Over 12,000 arrested in Iran capital: Tehran police chief
- 21 September 2005
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 22 More than 12,000 people have been arrested in Tehran on various charges since the launch of a new crackdown on dissenters and trouble-makers in the Iranian capital, the police commander of Tehran Province told a gathering of law enforcement chiefs, state-run dailies reported on Thursday.
Action over Iran
- 21 September 2005
Daily Telegraph - Leaders: The public is rightly worried about the fate of British troops in southern Iraq, but we must not forget equally ominous developments across the border, in Iran. The election of the hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the rise of oil prices and, not least, the sapping of the American military in Iraq, have emboldened Teheran in its nuclear ambitions.
Iran Gets Reprieve in Nuclear Standoff
- 21 September 2005
AP: Iran gained a reprieve in the standoff over its nuclear program Wednesday, with diplomats saying the European Union had decided to postpone its push to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council.
Britain, Iran in nuclear talks
- 21 September 2005
Reuters: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw appealed to Iran to change its mind on pursuing uranium enrichment at an unannounced meeting with his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday.
Paris nuclear conference finds experts, politicians united on Iran
- 21 September 2005
Iran Focus: Paris, Sep. 21 - Top French nuclear experts and political dignitaries on Tuesday joined together to voice alarm over the threat of Irans suspected nuclear program and discussed various ways of dealing with a full-blown crisis.
Support for Security Council move on Iran grows: US
- 20 September 2005
AFP: A growing majority of states represented on the United Nations atom agency are ready to report Iran to the UN Security Council for non-compliance with international nuclear safeguards, US ambassador Gregory Schulte said Wednesday.
West takes hard line on Iran's nuclear ambitions
- 20 September 2005
The Times: Iran and the European Union were yesterday locked in a fierce public dispute over Tehrans nuclear ambitions, which threatened to plunge the regime into open conflict with the international community.
Islamist militias gaining in strength
- 20 September 2005
The Guardian: Basra has not been beset by the levels of violence seen in Baghdad and the Sunni triangle but the relative calm that has held since the fall of Saddam Hussein is now under threat, say residents and diplomats.
Australia backs UN action on Iran
- 20 September 2005
AP: Australia has added its voice to nations calling for Iran to be reported to the United Nations Security Council for breaches of international nuclear safeguards.
Rice Outlines Next Steps in Iran Showdown
- 20 September 2005
Time: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes U.S. and European diplomatic efforts will soon bear fruit in the form of international pressure on Iran to desist from its nuclear program. In a wide-ranging interview with TIME on Monday, the secretary of state indicated that Washington is confident of carrying the support of a majority of the 35 members of the board governing the International Atomic Energy Agency ...
Rumsfeld Warns Iran Not to 'Overplay Hand'
- 20 September 2005
Voice of America: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned Iran not to try to increase its influence in southern Iraq beyond what local people will tolerate. The warning came one day after tension in the main southern Iraqi city, Basra, caused a riot and a clash between British and Iraqi forces.
Iran warns it could quit nuclear treaty, issues oil threat
- 19 September 2005
AFP: Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani warned Tuesday that Tehran could quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if it is subjected to the "language of force" in a stand-off over its nuclear programme.
Iran has no fear of UN Security Council: Ahmadinejad
- 19 September 2005
AFP: Iran has no fear of being referred to the UN Security Council and will not change its nuclear policy, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on state television Monday.
Iran will not back down in nuclear stand-off: Khamenei
- 19 September 2005
AFP: Iran will "not surrender to any sort of pressure and threat", supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared Tuesday, as the country faced the threat of being referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.
Blair and Straw split by Iran nuclear crisis
- 19 September 2005
Daily Telegraph: A serious rift has opened between Tony Blair and Jack Straw over whether to retain the threat of military action against Iran if it refuses to halt its nuclear programme.
Straw rules out war over Teheran's nuclear plan
- 19 September 2005
Daily Telegraph: Britain ruled out military action to halt Iran's nuclear programme yesterday on the eve of a diplomatic battle by the West to take Teheran to the United Nations Security Council for possible political and economic sanctions.
Iran the suspect as militias step up Basra attacks
- 19 September 2005
The Times - Tehran's involvement may be linked to Britain's hardening position on its nuclear programme: The violence that erupted on the streets of Basra yesterday was the result of a simmering struggle between British forces and the increasingly powerful Shia Muslim militias active in southern Iraq.
Majority backs referring Iran to UN
- 19 September 2005
The Times: Most members of the 35- nation International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) favour referring Iran to the UN Security Council because of its nuclear programme, British diplomats said yesterday.
Clashes erupt in oil-rich southern Iran city
- 19 September 2005
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 Clashes erupted at night in the strategic oil-rich city of Ahwaz, southern Iran, between people and State Security Forces (SSF), residents reported on Monday.
Iran must open up nuclear sites - IAEA
- 19 September 2005
AFP: UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran to finally allow access to sensitive sites and key people as his agency met Monday to consider sending Tehran before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
French FM calls for international consensus on Iran nuclear programme
- 19 September 2005
AFP: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday European governments would "build an international consensus" over Iran's nuclear programme and would take the matter to the United Nations Security Council if necessary.
Opposition demands Iran referred to Security Council
- 19 September 2005
AFP: Iran's main opposition group demonstrated outside the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Vienna headquarters on Monday demanding Tehran be referred to the United Nations Security Council over its refusal to abandon its nuclear program.
EU issues draft resolution to take Iran to Security Council
- 19 September 2005
AFP: Europe's three biggest powers Monday distributed a draft resolution at the UN atomic watchdog calling for Iran to be reported to the UN Security Council this week over nuclear fuel work that could be weapons-related, diplomats told AFP.
Britain pushes for sanctions at UN after Iran declares nuclear intentions
- 19 September 2005
The Times: Britain, France and Germany were drafting a resolution last night that would refer Iran to the United Nations for possible punitive sanctions because of Tehrans controversial nuclear programme.
UN action on Iran atomic breaches long overdue-U.S.
- 19 September 2005
Reuters: The U.S. ambassador to the IAEA said on Monday that a referral of Iran to the U.N. Security Council for breach of international non-proliferation rules was "long overdue".
