Oct
27

Iran News – Iran’s Ahmadinejad praises Turk PM on Israel stance (The Star)

Iran’s Ahmadinejad praises Turk PM on Israel stance (The Star)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised visiting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his “clear stance against” Israel, Iran’s state media reported.

Ahmadinejad: Iran Will Keep Nukes As Long As Israel Does (The Jewish Week)
(JTA) — Iran will continue to progress in its nuclear program as long as Israel continues to have nuclear weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

Iran backs uranium plan outline, but seeks changes (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iran accepted the general framework of a U.N.-draft nuclear deal Tuesday, but said it would seek “important changes” that could test the willingness of world powers to make concessions in exchange for a pact to rein in Tehran’s ability to make atomic warheads.

Ahmadinejad: Iran will keep nukes as long as Israel does (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Iran will continue to progress in its nuclear program as long as Israel continues to have nuclear weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. The Iranian president made the remarks Tuesday during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the semi-official state news agency ISNR reported.

Tehran denies shipment of Iranian arms seized off Yemen (Zawya)
TEHRAN, Oct 27, 2009 (AFP) – A state-owned television channel quoted Iranian sources on Tuesday as denying a report from Yemen that a boatload of weapons from the Islamic republic had been seized in the Red Sea off the Yemeni coast.

World wants to sell us gas, Iran says (UPI)
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (UPI) — International suppliers are lining up to sell gasoline to Iran as the country braces for possible U.S.-backed sanctions, Iranian oil officials said.

Iran TV says plane was Hungarian, no Americans aboard (Tiscali)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – An Iranian state television station on Tuesday said a plane that was forced to land in Iran was Hungarian, not a U.S. military plane as reported earlier by a semi-official Iranian news agency.

Ahmadinejad links Iran’s nuclear program to Israel (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Iran will move forward with its nuclear program as long as Israel possesses nuclear weapons, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying on Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad reiterates Iran right to nuke program (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iran will persist with its nuclear program despite international concerns, the country’s president said Tuesday, as the world awaited Tehran’s response to a nuclear deal that could ease tensions with the West.