28/2/08

US wary of Iran's growing activity in Iraq
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Liz Sly | Tribune correspondent February 29, 2008 BAGHDAD -- US military officials are voicing increasing concern that Iranian-backed Shiite militants are ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nation
world/chi-iraq_29_slyfeb29,1,2087146.story

Obama lays out plan for confronting Iran
Ynetnews - Israel
In this exclusive interview, he presents his views on Israel, the Palestinians and Iran. Obama photo in turban, robe causes stir / Associated Press Picture ...
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3512872,00.html

Iran Sanctions Expected Saturday
The Associated Press –
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain and France said Thursday they expect the Security Council to vote Saturday and approve new UN sanctions against Iran for …
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Statement on Iran and FATF
“The Financial Action Task Force’s statement on Iran today sends a clear message to governments and financial institutions worldwide that the threat Iran poses to the international financial system continues unabated. …
www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp848.htm

US envoy expects UN to vote on Iran sanctions Saturday
Xinhua – China
28 (Xinhua) — US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Thursday the UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution imposing further sanctions against Iran …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/29/content_7690554.htm

Iran Pressured to Fight Terror Financing
The Associated Press –
PARIS (AP) — The United States and other members of an international watchdog group called Thursday for new financial pressure on Iran, saying its Islamic …
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Alert over Iran fiscal dealings
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
DUBAI: A US official said yesterday that the Gulf states are scrutinising Iran’s financial dealings to avoid serving as a conduit for its nuclear activities …
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?
Article=210172&Sn=WORL&IssueID=30346

UN vote on new Iran sanctions likely Saturday: diplomats
Africasia – London,UK
The Security Council will probably vote Saturday on a draft resolution slapping new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear …
www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?
area=mideast&item=080229003048.hig337an.php

Russia May Back New UN Iran Resolution
Moscow News – Russia
MOSCOW (MN) – Russia could support a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran if the Islamic Republic does not stop uranium enrichment, the Russian envoy …
mnweekly.ru/news/20080228/55313411.html

Alon Ben-Meir: Defusing Tension With Iran While Promoting Regional …
By Alon Ben-Meir
Although the recently published National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) has changed the nature of the international discussion about Iran’s nuclear ambition, it has not answered with certainty the question of Iran’s ultimate intention to …
www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/
defusing-tension-with-ira_b_88947.html

Gulf states scrutinising Iran financial dealings: US
AFP –
DUBAI (AFP) — A US official said on Thursday that the oil-rich Gulf Arab states are scrutinising Iran’s financial dealings to avoid serving as a conduit for …
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FM: Energy co-op between CNOOC and Iran is pure commercial
Xinhua – China
28 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said here Thursday that China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC)’s deal with Iran to develop …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/28/content_7689579.htm

FACTBOX-Ups and downs of Iraq-Iran relations
Reuters – USA
Feb 28 (Reuters) – The first visit to Iraq by an Iranian president since the 1979 Islamic revolution aims to boost ties with a country with which Iran …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL28864202

Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – Iran is Number One
By Flap
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen here in January 2008, has declared that Iran is the world’s “number one” power. Ahmadinejad made the statement as he launched a bitter new assault on domestic critics he accused of siding with the …
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Ahmadinejad says Iran is the world’s “number one power”
By Blake Hounshell
I think Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is letting Iran’s victory in Iraq go to his head:. Everybody has understood that Iran is the number one power in the world,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech to families who lost loved ones in …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/8287

South Africa sees progress in Iran nuclear dispute
Reuters – USA
By Paul Simao PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa said on Thursday a report by the UN nuclear watchdog agency showed “increasing confidence” that Iran did not …
www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2884835320080228

China asks Iran to respect international community’s concern on N …
Hindu – Chennai,India
Beijing (PTI): China on Thursday asked Iran to “actively” respect the concerns of international community over its controversial nuclear programme and …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200802281757.htm

FATF highlights Iran money laundering risks
Guardian – UK
PARIS, Feb 28 (Reuters) – An international anti-money laundering body urged states on Thursday to warn financial institutions of risks associated with Iran …
www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7343938

Iran president to show off influence on Iraq visit
Reuters – USA
By Edmund Blair TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a landmark trip to Iraq on Sunday seeking to show that Iran is an influential …
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBLA75099920080228

China says UN action on Iran should not undermine trade
CNNMoney.com – USA
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) – China said today that new UN action against Iran over its nuclear programme should not undermine trade, as a Chinese firm was …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-23353164.htm

