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Iranian money and arms Found in Iraq |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S.-led forces discovered a cache of Iranian money and bomb-making equipment during a raid Wednesday morning in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, the military said. Two suspected militants were killed in the raid and 19 others detained, the military said.
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Britain to sound out allies over Iran's nuclear defiance |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
LONDON (AFP) - Britain said Wednesday it would consult its allies on what to do next over Iran's continued failure to suspend its uranium enrichment programme.
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US warns Iran over UN nuclear report |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States warned Iran Wednesday to end its "defiance" of UN demands to halt sensitive nuclear work and warned of potential new sanctions after a critical UN atomic watchdog report. |
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IAEA report makes imposing comprehensive sanctions on the Iranian regime more imperative |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
NCRI - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stressed in a report published today that not only has the Iranian regime defied the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737 and 1747 calling for the immediate suspension of its uranium enrichment program, it has also started up and expanded the production of its centrifuges. The Iranian mullahs have utilized at least 1,300 centrifuges to enrich uranium on a much larger scale.
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Taliban 'use Iranian missiles on UK troops' |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
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Daily Telegraph (22 May) - British troops in Afghanistan are being targeted by surface-to-air missiles supplied by Iran, a senior Army source said yesterday. |
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Iran still defying UN over uranium enrichment: IAEA |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
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VIENNA (AFP) - Iran persists in defying UN demands to stop enriching uranium and is expanding the work, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report Wednesday that could open the door to new sanctions against Tehran. |
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Iran expands atomic work, defying U.N.: IAEA report |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has not only ignored a U.N. Security Council deadline to stop uranium enrichment activity but expanded it, according to a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. |
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Iran arrests student publication editors |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
NCRI - Tensions are rising in various Iranian Universities and sporadic clashes between students and Iranian security forces have been reported during the past few days.
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Keeping the lid on Iran's centrifuges |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
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International Herald Tribune - For a UN-baiting, diplomacy-bashing crowd, the Bush administration has shown unexpected patience in trying to persuade the Security Council to punish Iran for its nuclear misbehavior. And for a foot-dragging, conflict-averse crowd, the Security Council has moved with alacrity in imposing two sets of sanctions on Iran just since December. |
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U.S. Urges Complaint Against IAEA Chief |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The United States wants its allies to join in a formal protest against the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for suggesting that Iran be allowed to keep some elements of its uranium enrichment program, diplomats said Tuesday. |
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Iran detains another US-Iranian national: report |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iran has detained another US-Iranian national, described as a social scientist with links to the same pro-democracy foundation as a prominent jailed scholar, US media reported Wednesday.
Kian Tajbakhsh, a consultant for philanthropist George Soros' Open Society Institute programs, was detained around May 11, according to work colleagues quoted by the Washington Post.
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Two US aircraft carriers reach Gulf waters |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
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MANAMA (AFP) - The USS John C. Stennis and USS Nimitz aircraft carriers and their strike groups entered Gulf waters on Wednesday to support troops in Iraq and conduct training exercises, the US Navy said. |
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Iranian youths savagely beaten by security forces in Tehran |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
NCRI - Crackdown of youths continues in Iran. For the sixth night, the special units of regime's State Security Forces raided houses and dragged youths to the streets and started beating them savagely.
The latest attacks took place in Tehran's Abouzar, Moshirieh and Bolursazi Blvd districts.
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Iran implicated in attacks on UK troops |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
The Scotsman - IRAN has been accused of supporting increasing sophisticated attacks on British forces in Afghanistan.
Military sources suggested yesterday that Taleban fighters in Afghanistan are now using Iranian-made surface-to-air missiles to target British helicopters operating in the country. |
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