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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
 AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the "new game" of the West in the nuclear standoff with Iran would end in humiliation, days after world powers presented a new offer to end the crisis. |
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran will never surrender to an "illegitimate" demand by major world powers that it halt uranium enrichment, Iran's state radio on Wednesday quoted the country's envoy to the U.N. atomic watchdog as saying. |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
 AFP: Iran said it will "never" suspend its enrichment of uranium, in defiance of demands from world powers to suspend the sensitive nuclear activity, the official IRNA agency reported. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday it would continue enriching uranium, defying efforts by major powers to pressure Tehran into stopping such work. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
 AP: The European Union agreed Monday on the need to sharpen sanctions on Iran — possibly targeting the oil and gas sectors in what would mark Europe's strongest punishments yet to discourage Tehran's nuclear ambitions. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
 New York Times: Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday that Britain and the European Union would freeze the overseas assets of Iran’s largest commercial bank, joining the United States in intensifying financial pressure against Iran over its refusal to address international concern over its nuclear activities. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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 The Times: Gordon Brown was right yesterday to threaten Iran with tougher sanctions immediately – if premature in announcing that the European Union had already formally agreed to do so, and if too grand in implying that freezing an Iranian bank’s assets was, on its own, a big step.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
 Washington Post: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Monday for new European sanctions against Iranian banking, oil and natural gas interests, signaling a growing willingness by Western allies to join President Bush in punishing Tehran for its nuclear enrichment program. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
 Washington Times: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave a ringing endorsement of President Bush's pro-democracy agenda in the Middle East, and said he will increase British troop levels in Afghanistan. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 Reuters: The European Union did not take decisions on Monday to launch a new round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 AFP: Iran's Bank Melli, the newest target for European sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear defiance, is the oldest bank in the country and has already been hit by punitive measures from the West. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 AFP: US President George W. Bush warned Monday that he had not ruled out the use of force to end Iran's suspect nuclear program, but said that he hoped to end the crisis diplomatically. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 Reuters: The European Union said on Monday it had agreed no new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, apparently contradicting British statements announcing new measures on its financial and energy sectors. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 Reuters: European Union foreign ministers have agreed a new round of sanctions against Iran's financial, oil and gas sectors, a British diplomat said on Monday after ministers met in Luxembourg. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 AFP: EU foreign ministers will announce new sanctions against Iran Monday, White House national security advisor Stephen Hadley said. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 AP: Britain will freeze assets of Iran's largest bank in a further move to discourage the country from developing nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will present a united front against Iran's nuclear ambitions Monday and seek to dispel media suggestions of a rift over troop levels in Iraq. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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 The Times: The discovery of designs for a compact nuclear bomb has raised fears that Iran and North Korea might have obtained blueprints enabling them to mount long-range strikes with nuclear-armed missiles.
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 Wall Street Journal: The Bush administration and Western governments are voicing renewed fears that advanced nuclear-weapon designs may have been provided to Iran and North Korea through the smuggling network run by Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
 AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that the US administration was giving priority to solving its row with Iran over its nuclear programme through diplomatic channels. |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
 Washington Post: An international smuggling ring that sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea also managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, according to a draft report by a former top U.N. arms inspector that suggests the plans could have been shared secretly with any number of countries or rogue groups. |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
 AFP: The quicker Iran responds to an offer from world powers aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff the better, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Monday. |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
 New York Times: President Bush accused Iran on Saturday of rejecting a new set of incentives to stop enriching uranium, only hours after the proposal received a cold shoulder when it was delivered by Western diplomats in Tehran. |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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 The Observer: Frantic diplomatic negotiations took place in Tehran yesterday as Iran weighed up a package of trade inducements offered by world powers in exchange for the abandonment of its uranium enrichment programme.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
 Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Saturday that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a threat to peace, as they sought to end tension over Iraq and forge a common front against Iran. |
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
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 AP: Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran anew against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
 Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was disappointed by Iran rejecting any suspension of nuclear enrichment, following an economic package offered by world powers. |
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
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AP: The European Union on Saturday presented Iran with a modified package of incentives to suspend its uranium enrichment program, but an Iran government spokesman said the country would reject the offer if it requires a halt to sensitive nuclear work. |
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
 AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana urged Iran on Saturday to respond positively to a new offer on ending a six-year standoff over its nuclear drive, even after Tehran rejected a key condition. |
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
 AFP: Iran said on Saturday its answer to an offer from world powers over its nuclear programme would depend on how the West responds to an Iranian package Tehran put forward last month. |
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