Iran stands tall despite sanctions, says Ahmadinejad (Press TV)
As world powers threaten to impose tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear work, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad moves to shrug off Western pressure and sanctions.
Russia, China closer to approving Iran sanctions (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iran’s defiant pursuit of its nuclear programme has tested the patience of Moscow and Beijing and increased the chances that they might support sanctions against Tehran, analysts said on Friday.
Detained British yachtsmen return to UK from Iran (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Four Britons released following a week in Iranian custody after their yacht strayed into Iran’s waters returned to Britain on Friday.
UK sailors held by Iran return to Britain (MalaysiaNews.net)
LONDON — A group of yachtsmen held briefly by Iran after their boat crossed into Iranian waters returned to Britain on Friday.Smiling and looking relaxed, Oliver Smith, Oliver Young, Sam Usher and L…
Iran Is No Existential Threat – Foreign Policy
After months of halfhearted, fruitless attempts at engagement, the United States and its European partners are effectively re-enacting George W. Bush’s Iran policy. In 2006, after Iran had ended a nearly two-year voluntary suspension of uranium …
Iran Sets Limit To What It Tells Atomic Agency – New York Times
Enriched uranium can fuel reactors or, with a little more concentration, atom bombs. Iran insists that its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. The declaration on Friday drove home Iran’s new stance on reducing its cooperation with atomic …
In Iran: ‘Popular Uprising’ Is Alive; Students To Again Protest Monday (NPR)
The news from Iran that a doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters has himself died under suspicious circumstances involving a poisoned salad reminded me it’s been six months since that nation’s tumultuous presidential election and the beginning of protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection.
Iran rejects IAEA transparency demand on atom sites (Tiscali)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said it will provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog with the bare minimum of information about its plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, a stance sure to stoke Western suspicions about its atomic agenda.
UK sailors held by Iran return to Britain (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
A group of yachtsmen held briefly by Iran after their boat crossed into Iranian waters returned to Britain on Friday. Smiling and looking relaxed, Oliver Smith, Oliver Young, Sam Usher and Luke Porter arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport after a six-hour flight from Dubai. A fifth man, David Bloomer, a Bahrain-based radio journalist, did not join the men on their return flight. Asked what he …
Six missing after Chinese boat hits Iran ship (AsiaOne)
BEIJING, IRAN (AFP) – Rescuers in eastern China are searching for six people who went missing after their fishing boat collided with an Iranian cargo ship and sank, maritime authorities said Friday.
Brazilian FM visits Iran for talks on nuclear issues (People’s Daily)
Ten days after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Brazil, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim paid a short visit to Iran on Thursday to continue the talks started in Brasilia, including Iran’s controversial nuclear program. Amorim went to Iran from Geneva, Switzerland, where he participated in a round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and spent the whole …
