Iran News and Information Links 19 October 2005

	Iran News and Information Links
	19 October 2005 - 11 December 2005

	19/10/05 IRAN braces for bird flu NEWS.com.au – Australia IRAN has banned bird hunting and is stocking up on flu vaccines as it braces for what officials acknowledge is a highly likely outbreak of bird flu which has … www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16966660-29277,00.html IRAN detains 20 over bombings, hard-line papers accuse Britain of … CBC News – Canada TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – More than 20 suspects have been detained for bombings in southwestern Iran over the weekend that killed six people, state-run radio … www.cbc.ca/cp/world/051018/w101874.html UK paper report on Iran is on ‘political’ motives IranMania News – Iran … 19 (IranMania) – Moscow angrily suggested that a British newspaper report on alleged Russian transfers of long-distance missile technology to Iran may have … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=36810&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN displeased with France’s stance on nuclear issue People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China … the Iranian nuclear program,” Ahmadinejad was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying in a meeting with French Ambassador to Iran Bernard Politte. … english.people.com.cn/200510/19/eng20051019_215223.html ¡¡IAEA chief optimistic about resumption of Iran-EU nuclear … Xinhua – China … Xinhuanet) — Head of the UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday he was optimistic about the resumption of the nuclear talks between Iran and the … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/19/content_3646193.htm US warns Iran, Syria against interference in Iraq ABC Online – Australia The US is now warning Iran and Syria to stop the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq, or face the consequences. Secretary of State … www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1486338.htm IRAN braces for bird flu as fowl migrate for winter IranMania News – Iran LONDON, October 19 (IranMania) – Iran has banned bird hunting and is stocking up on flu vaccines as it braces for what officials acknowledge is a highly likely … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=36816&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN bans UK, S Korean imports over IAEA vote Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan TEHRAN: Iran has blocked imports from Britain and South Korea as an apparent punishment for their opposition to Iran’s nuclear programme, diplomatic and … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C20%5Cstory_20-10-2005_pg7_12 VOTE on Iran will facilitate nuclear energy, says US Financial Express – Bombay,India … cooperation and trade with India had improved vastly due to India’s recent vote at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) faulting Iran’s nuclear … www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=106103 IRAN optimistic about resumption of nuclear talks People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Iran was optimistic about the resumption of nuclear negotiations with the European Union (EU … english.people.com.cn/200510/20/eng20051020_215505.html 20/10/05 IRAN Gives UN Nuclear Agency Documents Guardian Unlimited – UK VIENNA, Austria (AP) – Diplomats and officials said Thursday that Iran has handed over sensitive documents to UN nuclear inspectors and allowed them to … www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5358044,00.html LEFT warns govt on Iran The Statesman – Kolkata,India NEW DELHI, Oct. 20. — The Left parties today cautioned the UPA government about voting against Iran at the IAEA’s meeting in November and said they would … www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=93588 IRAN bans secular foreign films Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan … Under Ahmadinejad’s reformist predecessor Mohammad Khatami – a mild-mannered cleric and a lover of all things cultural – Iran had partially opened its doors … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C21%5Cstory_21-10-2005_pg4_22 AFRICA’S MTN buys stake in Iran cell firm International Herald Tribune – France … Iran ruled in February that a foreign company could hold no more than 49 percent of the new company. Then, in June, Iran broke off … www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/20/business/ttk.php 21/10/05 UN Gives Green Light for Israel, Syria, Iran War Israel News Agency – Ramat Gan,Israel … in the plot to assassinate Lebanon’s former premier, Israel must take the necessary action to defend herself against more aggression by both Syria and Iran. … www.israelnewsagency.com/syriaisraeliranwarun7551021.html IRAN President’s bodyguards beat up reporters Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 — Bodyguards of Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad beat up several reporters during an international … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4092 ATTACK Syria? Invade Iran? By what Constitution? ZNet – Woods Hole,MA,USA … that got us into Iraq — from imaginary threats of illicit weapons to dreams of welcome from cheering crowds — are being repeated about Iran and Syria. … www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=8967 HOW Britain botched the Iran stand-off Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong By Mahan Abedin. As anticipated, the British government officially accused Iran of complicity in the targeting and killing of its troops in southern Iraq. … www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GJ22Ak01.html IRAN: BLOGGER CONDEMNED TO 30 LASHES AKI – Rome,Italy … After the closure of most of the independent newspapers and magazines in Iran, blogs have been the only possibility for many unemployed journalists to continue … www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.221697350&par=0 22/10/05 IRAN will not make hasty judgment on Hariri assassination: Asefi Tehran Times – Iran … by the head of the international committee on Inquiry into Rafik Hariri’s assassination by German Prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, he said that Iran follows up the … www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=10/23/2005&Cat=2&Num=008 IRAN’S President assures fellow Islamists of “resolute” … Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22 — Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad assured key ultra-conservative allies that the Islamic … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4105 IRAN ‘crackdown on foreign films’ IranMania News – Iran LONDON, October 22 (IranMania) – According to reports, Iran’s authorities have banned imported films promoting secularism, feminism, unethical behaviour, drug … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=36921&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN: Findings of the 9/11 Commission Iran Focus – Iran … Among its findings, excerpted below, was evidence of a significant and continuing relationship between al-Qaeda and the Islamic Republic of Iran. … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4099 TOP US official: Iran “fairly isolated” China Daily – China A senior US official on Friday said Iran has been “fairly isolated” and must return to negotiations with European countries to seek a diplomatic solution to … www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/22/content_487033.htm 23/10/05 IRAN not to make Œhasty judgment’ on Hariri’s assassination Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan … released by head of international committee on Inquiry into Rafik Hariri’s assassination by German Prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, he said that Iran follows up the … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C24%5Cstory_24-10-2005_pg4_16 IRAN to ease foreign participation in nuclear programme Outlook (subscription) – New Delhi,India Iran has taken steps to allow foreign countries and companies to participate in its nuclear programme, state-run television said, but it did not elaborate on … www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=330736 IRAN denies blocking imports despite complaints Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan TEHRAN: Iran insisted on Sunday it had not imposed trade sanctions on countries which backed a tough UN nuclear agency resolution against it, despite mounting … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C24%5Cstory_24-10-2005_pg4_20 IRAN assails Burns’ remarks in Delhi Hindu – Chennai,India NEW DELHI: Iran on Sunday said that criticising a third country when on a foreign visit showed “scant disregard” for diplomatic norms. … www.hindu.com/2005/10/24/stories/2005102412130100.htm IRAN returns precious sword to Kuwait IranMania News – Iran LONDON, October 23 (IranMania) – Iran Foreign Ministry delivered a historical precious sword, which had been seized by Iranian security forces, to Kuwaiti … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=36969&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 24/10/05 IRAN nuclear dispute moves to Moscow Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA … The diplomatic maneuvering around Tehran’s disputed nuclear program moved to Moscow on Monday as the top US security official and Iran’s foreign minister held … seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Russia_US_Iran.html IRAN President ridicules West’s handling of nuclear standoff Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Oct. 24 — Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad charted an intransigent course for his country’s controversial … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4123 IRAN conditions talks with US on its changed attitude People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China An Iranian minister on Monday conditioned direct talks with the United States over various issues on Washington’s altering its hostile attitude toward Iran. … english.people.com.cn/200510/25/eng20051025_216576.html THE TRUTH ABOUT IRAN Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India The crescendo of arguments from those who are supporting India’s vote at the International Atomic Eenergy Agency on the Iran issue reminds one of an old … www.telegraphindia.com/1051025/asp/opinion/story_5386595.asp US computer game touches Iran’s atomic nerve Reuters.uk – UK TEHRAN (Reuters) – US special forces dart through Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, gunning down any hapless Iranians standing between them and … today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID= 2005-10-24T204411Z_01_KRA474580_RTRIDST_0_TECH-NUCLEAR-IRAN-GAME-DC.XML 25/10/05 PUTIN urges closer co-op between Iran, IAEA Xinhua – China 25 (Xinhuanet) — President Vladimir Putin urged closer cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the