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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
 Washington Post : The Iranian government said Tuesday that it is ready to respond to an incentives package that the United States and five other world powers have offered in exchange for suspension of its uranium-enrichment program. But Iran insisted that the big powers "simultaneously" provide a more detailed explanation of the offer, a formula that may lead to drawn-out talks. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
 CNN: Iran's response to the international community's offer of incentives in return for cutbacks in its nuclear program is not acceptable, two senior U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
 AP: Iran's response to an incentives package aimed at defusing a dispute over its nuclear program is unacceptable, U.S. officials said Tuesday, making the prospects of new sanctions against the country more likely. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
 AFP: Iran on Tuesday again ignored calls to give a final answer to a package presented by world powers to end the nuclear standoff, prompting calls for new sanctions to punish its defiance. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
 Reuters: A top U.N. nuclear watchdog official will go to Iran on Thursday, the agency said, amid tension between Tehran and big powers over its failure to address demands that it freeze sensitive nuclear work. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran's letter to world powers about its disputed nuclear program does not mention a freeze in nuclear activity demanded by Western capitals to avert further U.N. sanctions, an Iranian official said on Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
 Reuters: The European Union has received a written reply from Iran to an offer from major powers on Tehran's nuclear programme, an official in the office of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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 The Times: Iran has achieved, yet again, what it wants: paralysis of the international wrangling over its nuclear programme while avoiding outright confrontation with the US or Europe. It may not be able to escape another round of United Nations sanctions before the US presidential elections in November.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran's central bank and other Iranian financial institutions are trying to skirt U.N. sanctions by covering their tracks and must be watched closely, Britain, the United States and France told key U.N. powers. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
 AFP: The six powers holding nuclear talks with Tehran threatened Monday to pursue new punitive action against Iran if it does not accept their offer of incentives to freeze uranium enrichment operations. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
 Reuters: The United States said on Sunday that Iran has left the U.N. Security Council no choice but to increase sanctions on the Islamic Republic for ignoring demands that it halt sensitive nuclear activities. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
 AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told visiting Syrian president and staunch regional ally Bashar al-Assad that Tehran is serious about finding a practical solution to the nuclear crisis. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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 Independent on Sunday: Iran's President has issued a defiant warning to his country's "enemies" as Tehran ignored a deadline from world powers hoping to curb Iranian nuclear ambitions.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran said on Saturday it would not back down "one iota" in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran's disputed atomic ambitions. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 AP: Germany's foreign minister urged Iran to stop playing for time and deliver a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, according to an interview released Saturday. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 Reuters: The clock is ticking for Iran to respond to an offer by major powers on its nuclear programme, but European diplomats say they are ready to wait a few more days beyond Saturday's informal deadline for an answer. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 AFP: The United States on Friday reaffirmed a weekend deadline for Iran to answer an international offer to freeze its nuclear drive and warned of new sanctions if it rejects the package. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran's president said on Friday the Islamic Republic would "stand against" its enemies with its "power", speaking just before a deadline set by Western officials in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 AP: Iran sought but failed to win support from nonaligned nations this week for lifting U.N. sanctions and kicking the U.N. Security Council out of the dispute over its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Friday. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 AFP: The United States held back Thursday from insisting on a strict deadline for Iran to give world powers a final answer to their incentives package to defuse a showdown over Tehran's nuclear program. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Reuters: Britain is "100 percent focused" on a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear dispute and does not want an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 New York Times: Speaking just days before a deadline set by world powers for Iran to reply to proposals to curb its nuclear ambitions, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, said Wednesday that Iran would “continue with its path” of nuclear development, which includes the enrichment of uranium. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Reuters: The European Union has agreed to go beyond United Nations sanctions on Iran, instructing its financial institutions to exercise "restraint" on export credits and allowing its navies to inspect all Iran-bound cargoes, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Guardian: Iran will continue its nuclear "path", the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted yesterday, just days before a deadline set by world powers for Tehran to accept a deal that could defuse the dispute over its nuclear programme. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 AFP: Iran on Thursday rejected any deadline to give a final response to a package put forward by world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, and said it had already responded. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 AFP: White House hopeful Barack Obama has told fellow Democratic lawmakers that Israel will launch a military strike on Iran if nuclear sanctions fail, ABC News reported Wednesday. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the country will not retreat in the face of demands by world powers for Tehran to halt sensitive nuclear work. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran will pursue its nuclear path, the country's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday, speaking just before a deadline set by world powers in a nuclear dispute. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 AFP: The United States reaffirmed Wednesday a weekend deadline for Iran to give a final answer to world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, warning of consequences on any defiance by the Islamic republic. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran Tuesday not to delay a decision on an international offer of incentives if it halts sensitive nuclear work, ahead of a Saturday deadline. |
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