21/1/08

France Says New Iran Resolution Imminent
The Associated Press –
PARIS (AP) — The UN Security Council’s five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its…
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Thousands of Iran election candidates face ban
Reuters – USA
TEHRAN (Reuters) – About 40 percent of the 7200 people who have registered to run in Iran’s March parliament election “have a record” with the authorities, …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDAH15925420080121

Bush Determined To Strike In Iran
By Nicole Belle
(I)t is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the case against Iran over the AMIA bombing has been driven from the beginning by US enmity toward Iran, not by a desire to find the real perpetrators. Evidence? We don’t need no stinkin’ …
www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/21
/bush-determined-to-strike-in-iran/

Fresh Sanctions on Iran
By lgs
At this point, it looks as though China will continue its opposition to sanctions against Iran, on whom it is increasingly dependent for its energy needs. Their opposition seems to be the only obstacle for the forthcoming resolution. …
www.theseminal.com/2008/01/21/fresh-sanctions-on-iran/

New Iran sanctions resolution drafted
NEWS.com.au – Australia
WORLD powers will submit a draft UN Security Council resolution seeking new sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program “in the coming days”, a French diplomat …
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23089423-23109,00.html

Iran’s supreme leader rebuffs Ahmadinejad in gas row
Guardian Unlimited – UK
The political authority of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, suffered a serious blow today after the country’s most powerful figure sided with MPs …
www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2244556,00.html

INTERVIEW-Iraqi factions are heeding Tehran – Iranian aide
Reuters – USA
By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Iraqi factions are heeding Iran’s advice to halt violence but the best solution to Iraq’s …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSBLA159235

Iran Offered A Nuclear Compromise
Energy Tribune – Houston,TX,USA
Gulf Arab leaders have put a compromise to Iran’s nuclear standoff on the table. “We have reached a solution, which is to create a consortium for all users …
www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=773

Bad news for Iran: France says new Iran resolution imminent
By Kevin Gregory(Kevin Gregory)
The UN Security Council’s five permanent members plus Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat announced today. I’ve been blogging about developments which …
cancelthebee.blogspot.com/2008/01/
bad-news-for-iran-france-says-new-iran.html

New UN sanctions won’t solve Iran atom row-official
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN – A senior Iranian official said on Monday a meeting of world powers this week would not help defuse Iran’s …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/
20080121-0405-iran-nuclear-sanctions.html

Iran Leader Under Fire for Gas Shortages
The Associated Press –
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader Monday reversed a decision by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ordered him to implement a law supplying natural …
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Iran denies reports on FM resignation, calls to support Palestinians
Al-Bawaba – Amman,Jordan
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on Monday dismissed reports on resignation of Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. …
www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iran/221262

Iran: Tehran Under Pressure Ahead Of UN Sanctions Talks
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Prague,Czech Republic
The international spotlight is back on Iran’s nuclear program ahead of six-country talks in Berlin on possible new UN economic sanctions against Tehran. …
www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/01/754
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Overrules Ahmadinejad in Gas-Supply Dispute
Wall Street Journal – USA
AP TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader Monday reversed a decision by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ordered him to implement a law supplying natural …
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6004403.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

When Bush Comes to Shove
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The main topic was Iran. It was not the first time the Iranian nuclear weapons’ threat had dominated the conversation during Bush’s early January visit to …
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Ritter Sees Hope for IAEA-Iran Nuclear Diplomacy
By Gordon Mitchell
It represents active diplomatic involvement by the supreme leader in Iran who really makes the decisions.” While the bulk of American threat perception about Iran is refracted through the prism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s …
www.securitysweepblog.org/2008/01/21/
ritter-sees-hope-for-iaea-iran-nuclear-diplomacy/

US: Iran sending ‘mixed messages’
Arizona Republic – Phoenix,AZ,USA
AP BAGHDAD – The US military worried Sunday about “mixed messages” from Iran, listing a dramatic drop in the number of Iranian-made weapons reaching Iraq …
www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0121Iraq0121a1.html

UPDATE 1-Iran studies raising of rial rate vs dlr-papers
Reuters UK – UK
TEHRAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) – An Iranian monetary policy body is studying the possibility of strengthening the rial against the US dollar to fight double-digit …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKDAH12413520080121

If Iran is a “terrorist state” why is America framing her?
By hermit@lucifer.com (Hermit)
Although nukes and Iraq have been the main focus of the Bush Administration’s pressure campaign against Iran, US officials also seek to tar Iran as the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. And Team Bush’s latest tactic is to play up a …
www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=69
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IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS ENDS 27 YEARS AGO TODAY
By Charlotte A. Weybright
On November 4, 1979, the crisis began when militant Iranian students, outraged that the US government had allowed the ousted Shah of Iran to travel to New York City for medical treatment, seized the US Embassy in Teheran. …
berrystreetbeacon.wordpress.com/2008/01/2
0/iran-hostage-crisis-ends-27-years-ago-today/

The Iran Question
By Ironmike
Sheesh, everyone is SO worried about Iran’s budding nuclear arsenal and its dangerously aggressive posturing in the Middle East. Some fresh perspective and a good wine (I’m thinking of Peter O’Toole’s quote in Disney’s RATATOUILLE, …
www.redjersey.net/2008/01/20/the-iran-question/

Police Detain Ashoura Mourners in Iran
The Associated Press –
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in the central Iranian city of Isfahan detained a large number of mourners for mutilating themselves during ceremonies …
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Iran’s foreign reserves rise 27pc to $70bn
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign exchange reserves rose 27.4 per cent in the 12-month period ending October 22, reaching the equivalent of more than $70 billion,…
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?
Article=206328&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=30307

20/1/08

Anti-Iran Coalition in the Gulf? Read This.
By Jim Lobe
Bush’s main purpose in visiting the Gulf last week — as indicated by his call in Abu Dhabi last Sunday to confront Iran “before it is too late” — was to rally Washington’s Sunni-led regional allies, particularly Saudi Arabia, …
www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/01/20/
anti-iran-coalition-in-the-gulf-read-this/

Situation ripe to expand Iran-Mexico ties
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN — There is a fertile ground for more cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Mexico, Iran’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh-Attar …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=161601

Iran captures 33% of global carpet market
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN – The director of the Iran National Carpet Center (INCC) announced on Sunday that Iran supplies one third of the hand-woven carpets to the world …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=161656

Iran halts repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN — Iran’s Interior Ministry has decided to halt expelling undocumented Afghan refugees until the severe cold weather is over, Interior Ministry …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=161602