country’s nuclear … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/25/content_3683600.htm IRAN presses India on gas talks despite IAEA vote Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan TEHRAN: Iran said on Tuesday that India’s vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticising its nuclear activities will not affect talks on a … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C26%5Cstory_26-10-2005_pg7_48 WOMEN Journalists from Bangladesh, Iran and Germany Honored for … Voice of America – USA The non-profit International Women’s Media Foundation is honoring female journalists from Bangladesh, Germany and Iran who have put their lives at risk to … www.voanews.com/english/2005-10-25-voa52.cfm IRAN bomb could fuel Middle East arms race: IISS ABC News – USA An Iranian woman shouts slogans during a protest gathering in support of Iran’s nuclear programme in front of the British embassy in Tehran October 3, 2005. … abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1248300 UNCERTAINTY over Iran gas import deal Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India New Delhi, Oct. 25: The US sanctions against Iran may cloud India’s deal with the latter to import 5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum. … www.telegraphindia.com/1051026/asp/business/story_5399665.asp 26/10/05 ISRAEL should be wiped off map, says Iran’s president Guardian Unlimited – UK Iran’s new president created a sense of outrage in the west yesterday by describing Israel as a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the face of the … www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1601413,00.html ISRAEL: Remove Iran from UN Ynetnews – Israel Israel calls for Iran’s removal from UN following Iranian president’s statement regarding the destruction of Israel; accuses Iran of advocating genocide. … www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159945,00.html IRAN pipeline picks up pace as E&Y files report on feasible … Financial Express – Bombay,India NEW DELHI, OCT 26: Ernst and Young (E&Y), the financial consultants to the $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, has submitted its first … www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=106874 INDIA opposes Iran’s separate pipeline proposals Indian Express – New Delhi,India At the second meeting of the India-Iran Special Joint Working Group (JWG) on October 24, the Indian team said it would ŒŒprefer a single Iran-Pakistan … www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=80827 IRAN congratulates Iraq on approval of constitution People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China Iran on Wednesday congratulated Iraq on its approval of a draft constitution, terming it a “ momentous event”, the official IRNA news agency reported. … english.people.com.cn/200510/27/eng20051027_217119.html 27/10/05 ARAB States Mum on Iran’s Israel Remarks ABC News – USA Under the watchful eye of his bodyguard, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, waves to the crowd, during a public welcoming ceremony as he arrived from New … abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1257857 IRAN never recognize Israel: FM Xinhua – China … Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon also said on Thursday that Iran should be kicked out of the United Nations after its president called for Israel’s … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/28/content_3693588.htm INDIA, Iran swap notes Indian Express – New Delhi,India NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 27: India today conveyed to Iran that it wanted to avoid a reference of the nuclear issue to the UN Security Council and was working closely … www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=80922 IRAN wants Hariri killers “punished” IranMania News – Iran “Anyone responsible for the assassination of Mr. Hariri must be punished,” Iran’s conservative parliament speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel told the official news … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37071&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN imposes harsh new censorship rules CBC New Brunswick – New Brunswick,Canada … Iran’s booming black markets distribute scores of pirated Western movies, though few of these movies will ever be shown on local screens. … www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/10/27/Arts/iranfilm_051027.html 28/10/05 ISRAEL launches UN offensive against Iran Mail & Guardian Online – Johannesburg,South Africa Israel is to seek an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council in the wake of a remark by Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that Israel … www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=255135&area= /breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/ IRAN a threat to world security, says Blair Hindu – Chennai,India … Ahmadinejad’s reported remarks about Israel as a “disgrace’’, Mr Blair said such an attitude was “completely unacceptable’’ and warned that Iran would be … www.hindu.com/2005/10/29/stories/2005102907591400.htm SHALOM: Israel status to help Iran referral to Security Council Ha’aretz (subscription) – Tel Aviv,Israel … Minister Silvan Shlaom said Friday during a Paris visit that Israel will use its increased international status to refer discussion of Iran’s nuclear program … www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/639001.html INDIA’S Interests Collide Over Iran Asian Tribune – Bangkok,Thailand India’s growing desperation in wanting to resolve Iran’s nuclear crisis diplomatically has more to do with its own foreign policy dilemmas than any desire to … www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php?id=2806 US Congress blasts Iran for threats Iran Focus – Iran 28 — Both the United States House of Representatives and Senate passed separate resolutions against Iran on Friday for threatening peace in the Middle East … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4179 29/10/05 IRAN says it has no intention to strike Israel Japan Today – Tokyo,Japan TEHRAN — Iran on Saturday sought to cool international outrage over its president’s comment that Israel should be “wiped off the map,” insisting the Islamic … www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=353739 POWERFUL Islamist says Iran reached “nuclear pinnacle Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Oct. 29 — Iran’s powerful … Restart Natanz”. Natanz is a key uranium enrichment site in central Iran. Its existence … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4200 IRAN ‘sponsors assassination’ of Sunni pilots who bombed Teheran Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom Iran is backing a Shia insurgent campaign of systematically assassinating former elite Iraqi air force pilots as part of a covert sectarian war against Sunnis … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/30 /wiran30.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/30/ixnewstop.html IRAN’S deficit up by 70 percent in one year Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Oct. 29 — There has been a whopping 69 percent increase in Iran’s state budget deficit during the current year … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4202 IRAN softens stand on Israel Hindu – Chennai,India DUBAI: Within days of issuing its controversial call for having Israel “wiped off the map,” Iran has softened its stance, saying that it had no intention to … www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103004941400.htm 30/10/05 IRAN president calls for democracy for Palestinians Reuters.uk – UK TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday the only solution to the Middle East conflict was democracy for Palestinians, after … today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-1 0-30T220041Z_01_WRI079163_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-ISRAEL- AHMADINEJAD.xml&archived=False UK’S Reid Says Iran a `Challenge’; No Military Action Planned Bloomberg – USA 30 (Bloomberg) — Iran is a ``challenge’’ to the international community and the United Nations must deal with it, UK Defense Secretary John Reid said today. … www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aGsk9GbtCCoA&refer=europe IRAN, Israel are two UN member states: Egyptian FM People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul- Gheit said on Sunday that both Iran and Israel are members of the United Nations, in reaction to remarks by Iranian … english.people.com.cn/200510/31/eng20051031_217822.html IRAN sullies its image Hindustan Times – India … a head of State making such irresponsible remarks about another UN member-State, even if it’s no secret that relations between Israel and Iran are anything … www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1533756,0012.htm IRAN condemns Indian blasts as inhumane People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China Iran on Sunday condemned the fatal chain explosions in the Indian capital New Delhi, terming them as an inhumane action, the official IRNA news agency reported … english.people.com.cn/200510/31/eng20051031_217808.html IRAN’S London envoy sacked as president purges officials Guardian Unlimited – UK Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has embarked on a purge of senior Iranian diplomats, with the ambassador to London among his first victims. … www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1605736,00.html IRAN calls for trying Saddam over war crimes IranMania News – Iran ?Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should be prosecuted for crimes against Iran during the 1980-88 war and the indictment should include genocide, ethnic … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37285&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN proposes Photo exhibit on Pakistan Quake IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 1 (IranMania) – Head of Iran?s Cultural Center in Rawalpindi has said that he has proposed to Pakistani authorities to organize a photo and … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37290&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs NORSK Hydro to make energy investment in Iran IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 1 (IranMania) – The Norsk Hydro ASA of Norway is going to continue its work in Iran. The company, second largest … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37266&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs “IRAN-RUSSIA contracts can reach $10b” IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 1 (IranMania) – Majlis Energy Committee Chairman Kamal Daneshyar said that industrial contracts between Iran and Russia can reach a value of … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37279&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 2/11/05 IRAN hardline President sacks key diplomats IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 2 (IranMania) – Iran’s ultra-conservative President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has embarked on a purge of senior Iranian diplomats, with the … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37322&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs SMALL bomb explodes near BP, British Airways in Iran Reuters.uk – UK … Britain has taken a lead role in trying to convince Iran to stop making atomic fuel, which Washington fears could be used in nuclear weapons. today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-11 -02T084548Z_01_SPI231524_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-BLAST-BUSINESS.xml SEPARATE JVs Iran-Pak-India gas pipeline: India Hindustan Times – India India has suggested separate joint venture companies for construction and operation of the over $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and may join both … www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1535161,001301700000.htm IRAN and Turkey Airways reached a reconciliation IranMania News – Iran … it was announced that following the transferring of Turkish Airways flights to the Imam Khomeini International Airport, Turkey has transferred Iran Air flights … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37317&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN creates databank of cultural heritage experts IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 2 (IranMania) – For the first time Iran will provide a databank including the list of Cultural Heritage and Tourism experts of the countries … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37318&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN’S hard-liners protest against US, Britain Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Nov. 02 — Thousands of hard-line supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad converged on Monday at the … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4269 IRAN gives IAEA access to military site Xinhua – China 2 (Xinhuanet) — Iran granted the UN nuclear watchdog access to a high-security military site and presented new documents on its nuclear program as part of the … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/03/content_3724459.htm ITALY-IRAN tension grows over Israel and N-dossier Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates ROME — Italy’s Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini urged the international community to deal firmly with Iran over concerns about a covert nuclear weapons … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/ 2005/November/middleeast_November88.xml&section=middleeast&col= IRAN President Risks New Rebuff on His Nominee for Oil Minister New York Times – United States … unknown to them. Iran is the world’s fourth biggest crude oil producer, and the post of oil minister is a crucial one. “It is the … www.nytimes.com/2005/11/03/international/middleeast/03iran.html BLAST outside British Petroleum offices in Iran capital Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Nov. 02 — A home-made bomb exploded outside the offices of British Petroleum (BP) and British Airways (BA) in the … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4267 3/11/05 HOW far along radical road can Iran’s president go? Reuters.uk – UK TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears determined to pursue a radical agenda — but analysts ask whether he will be allowed to … today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-1 1-03T190502Z_01_KWA368636_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-PRESIDENT.xml&archived=False ITALIAN Official Skips Anti-Iran Protest Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA By MARTA FALCONI. ROME — Thousands of Italians demonstrated Thursday night outside the Iranian embassy to protest against that country’s … www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-italy -iran-israel,0,528267.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines RUSSIA in talks with Iran on N-fuel venture Indian Express – New Delhi,India MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 3: Russia is in talks with Iran to set up a nuclear fuel joint venture over the next few years, a plan seen as a possible face-saving solution … www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=81282 US says Iran damages jailed journalist’s health Reuters – USA WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States accused Iran on Thursday of mistreating a jailed journalist so badly his health was at serious risk, in a case that … today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005- 11-04T002200Z_01_FOR401299_RTRUKOC_0_US-RIGHTS-IRAN-JOURNALIST.xml IRAN gives IAEA access to military site Times of India – India VIENNA: Iran granted the UN nuclear watchdog access to a high-security military site and presented new documents on its nuclear programme as part of efforts to … timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1283696.cms 5/11/05 IRAN’S Behavior Offers Test for World’s Mettle New York Times – United States … objective feasible. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran during a speech for Basij paramilitary students October in Tehran. “The … select.nytimes.com/iht/2005/11/05/international/IHT-05globalist.html UN Nuclear Watchdog Satisfied With Russia-Iran Nuclear Cooperation MOSNEWS – Russia The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has no complaint against Russia or Iran in relation to the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the … www.mosnews.com/news/2005/11/05/iaeairanrus.shtml IRAN says Annan’s cancellation of visit under Tehran’s call Xinhua – China 5 (Xinhuanet) — Iran has said that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s decision to cancel his Tehran trip was made under the call of the country, the official … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/05/content_3735270.htm IRAN supports Syria against foreign pressure IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 5 (IranMania) – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his counterpart … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37381&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN denies offer to construct refinery in India Sify – Taramani,Chennai,India Dubai: Iran has denied that it offered to construct a gas-fuelled refinery and a petrochemical complex in India in return for Iranian gas. … sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13977691 6/11/05 IRAN, Iraq review expansion of bilateral relations IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 6 (IranMania) – Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi conferred with Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki on issues of … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37439&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN Supreme Leader grants amnesty package IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 6 (IranMania) – On the auspicious occasion of Eid al-Fitr, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei granted amnesty or commuted … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37434&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN oil exploration rate needs huge investments IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 6 (IranMania) – If the required investments are made and the world?s state-of-the-art technologies are used in the sector, Iran?s oil … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37420&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN among top tens members of ISESCO IranMania News – Iran … and Financial Department at the Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Ali Ebrahimi said here Saturday that Iran is among the top … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37438&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs ARABS riot in oil-rich Iran province: press IranMania News – Iran … Iraq, Ahvaz has been hit by a wave of deadly unrest this year, including riots in April and a series of car bombings prior to Iran’s presidential election in … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37416&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 7/11/05 IRAN issues fresh nuclear challenge IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 7 (IranMania) – Iran again defied the international community over its nuclear programme, announcing it would soon embark on fresh nuclear … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37452&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs ANNAN shelves plan to visit Iran Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dropped his plan to visit Iran this month as he heads out for a five-nation tour this weekend to the … www.dawn.com/2005/11/07/top12.htm INDIA could revise stand on Iran over N-plan: FM IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 7 (IranMania) – India, which earlier this year voted in favour of an IAEA motion against Iran’s nuclear program, could reverse its stand at an … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37458&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN denies bomb parts coming from its borders IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 7 (IranMania) – Iran denied claims made by a senior British commander that bomb parts and explosives that can pierce armor have crossed into … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37453&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN President in shake-up of state-owned banks IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 7 (IranMania) – Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has replaced the directors of six large state-owned banks in the latest phase of … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37457&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN calls for resumption of talks Hindu – Chennai,India DUBAI: Iran has written to the Foreign Ministers of three key European Union countries seeking the resumption of nuclear talks amid signs that the stalled … www.hindu.com/2005/11/08/stories/2005110804931200.htm NATWAR ditched PM, Congress to align with Left on Iran to save his … Expressindia.com – New Delhi,India This he tried to achieve by plugging the Left stance on the Iran vote in IAEA. While the Manmohan government was set on a nay vote … www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=57951 IRAN DEFIANT ON NUCLEAR ISSUE Special Broadcasting Service – Australia United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has called on Iran to be more transparent about its atomic energy program to ease international fears … www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=124761&region=6 UN Diary: Why Annan did not go to Iran Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan … when things had started to calm down, with the press finally abandoning the Volcker report and focusing on the Middle East, the President of Iran turned up the … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C11%5C08%5Cstory_8-11-2005_pg4_4 IRAN Protests US Aerial Drones Washington Post – United States Iran has strongly protested what it said was the United States’ use of unmanned aerial drones over its territory and said two of them had crashed this summer … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/07/AR2005110701450.html 8/11/05 IRAN says it’s not afraid of Security Council Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates TEHERAN – Threats to refer Iran’s nuclear case to the UN Security Council, where Teheran could face sanctions, will not scare it into scrapping its nuclear … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/ November/middleeast_November225.xml&section=middleeast&col= INDIA: IRAN COULD ALSO BE BEHIND DECISION TO REMOVE MINISTER AKI – Rome,Italy … Observers say the embarrassment that he caused the government when New Delhi changed its course of action with regards to the question of Iran and the United … www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.226740776&par=0 IRAN MPs seek oil minister change BBC News – UK … Several deputies from the oil-rich southern province of Khuzestan, where most of Iran’s oilfields are located, have also said they oppose the current nomination … news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4418952.stm IRAN is awaiting a much fairer Western nuclear offer International Herald Tribune – France … Indeed, the West has tried to convince Iran that it does not stand a chance – a refusal to cave in to Western demands will leave it sanctioned, isolated and … www.iht.com/getina/files/287944.html IRAQ proposes tripartite inquiry with UK, Iran IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 8 (IranMania) – Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi has returned from Tehran after proposing a tripartite inquiry with Iran and the UK … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37507&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 9/11/05 IRAN warns of consequences if referred to United Nations Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan HELSINKI: Iran warned on Wednesday that taking its nuclear programme before the United Nations Security Council would have Œunpredictable consequences’. … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C11%5C10%5Cstory_10-11-2005_pg4_18 IRAN starts to lose faith in its hardline President Independent – London,England,UK Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is facing a crisis of public confidence after his nominee for oil minister was forced to withdraw in the face of … news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article326035.ece IRAN’S leader withdraws minister nominee Science Daily (press release) – USA Ahmadinejad fires liberal diplomats (November 2, 2005) — Iran’s new President, who recently said Israel should be wiped off the map, reportedly has begun … www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051109-13123000-bc-iran-minister.xml EU Discusses Iran, Ex-Soviet Republics The Moscow Times – Russia Senior European Union diplomats met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and the situation in several former … www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/11/10/015.html IRAN protests at overflights by US drones IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 9 (IranMania) – Iran has protested at what it calls “unlawful” overflights of its territory by two US drones in recent months in letters … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37528&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 10/11/05 RUSSIA ready to enrich uranium for Iran: official IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 11 (IranMania) – Russia is prepared to enrich uranium for Iran on Russian territory as part of efforts to resolve the stand-off over Tehran’s … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37626&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs WORLD Gymnasiums Fest held in Mashad, Iran IranMania News – Iran … Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Kuwait, Japan, Indonesia, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and Iran and with the … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37637&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN’S FM spokesman condemns Amman blasts IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 11 (IranMania) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi condemned Wednesday’s blasts in the Jordanian capital which killed scores … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37633&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs BUSH extends Iran financial sanctions IranMania News – Iran … November 11 (IranMania) – The United States President George W Bush extended for one year a range of financial sanctions first imposed on Iran in November 1979 … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37627&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN Shajarian performed in Queen Elizabeth Hall IranMania News – Iran … country and as usual it was welcomed by the lovers of this famous singer who do not have the opportunity to attend the concerts inside Iran, because Shajarian … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37638&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 12/11/05 ‘IRAN on trust building process in its nuke plan’ IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 12 (IranMania) – Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki said that Tehran keeps pursuing efforts aimed at trust building … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37656&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN’S nuclear not only issue on agenda: Ivanov IranMania News – Iran … He added that he will also hold talks for the first time with the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, and expressed … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37654&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs MACEDONIA outshines star-studded Iran IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 12 (IranMania) – Macedonia eclipsed Iran 2-1 at a four-sided football tournament in Azadi Stadium in western Tehran, setting up the final … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37646&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs ‘HOSTAGE’ Britons freed by Iran Guardian Unlimited – UK A British couple held by Iran for nearly two weeks after sailing their yacht into disputed waters complained yesterday that they were subjected to “mental … www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1640955,00.html IRAN’S President stresses honoring producers IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 12 (IranMania) – Iran’s new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the city of Qaen stressed the importance of honoring those striving for national … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37651&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs RELYING on Computer, US Seeks to Prove Iran’s Nuclear Aims Iran Focus – Iran … The documents, the Americans acknowledged from the start, do not prove that Iran has an atomic bomb. They presented them as the … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4399 US says new evidence of Iran nuclear arms ambition Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – New evidence suggests Iran has made significant progress in its pursuit of nuclear weapons and that should strengthen the case … www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12313839.htm CONG target at SP’s Iran rally, Left mum Indian Express – New Delhi,India LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 12: Lucknow will hold tomorrow what will probably be the biggest demonstration on Iran’s nuclear programme anywhere in the world outside … www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=81907 IRAN nuclear chief rules out compromise Ireland Online – Dublin,Ireland The head of Iran’s nuclear agency has ruled out a compromise proposal that uranium enrichment for his country’s controversial nuclear programme be carried … breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=162340464&p=y6z34yy7x IRAN MP draws nuclear “frontline” between Islam, Heathens Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Nov. 12 — An ultra-Islamist ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran’s parliament told a conference of the … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4398 14/11/05 ‘IRAN’S compromise nuke offer could take years’ IranMania News – Iran … Gary Samore, former National Security advisor to US President Bill Clinton, has welcomed the ‘uranium compromise’ offer being made to Iran but suggests that it … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37709&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs MANMOHAN for consensus to avoid Iran vote Hindu – Chennai,India … At a press conference later in the day, Dr. Singh said he hoped that there would be no vote on Iran at the next meeting of the International Atomic Energy … www.hindu.com/2005/11/14/stories/2005111410620100.htm IRAN to start LNG exports to Europe by 2011 IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 14 (IranMania) – Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company, Rokneddin Javadi said that Iran has signed a memorandum of … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37719&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs PER capita shrimp consumption at 30 gr. in Iran IranMania News – Iran … Head of the Shrimp Producers Guild’s Board of Directors Ali-Akbar Khodaei said that the annual per capita consumption of shrimp in Iran currently stands in the … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37710&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs CONVICTED rapists publicly hanged in Iran IranMania News – Iran … stabbing. At least 66 people have been executed in Iran so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on press and witness reports. … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37704&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 15/11/05 IRAN denies US reports on n-plan Hindu – Chennai,India Teheran: Iran was under renewed pressure on Sunday over its nuclear programme after reports that US officials had found information on a stolen laptop computer … www.hindu.com/2005/11/15/stories/2005111503731400.htm CONG downplays Left pressure on Iran nuke issue Expressindia.com – New Delhi,India … 15: Congress sought to downplay growing pressure from its allies the Left and like-minded parties to reverse UPA government’s stand on Iran’s nuclear programme … www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=58351 