Iran News – Political prisoners in Iran say they are ‘dark stain’ on regime (CNN)
Political prisoners in Iran say they are ‘dark stain’ on regime (CNN)
Political prisoners issued a blunt statement slamming the Iranian regime for its post-election crackdown, and opposition supporters and security forces clashed at a mosque in southwestern Iran, an opposition Web site reported Friday.
China: Talk with, not sanction, Iran (The Malaysian Insider)
NEW YORK, Feb 6 — Six major powers yesterday discussed efforts to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment programme but China made clear it wants them to keep talking rather than impose new sanctions on Tehran. The US State Department said senior officials from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia held a conference call on the issue. “They discussed both tracks …
Iran sends rocket with animal menagerie into space (Alice Echo-News Journal)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran announced Wednesday it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space — a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed Iran could defeat the West in the battle of technology.
Iran Nuclear Deal: Is Ahmadinejad Serious on Fuel Swap? (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
A statement that Iran remains open to shipping enriched uranium abroad is greeted with skepticism in the West, but if Tehran is offering a credible compromise, it could leave the U.S. facing a dilemma
British firm subsidiary pleads in Iran plane case – The Guardian
Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of a British company has pleaded guilty in the illegal export of Boeing 747 aircraft to Iran. Balli Aviation Ltd. will pay a $2 million criminal fine, be placed on probation for five years and …
Chinese FM stresses diplomacy, patience on Iran nuclear issue (People’s Daily)
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Friday urged the international community to stay patient and step up diplomatic efforts to seek solutions to the Iranian nuclear issue, saying “Iran has not totally shut the door” on the IAEA proposal on nuclear fuel supply. &$ &$Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) meets with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle during the Munich Security …
$30b oil deals ‘in the pipeline’: Iran (Zawya)
06 February 2010 TEHRAN – Negotiations are underway to finalize deals worth $30 billion with five foreign companies to invest in Iran’s five oil and gas fields, National Iranian Oil Company’s managing director stated.
Iran hopes to reach uranium transfer deal: FM (People’s Daily)
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Friday that Tehran hoped to reach a uranium transfer deal with world powers in the near future. Tehran “is serious about” reaching an agreement with the international community over Iran’s access to enriched uranium, Mottaki told a discussion panel at the annual Munich security conference. He said he expected that a deal could be reached in the …
China: Big powers should talk with Iran, not punish (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Six major powers on Friday discussed efforts to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program but China made clear it wants them to keep talking rather than impose new sanctions on Tehran.
Rubin: Iran should free three American hikers – Denver Post
More U.S. and international attention should be focused on the plight of three American hikers who have been languishing in solitary confinement in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for six months. They have had no access to a lawyer or any …
Iran Avalanche Kills 8; 3 Foreigners Among 49 Rescued (Update2) – BusinessWeek
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — An avalanche in northwestern Iran killed eight people, while 49 others were rescued, including three foreigners. The incident happened yesterday between Shemshak and Dizin, popular ski resorts near Karaj, a city 40 kilometers …
Iranian nuclear deal ‘is close’ (Sky News Australia)
A ‘final’ deal on sending some Iranian uranium abroad for enrichment is close, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.
Contract issues snag Iran’s S-300 (UPI)
MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (UPI) — The Iranian envoy to Moscow said deliveries of the S-300 missile defense system for Iran are not moving forward because of “technical issues” with the contract.
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