FATF anti-money laundering group raises Iran risks
Reuters – USA
DUBAI (Reuters) – An international anti-money laundering body will alert members on Thursday to deficiencies in Iran’s system of combating money laundering …
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2884319720080228

Think You Know Iran? Intrepid Doubts It
FOXBusiness – USA
BOULDER, Colo., Feb 27, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — One of the most misunderstood countries, Iran offers a wealth of culture that is seldom explored in …
www.foxbusiness.com/article/think-
know-iran-intrepid-doubts_498491_1.html

Iran: Two sisters face execution by stoning
By DIVAS
An Iranian woman, symbolically dressed up as a victim of death by stoning, takes part in a protest of the National Council of Resistance of Iran outside a European Union Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels …
drdivas.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/
iran-two-sisters-face-execution-by-stoning/

Iran and Israel: foes forever or future friends?
By Juliana Rincón Parra
The online video posted by the Century Foundation regarding the relations between Israel and Iran and the geo.political forces that are behind this situation has several bloggers discussing their ideas on who is really pulling the …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/28/
iran-and-israel-foes-forever-or-future-friends/

A Solution for the US-Iran Nuclear Standoff
By middleXeast
They argue that multilateralization of Iranian nuclear programs will
reduce the risk of of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and the US and its European allies no longer have to pay the economic costs of imposing sanctions on Iran. …
themiddleeastinterest.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/a-
solution-for-the-us%E2%80%93iran-nuclear-standoff/

Israeli PM say Iran can be stopped from getting nuclear capacity
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 27, 2008 – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday it was possible to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapons capacity as he praised what he called Japan’s “firm” stance towards Tehran.
www.spacewar.com/reports/Israeli_PM_say_Iran_can
_be_stopped_from_getting_nuclear_capacity_999.html

China’s CNOOC mum on Iran gas deal amid speculation over sanctions …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP SHANGHAI, China: China’s main offshore oil and gas, CNOOC, kept silent Thursday on reports it has clinched a US$16 billion agreement to develop Iran’s …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/28/
business/AS-FIN-China-Iran-CNOOC.php

New Sanctions Against Iran Likely Soon
The Associated Press –
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council will approve new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment — but the timing is …
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Top Iranian cleric slams Ahmadinejad
Jerusalem Post – Israel
COM STAFF A prominent Iranian cleric voiced harsh criticism of Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s frequent vitriolic diatribes against
Israel, …
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Help the people of Iran get rid of the Islamic regime!
By Maryam Namazie(Maryam Namazie)
This is a grave political incident in Iran. With this appalling act, the Islamic Republic has taken one more step against the working class and all the people in Iran. This incident should shock the world and arouse utmost outrage and …
maryamnamazie.blogspot.com/2008/02/
help-people-of-iran-get-rid-of-islamic.html

Iran sanctions vote faces new delay-diplomats
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The UN Security Council will likely delay a vote on a third round of sanctions against Iran over its …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL27807214.html

Iran’s great victory
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By Reuven Pedatzur Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated his nation earlier this week for its “great victory” following the release of the …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/958901.html

A Blow to Nuclear Bomb Making of Ayatollahs in Iran
FOXNews – USA
By Alireza Jafarzadeh The bombshell revelations by Iran’s
parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resistance (NCRI), about a
working nuclear warhead …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333291,00.html

27/2/08

AP Interview: Iran’s envoy to Brussels calls for ‘new approach’ to …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP BRUSSELS, Belgium: Iran’s new envoy to the European Union called on the body Wednesday to take a “new approach” to resolve the international standoff …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/27/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Iran.php

Israeli PM say Iran can be stopped from getting nuclear capacity
AFP –
TOKYO, Feb 27, 2008 (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday it was possible to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapons capacity as he …
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Qatar PM in Iran to boost ties
AFP –
TEHRAN, Feb 27, 2008 (AFP) — Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani held talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Wednesday on …
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Iran undermines Iraq’s Awakening movement
The latest charge leveled against Iran is that Qods Force, the special operations branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, is working to destroy the Awakening movements which oppose al Qaeda and Shia terrorist groups. …
www.longwarjournal.org/archives/
2008/02/iran_undermines_iraq.php

IAEA Report on Iran’s nuclear activities (February 26, 2008)
This new report indicates that Iran is pursing the enrichment activities which the Security Council has asked it to suspend. All in all, once again the Agency notes that the absence of answers from Iran on militarization does not answer …
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/iran_301/the
-iranian-nuclear-question_2724/iaea-report-on-iran-nuclear
-activities-26.02.08_10887.html