IRAN Supreme Leader springs to Pres.’s defence IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 15 (IranMania) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sprang to the defence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bluntly telling the … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37731&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs “NO evidence Iran supporting Iraqi insurgents” IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 15 (IranMania) – Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi dismissed allegations that Iran is interfering in Iraq?s internal affairs, calling … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37751&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs GOVT will repent vote against Iran: Bardhan NDTV.com – New Delhi,India CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan issued a stern warning to the UPA government on the Iran nuclear issue. He said the government … www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Irannukes& slug=Govt+will+repent+vote+against+Iran%3A+CPI&id=81334&callid=1 16/11/05 LAPTOP scenario, US-Israel ploy against Iran IranMania News – Iran … Once, they said that Iran produces nuclear arms at Kolahdouz base, then, they said Parchin was the center for Iran’s nuclear arms and another time they … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37772&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs INDIAN Left toughens stand on Iran vote IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 16 (IranMania) – Toughening their posture on the Iran nuclear drive, the Left parties told the Manmohan Singh government to make clear India’s … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37773&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN’S Ahmadinejad presents new Oil Ministry IranMania News – Iran … Iran is OPEC’s second producer. … The spat has also exposed divisions within Iran’s right-wing camp, split between more pragmatic conservatives and radicals. … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37765&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs RUSSIAN nuclear talks with Iran ‘useful’: Straw IranMania News – Iran … November 16 (IranMania) – Foreign Secretary Jack Straw indicated that some progress may have been made in Russia’s nuclear talks with Iran, according to IRNA. … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37774&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs ‘EFFORTS on for consensus on Iran nuclear issue’ IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 16 (IranMania) – India is trying to build a consensus to avoid voting on the Iran issue at the next meeting of the IAEA in Geneva on November … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37768&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN Ignores Pleas to Halt Uranium Work Washington Post – United States Iran began converting a new batch of uranium at a key nuclear facility yesterday, rejecting international pleas to suspend such work and dismissing a new offer … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602295.html PM, Sonia step in to lower Left Iran tone Indian Express – New Delhi,India NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 16: Despite its public campaign to force a change in the Government stand on the Iran nuclear issue, the Left has backed off for now, at … www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=82131 LEFT seeks discussion on Iran Hindu – Chennai,India … its pressure on the Manmohan Singh Government, the Left parties have given notices in the Lok Sabha seeking a discussion on the vote against Iran by India in … www.hindu.com/2005/11/17/stories/2005111718771400.htm IRAN Now Says Satellite Can Spy on Israel Washington Post – United States By ALI AKBAR DAREINI. TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said the satellite would be purely scientific. But a month after its launch _ and only … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111601595.html IRAN acquittal in journalist murder upheld San Jose Mercury News – United States TEHRAN, Iran – An appeals court has upheld the acquittal of an Iranian secret agent in the killing a Canadian-Iranian journalist, whose death in detention two … www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13184180.htm 17/11/05 IRAN Is Reported to Continue Nuclear Activity New York Times – United States 17 – Iran has resumed converting uranium despite European requests that it abstain from such work pending a new round of negotiations on its nuclear activities … www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/international/middleeast/18iran.html LEFT looking for face-saver on Iran Financial Express – Bombay,India … winter session of Parliament, with emphasis on pressuring the Manmohan Singh government to defer its vote on the IAEA resolution against Iran’s nuclear … www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=108901 POLEMIC and purges pile up troubles for Iran’s leader Guardian Unlimited – UK Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a range of critical problems with the west, ranging from Iran’s nuclear ambitions to its deep hostility to Israel. … www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1645449,00.html IRAN oil ministry nominee denies US residency Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan … Tasalloti, a veteran of Iran’s petrochemical industry who heads a multi-billion dollar investment project in southern Iran, has drawn more favourable … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C11%5C18%5Cstory_18-11-2005_pg4_23 US says meeting to be held in London on Iran’s nuclear issue People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China The United States said on Thursday that an informal meeting will be held in London on Friday to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. … english.people.com.cn/200511/18/eng20051118_222233.html 18/11/05 US Backs Russian Plan To Resolve Iran Crisis Washington Post – United States The White House yesterday endorsed a proposal that would allow Iran to refine uranium at a key nuclear facility as long as more advanced work on the material … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/18/AR2005111802679.html PUTIN, Bush united on Iran issue Houston Chronicle – United States PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – Presenting a united front, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to press Iran to reverse itself and accept a … www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3471181 TORTURE site backs fears of pro-Iran infiltrators Iran Focus – Iran By Sharon Behn. The discovery of a secret Iraqi Interior Ministry torture chamber confirms what has been an open secret in Baghdad … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4472 UN committee slams Iran’s human rights record Outlook (subscription) – New Delhi,India A UN committee has passed a resolution — opposed by India — expressing “serious concern” over Iran’s human rights record, accusing it of practising torture … www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=336057 KHATAMI, German Pres. discuss Iran nuke policy IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 19 (IranMania) – Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami stressed on Iran’s right to have a civilian nuclear program during his talks with … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37853&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs 19/11/05 ELBARADEI downplays Iran?s nuclear cooperation IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 20 (IranMania) – International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei?s report on Iran?s nuclear program delivered to the … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37888&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN condemns Shiite mosque bombings in Iraq Xinhua – China 19 (Xinhuanet) — The Shiite-dominated Iran condemned on Saturday two suicide bombs against Shiite mosques in the northeastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Friday … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/20/content_3805918.htm BUSH and Putin see a way out for Iran San Francisco Chronicle – United States Pusan, South Korea — Presenting a united front against Iran, President Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed to press Iran to reverse itself … www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/11/19/MNGMTFR0BN1.DTL IRAN denounces ‘political’ UN rights resolution IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 20 (IranMania) – Iran denounced as politically motivated a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly expressing “serious concern” about … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37880&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs INDIA warns Iran on IAEA vote Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan NEW DELHI, Nov 19: India issued a couched warning to Iran on Saturday that Tehran must comply with the latest demands by the IAEA director-general to avoid … www.dawn.com/2005/11/20/top17.htm 21/11/05 IRAN Talks Tough Ahead of UN Nuclear Meeting Deutsche Welle – Germany Ahead of a meeting of the UN’s atomic agency, Iran is refusing to bow to demands for more transparency in its nuclear program. But … www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1784413,00.html BUSH Backs Putin’s Iran Uranium Plan The Moscow Times – Russia … on Friday, US President George W. Bush told President Vladimir Putin that the United States supported a proposal from Moscow that could deny Iran the ability … www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/21/002.html LEFT, UPA to discuss Iran-vote issue today Hindustan Times – India The Left-UPA coordination committee is meeting in the capital today to work out a face-saving formula for avoiding confrontation on the Iran nuclear issue. … www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1552378,000500020009.htm IRAN stance on return to N-talks positive: Spain IranMania News – Iran … He voiced his satisfaction with Iran’s call for holding a meeting with a group of countries which intend to reach an agreement on the nuclear issue, saying … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37929&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN nuclear activities continuing at Isfahan UCF IranMania News – Iran … The source called these rumors part of the psychological war and propaganda campaign meant to cover up the failure of the West to force Iran to suspend … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37940&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs EUROPE Moves Toward Delay of Iran Referral New York Times – United States 21 – The leading countries of Europe conferred about Iran on Monday, with growing indications