Baghdad signed an accord on U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
Iran interior minister nominee wins slim parliament vote
(AFP)
18 Nov 2008 at 7:05am
AFP - The Iranian parliament on Tuesday approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nominee as interior minister by a thin margin, two weeks after it sacked his predecessor for lying about his credentials.
Iran MPs approve Ahmadinejad’s interior minister
(Reuters)
18 Nov 2008 at 6:39am
Reuters - Iran’s parliament narrowly approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s choice for interior minister Tuesday, after the previous minister was sacked in a vote by lawmakers over a fake university degree.
Time ripe for US-Iran talks: Israel intelligence chief
(AFP)
18 Nov 2008 at 6:37am
AFP - Israel’s military intelligence chief has said the time could be right for Washington to open a dialogue with Tehran as a means to halt Iran’s nuclear drive, media reported on Tuesday.
Quake shakes southwestern Iran
(Reuters)
18 Nov 2008 at 1:29am
Reuters - An earthquake shook a province in southwest Iran on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Vigil over Iran shifts from UN to the White House
(AP)
17 Nov 2008 at 8:20pm
AP - Iranian demonstrators ended a 65-day vigil outside U.N. headquarters Monday and headed to Washington to seek assurances the United States will continue protecting a disarmed militia in Iraq that opposes Iran’s government.
Feds: 2 broke US embargo, sold items bound to Iran
(AP)
17 Nov 2008 at 7:57pm
AP - Two Iranian immigrants violated a U.S. embargo by selling fuel-cell technology, centrifuges, computer equipment and other materials they knew were destined for their home country, according to an indictment Monday.
U.N. chief raises concerns about Iranians in Iraq
(Reuters)
17 Nov 2008 at 6:31pm
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has raised concerns about nearly 3,500 opposition Iranians living in exile in Iraq and regarded as terrorists by the Baghdad government, which wants to expel them.
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