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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran has moved a stock of enriched uranium back underground after drawing what it needed to refine the material up to 20 percent purity, Tehran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday. |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 AFP: Iran's hardline press watchdog on Monday banned the best-selling reformist daily Etemad and a weekly run by the family of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, ISNA news agency said. |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 BBC: Iran is not co-operating with the UN nuclear watchdog's investigation into the country's nuclear programme, the new head of the agency has said. |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 Daily Telegraph: The US and its western allies have stepped up a behind-the-scenes campaign to persuade Russia to back tough United Nations sanctions against Iran. |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran's air force will soon test a new version of a 2000-pound guided-bomb, a top Iranian military commander said on Monday. |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 Daily Telegraph - Editorial: We have seen too much subterfuge and procrastination from Iran as it has sought to hide its true intentions from the world. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 Reuters: The U.N. atomic watchdog's new chief will present a tougher approach to Iran at a meeting of member states starting on Monday where clashes loom over his suggestion Tehran may be trying to design a nuclear weapon. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 AP: Iran's supreme leader charged Sunday that U.S. and its allies are behind the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency's claim that Iran may be making nuclear bombs, despite its repeated denials. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran could make European countries suffer by cutting off energy supplies and can target any adversary with its missiles, a senior Iranian military official said on Sunday. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 AP: An insurgent group in southeastern Iran has announced the selection of a new leader after its founder was captured by Iranian forces. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran's security forces will stop opposition supporters using the Iranian new year in March to stage more anti-government protests, a leading judicial official said on Sunday. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 AP: Iran's opposition leader said Saturday that a dictatorial "cult" was ruling Iran in the name of Islam — his strongest attack to date on the country's clerical leadership. |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi warned the legitimacy of clerical rule was waning due to its "repressive measures," his website said on Saturday. |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 |
 New York Times: When Iran was caught last September building a secret, underground nuclear enrichment plant at a military base near the city of Qum, the country’s leaders insisted they had no other choice. With its nuclear facilities under constant threat of attack, they said, only a fool would leave them out in the open. |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 |
 DPA: When the International Atomic Energy Agency's governing board gathers Monday to discuss the IAEA's latest critical report on Iran, the debate could lay the groundwork for new sanctions against the Islamic state, according to Vienna diplomats. |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 |
 AFP: Russia is ready to work on a new round of UN sanctions against Iran, a top Russian diplomatic source said Friday, ahead of a visit to France by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
 VOA: The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will urge Brazilian leaders next week to use their influence with Iran to prod Tehran toward cooperation with the world community on its nuclear program. |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
 BBC: The head of the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has made a rare public appearance in the Syrian capital, Damascus. |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
 Washington Post: The presidents of Iran and Syria on Thursday ridiculed U.S. policy in the region and pledged to create a Middle East "without Zionists," combining a slap at recent U.S. overtures and a threat to Israel with an endorsement of one of the region's defining alliances. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
 Reuters: The United States said on Thursday it does not aim to impose crippling sanctions on Iran but rather to pressure the Iranian government to change course on its nuclear program while protecting ordinary people. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
 Reuters: The Pentagon on Thursday rejected accusations by Iran of U.S. backing for a Sunni Muslim rebel group and denied its leader had been at a U.S. military base prior to his arrest two days ago. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
 Washington Post: Iran is conducting what U.S. officials say is a broad covert-action campaign to influence Iraq's elections next month, pumping money and other assistance to its allies. The best way to counter this assault, American officials have decided, is by exposing it publicly.
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Western powers pushing for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program face a battle with Russia and China, which may only be persuaded to support steps that are more symbolic than painful. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
 Wall Street Journal: The German-Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce seeks new business in Iran even as Merkel promises additional sanctions. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Russia hardened its position on the stalled sale of the S-300 air defence system to Iran on Wednesday, saying it would not sell weapons if it leads to destabilisation in any region. |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
 Bloomberg: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she hopes the United Nations will agree on new sanctions against Iran’s nuclear effort within 60 days and asked Congress for “flexibility” in any legislation targeted at the regime. |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
 Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Latin America next week, including a visit to Brazil where she is expected to seek support for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 24 - A senior Iranian air force commander announced on Wednesday the formation of Iran’s first squadron of home-made Saeqeh fighter jets. |
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Reuters: Families of U.S. Marines killed in a 1983 bombing in Lebanon demanded ownership on Monday of a New York skyscraper that U.S. prosecutors say is owned by companies illegally funneling money to Iran.