that they would not move later this week to refer Iran’s recent … www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/international/europe/22iran.html INDIA for Iran issue to remain within IAEA Financial Express – Bombay,India The UPA government on Monday appeared to have bought peace with the Left parties on the Iran issue with an assurance that it would reject any moves at the … www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=109319 IRAN backs political process in Iraq Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan TEHRAN, Nov 21: Jalal Talabani, the first Iraqi president to visit Iran for nearly four decades, received assurances on Monday that Tehran supported its … www.dawn.com/2005/11/22/top15.htm IRAN issue: India to act on merit of case Hindustan Times – India Hoping that Iran would live up to its obligations and commitments on the nuclear issue, India has said it will act on the merits of the case if the issue comes … www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1553248,00050001.htm NORTH Korea helping Iran’s nuclear work — exile Iran Focus – Iran 21 — North Korea has assisted Iran in its missile production efforts, a leading Iranian dissident announced at a press conference in Washington on Monday. … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4528 22/11/05 DIPLOMATS say they won’t ratchet up Iran nuclear talks Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – MN,USA VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Western countries trying to persuade Iran to give up technology that can be used to make nuclear weapons have decided to let negotiations … www.startribune.com/stories/484/5742674.html IRAN Urges Iraq to Seek Pullout Timetable ABC News – USA Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their official meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. … abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1338626 IRAN would pose ‘serious threat’ if it had nuclear weapons Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom By George Jones. Iran would pose a serious threat to world stability and peace if it developed a nuclear capability, Tony Blair told MPs yesterday. … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/23/ nblair123.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/23/ixnewstop.html EXCLUSIVE: Iran speeds up work on Natanz nuclear site Iran Focus – Iran 22 — Secret construction work is going on in Iran’s massive nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, central Iran, with more than a dozen new buildings being … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4547 GERMAN court rejects case against Iran dissident Iran Focus – Iran … A court in Cologne rejected on Tuesday allegations that an Iranian man linked to the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran had attacked two … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4543 23/11/05 US reveals details of Iran’s nuclear ambition Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom Britain and key European allies are using intelligence briefings to convince major powers that Iran is trying to develop nuclear warheads for its Shahab-3 … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/ 24/wiran24.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/24/ixworld.html IRAQI president wraps up visit to Iran Xinhua – China TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (Xinhuanet) — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani wrapped up his landmark visit to Iran on Wednesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/24/content_3826274.htm HUMILIATION for Iran’s president as he again fails to fill oil … Scotsman – United Kingdom MAHMOUD Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, suffered a hugely embarrassing setback when parliament rebuffed his third nominee for the vital post of oil … thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2291222005 IRAN’S president becomes unlikely fashion icon Financial Times – London,England,UK Iran’s high and mighty may poke fun at the simple sports jacket of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, their fundamentalist president, but the versatile garment is so … news.ft.com/cms/s/2f3ac7ac-5c8f-11da-af92-0000779e2340.html DAILY says Blair admits to UK role in Iran unrest Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Nov. 23 — A semi-official daily … rest of it. ∑ It may well be that the change in Iran comes from within”. The daily … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4558 24/11/05 CHINA calls on Iran to continue cooperation with IAEA on nuclear … Xinhua – China 24 (Xinhuanet) — China hopes that Iran would continue to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog in efforts to resolve its nuclear issue, a Chinese official … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/25/content_3833782.htm IRAN’S president urged to compromise over oil post ABC News – USA TEHRAN (Reuters) – Government supporters and critics alike on Thursday urged Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to compromise over an unprecedented standoff … abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1343630 EU: Iran Papers Solely for Making Nukes ABC News – USA … supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, listens, during their official meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. … abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1343129 LD IRAN 3 LST Outlook (subscription) – New Delhi,India But Jenkins warned Iran needed “to implement the confidence-building measures” for which the IAEA has called, namely to cease uranium conversion work. … www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=337382 UN nuclear watchdog ends debate on Iran case Islamic Republic News Agency – Tehran,Iran The UN nuclear watchdog wound up day-long crash debates on Iran’s nuclear program here on Thursday and postponed summing up discussions on the case and drawing … www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0511252077100724.htm 25/11/05 EDITORIAL: Iran at the IAEA: the good the bad and the ugly Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan In a development that can only be hailed, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has postponed referring Iran to the UN Security Council. … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C11%5C26%5Cstory_26-11-2005_pg3_1 IRAN’S President digs in as leadership crisis deepens Independent – London,England,UK A power struggle of titanic proportions has broken out between Iran’s newly elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country’s parliament. … news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article329440.ece INSIDE Iran Part V: US-Iran Relations Strained FOX News – USA TEHRAN, Iran — FOX News’ Amy Kellogg recently visited Iran, where she interviewed journalists, students and others on life inside the Islamic Republic. … www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176692,00.html RUSSIA keen to build Iran pipeline Financial Express – Bombay,India … industry and energy V Kristenko said on Friday that his country’s gas firm, Gazprom, was keen to help construct the estimated $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India … www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=109731 IRAN’S Rafsanjani: US must leave Iraq after elections Iran Focus – Iran Tehran, Iran, Nov. 25 — Iran’s former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday demanded a pullout of United States-led … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4580 27/11/05 ANOTHER episode in Iran drama Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates THE drama over Iran’s nuclear programme has taken yet another interesting turn. Amid much tension and suspense, the International … www.khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/editorial/2005/November/ editorial_November59.xml&section=editorial&subsection=editorial IRAN’S President calls for trying Bush for war crimes Aljazeera.com – London,UK During a nationally televised ceremony marking the 36th anniversary of the establishment of Iran’s volunteer Basij paramilitary force, the Iranian President … www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=10174 IRAN encourages N.Korea with free oil & gas offer IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 27 (IranMania) – Iran encouraged North Korea to pursue its nuclear programme with an offer of free oil and natural gas, according to a press … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38135&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN, France ready to resume nuclear talks IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 27 (IranMania) – High-ranking Iranian and French Foreign Ministry officials in a meeting said that they are ready to resume Iran-EU nuclear … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38128&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs SOME 10 passenger planes to join Iran Air fleet IranMania News – Iran … 10 passenger planes will join national air fleet by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2006), Managing Director of national airliner, Iran Air, Saeed … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38129&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs EU agrees to resume nuclear talks with Iran in December Xinhua – China BEIJING, Nov. 28 — The European Union has officially informed Iran that they has agreed to resume bilateral nuclear talks in December. … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/28/content_3844596.htm POWERFUL Earthquake Strikes Iran, Killing 10 New York Times – United States TEHRAN, Nov. 27 – A powerful earthquake hit southern Iran today, causing major destruction in seven villages and killing 10 people and injuring 80. … www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/international/middleeast/27cnd-iran.html EU agrees to renewed dialogue with Iran on nuclear programme Financial Times – London,England,UK By Gareth Smyth in Tehran. European Union foreign ministers delivered a letter in Tehran yesterday agreeing to renewed talks over Iran’s nuclear programme. … news.ft.com/cms/s/36fc599c-5fb4-11da-a628-0000779e2340.html MOSCOW Eyes Iran-India Gas Pipeline The Moscow Times – Russia NEW DELHI — Russia may invest in a proposed $7.4 billion natural gas pipeline that will transport the fuel from Iran to India through Pakistan, Industry and … www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/28/050.html US seeks Iran’s help to quell unrest in Iraq Hindustan Times – India US President George W Bush has asked American Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad to reach out to Iran for assistance in controlling the unrest in Iraq, a … www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1558513,00050001.htm 29/11/05 NEW quake hits Qeshm island, southern Iran IranMania News – Iran LONDON, November 29 (IranMania) – An earthquake hit surrounding areas of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf in southern Iran on Monday evening following two killer … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38207&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs EU accepts Iran’s call for new N-talks Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates TEHERAN/BARCELONA — Britain, France and Germany agreed on Sunday to hold talks with Iran on resuming negotiations on the country’s disputed nuclear … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/ November/middleeast_November798.xml&section=middleeast&col= IRAN FM wraps up Azerbaijan visit, returns home IranMania News – Iran … “Ties between Iran and Azerbaijan are based on mutual interests and security as well as the need to preserve great historical, religious and cultural … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38208&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs US confirms planned contacts with Iran Xinhua – China 28 (Xinhuanet) — The United States admitted on Monday that it plans to have contacts with Iran and stressed that the contacts will be mainly about Iraq. … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/29/content_3849305.htm IRAN, Iraq, Turkey et al. Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA By Tulin Daloglu. Tehran, IRAN. — No matter how often President Bush gets stern with Iran, the country’s radical president, Mahmoud … washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20051128-091730-7071r.htm FRANCE warns Iran against nuclear intransigence Iran Focus – Iran 29 — French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin warned Iran’s clerical government on Tuesday to accept the latest European offer on its controversial … www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4639 IRAN: US AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO HOLD TALKS WITH TEHRAN AKI – Rome,Italy … when Tehran was led by the pragmatic president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, there were some contacts, but these ended following the so-called “Iran-Contra gate … www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.234555516&par=0 US, Germany discuss secret CIA prisons, Iran Xinhua – China … Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday and they discussed the secret CIA prisons and transport flights for terror suspects as well as Iran, the State … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/30/content_3854457.htm IRAN Seeks to Master Space Technology Guardian Unlimited – UK TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s space agency is trying to snap up technology from abroad as fast as possible for its satellite program, fearing the West will seek … www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5445663,00.html 30/11/05 US: Nuclear Ambitions Plunging Iran Into Deeper Isolation Voice of America – USA By Gary Thomas. A top US diplomat says Iran’s new president is pursuing radical policies that are plunging his country into further international isolation. … www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-30-voa70.cfm GERMANY urges Iran to comply with IAEA Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan BERLIN: New German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged Iran to cooperate with the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C01%5Cstory_1-12-2005_pg4_21 IRAN says no plans to talk with US on Iraq security San Diego Union Tribune – United States ANKARA — Iran has no plans to negotiate with the United States to help make Iraq safe after US troops start leaving, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said … www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20051130-1236-iran-iraq-usa.html TURKEY, Iran reiterate joint will to fight terrorism Xinhua – China … Both Turkey and Iran attach importance to the issue of counterterrorism and relevant departments of the two countries will maintain necessary contacts on this … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/01/content_3860493.htm FARKASH sets deadline for strike on Iran Jerusalem Post – Israel After March Israel must be prepared to use means other than diplomacy to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons program, warned the head of the military intelligence … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475657419&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 1/12/05 PM: Israel part of world efforts to stop nuclear Iran Ha’aretz (subscription) – Tel Aviv,Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stressed on Thursday that Israel is watching with growing concern Iran’s efforts to achieve nuclear capabilities, and that this … www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652595.html VIEW: Iran’s nuclear lies —Kenneth R Timmerman Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan … The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it abundantly clear that Iran has. … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C02%5Cstory_2-12-2005_pg3_3 AIPAC raps US handling of Iran nukes Jerusalem Post – Israel As the US administration is calling on the world to increase pressure on Iran, the pro-Israeli lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475666363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull REGION: We will never accept a nuclear Iran, says Sharon Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan TEL AVIV: Israeli leaders warned on Thursday they would never allow Iran to come into possession of nuclear weapons but insisted that diplomacy was the best … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C02%5Cstory_2-12-2005_pg4_15 USA threatens Iran The Statesman – Kolkata,India 1. — Noting that the USA is “working closely” with European allies, Russia, India and China, to deter “Iran’s nuclear ambitions”, a senior Bush … www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=97921 2/12/05 RUSSIA to Sell Antiaircraft Missiles to Iran in Billion-Dollar … New York Times – United States … 2 – Russia has agreed to sell antiaircraft missiles to Iran as part of a $1 billion arms deal that would significantly increase Moscow’s military cooperation … www.nytimes.com/2005/12/03/international/europe/03russia.html IRAN’S Ahmadinejad?s Saudi visit on Dec. 7 IranMania News – Iran LONDON, December 3 (IranMania) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit Saudi Arabia early December, as his first visit to a Persian Gulf … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38345&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs NEW German FM optimistic about EU-Iran talks IranMania News – Iran … Germany’s new Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has expressed his optimism about the resumption of the stalled talks between the EU and Iran over its … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38334&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN chosen member of WTO executive council IranMania News – Iran LONDON, December 3 (IranMania) – Iran has been elected as a member of the executive council of the World Tourism Organization once again after 30 years, CHN … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38341&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs ISRAEL test-fires missile as Iran nuclear threat looms Ha’aretz (subscription) – Tel Aviv,Israel … The test launch came as a Russian newspaper reported that Iran has signed a deal to buy Russian tactical surface-to-air missile systems and a day after Prime … www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653023.html 3/12/05 IRAN snubs IAEA, refuses to discuss missile deal Bangkok Post – Thailand Teheran (dpa) – Iran’s senate-like Guardian Council on Saturday confirmed a parliamentary bill calling for the government’s conditional suspension of nuclear … www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=65755 US and Britain Seek Aid on Iran Arms New York Times – United States 3 – In a new effort to pressure Iran to allow strict controls on its nuclear program, Britain and the United States are trying to persuade Russia and China to … www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/international/04diplo.html?hp&ex=1133 672400&en=2a153738871592ce&ei=5094&partner=homepage RUSSIAN FM praises cooperation with Iran Jerusalem Post – Israel Russia’s foreign minister has praised a plan to enrich Iranian nuclear fuel in Russia as a way to defuse the crisis surrounding Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475675562&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull BUSH permits talks with Iran over border security crisis Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom … Iran is widely blamed for destabilising Iraq by backing fellow Shia armed factions and allowing weapons and fighters to cross its border. … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/ 04/wiran04.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/04/ixworld.html FOUR Months’ Grace before Iran Takes up Its Nuclear Military … DEBKA file – Jerusalem,Israel Iran’s hard-line Guardian Council, the real power in the land, Saturday, Dec. … 1, that Israel would not be able to accept a nuclear-armed Iran. … www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1116 4/12/05 ISRAELI army chief fears diplomatic pressure on Iran would fail People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz warned on Sunday that the ongoing diplomatic pressure on Iran’s nuclear ambitions would fail. … english.people.com.cn/200512/05/eng20051205_225590.html IRAN says will respond with severity to Israeli actions on its … Ha’aretz (subscription) – Tel Aviv,Israel Responding to comments made by Israeli leaders on handling the Iranian nuclear threat, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday evening that his … www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653454.html IRAN rejects US participation in nuclear talks Xinhua – China 4 (Xinhuanet) — Iran said on Sunday that the US involvement in the nuclear talks between Iran and the European Union (EU) would complicate the issue. … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/05/content_3877547.htm IRAN MPs consider new oil nominee BBC News – UK … Oil accounts for 80% of Iran’s export revenues and oil minister is therefore a key post. Analysts say the stalemate has damaged … news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4498092.stm IRAN: Israel is leading int’l pressure on Teheran Jerusalem Post – Israel Iran intensified its diplomatic attacks on Israel on Monday, claiming that the recent political crisis exposed the fact that Israel is leading the … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475683373&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 5/12/05 IRAN plans to build two more nuclear power plants