Apr
03

Iran News – Iranian scientist defects: US covert ops hurt Iran nuclear program

Iranian scientist defects: US covert ops hurt Iran nuclear program
An Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared while on a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia last year is reported to have defected to the United States and been briefing the CIA on Iran’s controversial nuclear program.

CORRECTION – Iran says China agrees sanctions … – Reuters UK
BEIJING (Reuters) – Iran and China agreed during talks in Beijing that sanctions “have lost their effectiveness,” chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Friday after meeting senior Chinese officials. “In our talks with China it was agreed …

Ahmadinejad rejects Obama’s “beautiful words” to Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a renewed call from the United States to engage diplomatically to overcome the nuclear standoff, saying he saw no change in Washington’s hostile policy.

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What the Lebanese majority can do best is to continue to reject proposals that come from abroad through domestic voices in the form of threats, charges, and accusation of treachery.

Iran’s President Remains Defiant
TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says new international sanctions over Iran‘s nuclear program would only strengthen the country by helping make it more self-sufficient.

Tehran’s Coup in Iraq?
The Nation — Iran is losing no time in assembling a pro-Tehran government in Iraq, and in so doing Tehran may push the Sunni minority in Iraq into violent rebellion.

Iran for more negotiations on its nuclear programme
Beijing, Apr 2 (PTI) As the US stepped up pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear programme or face sanctions, a top Iranian envoy holding talks with Chinese leadership to ward off the threat underlined the need for more negotiations.

Ahmadinejad: Sanctions Aid, Not Hurt, Iran
An image made from video provided by Iranian State TV, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a rally in Tehran marking the 31st anniversary of the revolution that created the Islamic republic.

Karzai’s China-Iran dalliance riles Obama
Great moments in diplomatic timing are hard to distinguish when the practitioners are inscrutable entities. Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visits to China and Iran within the week rang alarm bells in Washington which were heard in the Oval Office of the White House.

Ahmadinejad: Sanctions aid, rather than hurt, Iran – The Guardian
Associated Press writer= TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Faced with the prospect of new sanctions because of Iran’s nuclear defiance, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that new penalties would only strengthen the country’s technological progress by …