Jerusalem Post – Israel Iran plans to construct two more nuclear power plants despite international concern over its atomic program, a top official said Monday. … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475690017&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull US presses Russia on Iran missile deal The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia The United States has said Russia’s plans to sell $US1 billion ($A1.33 billion) in tactical missiles and other arms to Iran would not serve US or regional … www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-presses-Russia-on -Iran-missile-deal/2005/12/06/1133631235037.html EX-PM backs Iran assault Scotsman – United Kingdom BENJAMIN Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister, has said he would support a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s nuclear programme, the first time an … thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2356592005 SECURITY official: Iran, Syria seek conflict with Jewish state WorldNetDaily – Grants Pass,OR,USA … Israeli mall earlier today is being viewed by some Jewish security personnel as a tactic aimed at reducing mounting international pressure on Iran and Syria. … worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47741 IRAN plans 2nd nuclear plant The Statesman – Kolkata,India 5. — Iran plans to construct a second nuclear power plant, despite international concern over its nuclear programme, state television reported today. … www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=98336 7/12/05 IRAN mourns victims of worst air crash in 3 years IranMania News – Iran LONDON, December 7 (IranMania) – Iran grieved on Wednesday for at least 116 people killed when a military plane hit a Tehran apartment block and burst into … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38468&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IAEA hopes to resolve Iran N-case by next year IranMania News – Iran … of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said that he hoped to resolve outstanding issues with regard to Iran’s nuclear program by … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38464&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs US presses Russia on Iran missile deal Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday said Russia’s plans to sell $1 billion in tactical missiles and other arms to Iran would not serve US or regional … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C07%5Cstory_7-12-2005_pg4_3 EU must involve Gulf states in resolving Iran issue Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates IRRESPECTIVE of what action the International Atomic Energy Agency and the UN Security Council take over Iran’s nuclear programme in the next few months, the … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2005 /December/opinion_December21.xml&section=opinion&col= MOURNERS head to Iran plane crash site Channel 4 News – London,UK … The head of Iran’s Red Crescent Alamb Dari said all the dead bodies had been removed from the scene and the injured had been taken to hospital. www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=1864202 ANGER in Iran as calls grow for air crash answers Guardian Unlimited – UK … Iran has an ageing fleet of planes, but the widespread dismay over this latest incident was summed up by a Tehran councillor, Rasul Khadem, who accused the … www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1661822,00.html IRAN nuclear stance defies bid for deal: EU leaders Reuters – USA VIENNA (Reuters) – European leaders warned Iran on Wednesday not to pursue work on machines able to make enriched uranium fuel for nuclear bombs, saying such … today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005- 12-07T190414Z_01_RID749273_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN.xml&archived=False RUSSIA hits back at US criticism of Iran arms deal Reuters – USA MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has every right to sell arms to Iran, its defense minister said on Wednesday, responding to mounting criticism of a $1 billion deal … today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12- 07T110356Z_01_KRA739813_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMS-RUSSIA-IRAN.xml&archived=False IRAN to investigate military plane crash Xinhua – China 8 (Xinhuanet) — Iran’s judiciary, prosecutive and legislative branches have been assigned to investigate a tragic military plane crash which killed over 100 … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/08/content_3891448.htm TESTING times for Iran president BBC News – UK … dissent. And by mobilising voters they helped elect Iran’s new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – himself a former Basij instructor. … news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4507564.stm 8/12/05 IRAN to Probe Plane Crash; Funeral Is Held Forbes – USA … The C-130 plane took off Tuesday for southern Iran where its 84 passengers, mostly Iranian journalists, were going to attend military maneuvers. … www.forbes.com/business/healthcare/feeds/ap/2005/12/08/ap2380082.html IRAN President’s comments stir hornet’s nest Hindu – Chennai,India … International community should spare no effort to “prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons”, he said adding “Europe and Russia have to join the United … www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200512091010.htm UK accuses Iran of undermining nuclear diplomacy Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan Britain warned on Thursday that efforts to resume difficult nuclear negotiations with Iran on its disputed nuclear programme were being endangered by a series … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C09%5Cstory_9-12-2005_pg4_14 US, China eye possible cooperation on Iraq, Iran Forbes – USA WASHINGTON (AFX) – The US and China are eyeing possible co-operation on such diverse issues as Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea, the State Department … www.forbes.com/work/feeds/afx/2005/12/08/afx2380211.html `IRAN-PAK-INDIA pipeline project on track’ Sify – Taramani,Chennai,India New Delhi: Dispelling apprehensions about the proposed multi-billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, India on Thursday said that the project is going … sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14044097 9/12/05 OVERATH urges FIFA to ban Iran from World Cup finals Reuters.uk – UK BERLIN, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Former West German international midfielder Wolfgang Overath suggested on Friday Iran should be banned from the 2006 World Cup finals … today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=URI:urn :newsml:reuters.com:20051209:MTFH60003_2005-12-09_18-31-05_L0992521:1 HEAD of Nuclear Agency Again Urges Iran to Cooperate New York Times – United States … 9 – Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned Iran on Friday to stop hindering an investigation into the … www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/international/europe/10nobel.html EU send condolences to Iran over plane crash IranMania News – Iran LONDON, December 8 (IranMania) – Britain and the rest of the 25-member European Union offered their condolences to Iran for the scores of people who died when … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38472&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs MIDEAST Œarms race’ fears as Israel ups Iran pressure Financial Times – London,England,UK Israel is turning up the heat over Iran’s nuclear progamme as European-led negotiations languish and the region goes down the path of an arms race … news.ft.com/cms/s/f25df9d4-68dd-11da-bd30-0000779e2340.html VENEZUELA, Iran to explore joint operation BusinessWeek – USA 9 2:55 PM ET Venezuela and Iran have agreed to explore setting up a joint shipbuilding operation in the South American country, Venezuela’s state oil company … www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8ECU2FO4.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db 11/12/05 ISRAEL: no plan to attack Iran for now Xinhua – China … newspaper said it received confirmation from Israeli military officials that both ground and air forces would be employed to impede Iran’s nuclear development. … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/11/content_3906663.htm ELBARADEI confirms Iran’s position on N-energy IranMania News – Iran LONDON, December 11 (IranMania) – Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammad Elbaradei confirmed what Iran calls ‘nuclear apartheid … www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=38561&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN: Tehran has exploited the gap between Washington and Europe. Los Angeles Times – CA,USA He recently completed a fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation that focused on Iran’s nuclear program. … www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-ir anevil11dec11,0,6775893.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary ISRAEL does not rule out military strike against Iran: official Hindu – Chennai,India 11 (AP): A senior Defence Ministry official said today that Israel has not ruled out a military strike against Iran if the country advances further in its … www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200512111531.htm IRAN offers US share in nuclear power plants Jerusalem Post – Israel Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday offered the United States a share in building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb US opposition to its … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475723337&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IRAN’S leader drawing fire ABC News – USA TEHRAN, IRAN Courting confrontation both at home and abroad, Iran’s hard-line president is inserting like-minded ideologues into key positions. … abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1395793 IRAN offers US nuke deal News24 – South Africa Tehran – Iran’s foreign ministry on Sunday offered the United States a share in building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb US opposition … www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1849109,00.html ISRAEL denies Iran attack plans ABC Online – Australia TONY EASTLEY: The Israeli Government is denying reports that it’s drafted plans to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, but at the same time it hasn’t ruled out a … www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1528735.htm RUSSIA against politicising Iran n-issue: Lavrov Hindu – Chennai,India Moscow, Dec. 12. (PTI): Russia is opposed to any attempts to politicise Iran nuclear issue, the country’s foreign minister has said. … www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200512120301.htm

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