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Iran to unveil "great nuclear achievements"

February 12 2012 00:28

Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says "great" nuclear achievements will be announced in the next few days. He did not give any details, but insisted that Iran would never halt its programme to enrich uranium, which can be used to make a nuclear warhead. →

Iran stays defiant

February 11 2012 17:04

Iran says threats to use military force against it will not deter it from exercising its right to develop nuclear energy for a variety of peaceful needs. Teheran insists that the West must conduct a dialogue with it, rather than try to isolate it politically or economically. →

World to see more of Iran’s nuclear achievement – Ahmadinejad

February 11 2012 14:31

The world will shortly bear witness to more of Iran’s important nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has said. As he addressed the many thousand strong rally that was held in Tehran earlier today, he said that the world forces of oppression tried to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear power production facilities. →

Israel's stance on Iran could be 'catastrophic': Moscow

February 9 2012 10:18

Israel's hard-line approach to speculation that Iran is seeking to develop a nuclear weapon could have "catastrophic consequences", a senior Russian foreign affairs ministry official warned Thursday. →

Russia's mediation could save Iran - expert

February 8 2012 15:26

Interview with with Dr. Alon Ben-Meir – Middle East expert and a Professor from the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. →

US doesn't plan to attack Iran – Bahrain

February 6 2012 14:44

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifa said Monday the US had no plans of striking Iran. At today’s press conference with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Khalid Al Khalifa asserted his Russian counterpart that the recent US-Bahrain talks had proven the US wasn’t intent on attacking Iran. →

EU mulls new Iran sanctions

February 4 2012 10:20

The European Union governments could ban the sales to Iran of some telecommunications equipment, which they believe Tehran could use to keep an eye on opposition activists. The EU also wants to expand the list of Iranian officials not allowed to enter EU territory, and freeze their assets in European banks. →

Can Iran attack the US?

February 4 2012 09:53

This week international Atomic Energy Agency observers have arrived in Iran to take a look at their nuclear program. This comes on the same week that the U.S. Intelligence officer says Iran could attack on American soil. To discuss the issue of Iran versus the United States we are joined by Sergey Strokan , correspondent for the Kommersant newspaper. →

Knot tightens around Iran

February 3 2012 21:02

Israel could strike Iran this spring, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated in an interview with The Washington Post. According to the official, the Israeli government seems to have already made a decision on this. →

Could Iran be bracing for war?

February 3 2012 16:18

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that as of March 2012, Tehran will increase its military spending more than two-fold. Meanwhile, US strategic bombers have already been deployed in Qatar in a sign that a military operation of Western countries and Israel against Iran may be on cards. Its regional and global repercussions will be unpredictable, experts warn. →

Iran's Khamenei warns over military strike, oil embargo threat

February 3 2012 13:33

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran's oil exports. "Threatening Iran and attacking Iran will harm America... Sanctions will not have any impact on our determination to continue our nuclear course... →

US officials concerned by Israel statements on Iran threat, possible strike

February 3 2012 09:36

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta expressed concern publicly that Israel is positioning itself for a surprise attack on Iran. Last month, the administration dispatched the Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, to the Israeli capital for high-level discussions about the possibility of a unilateral Israeli strike. →

Russia will stop discussing sanctions against Iran

February 1 2012 21:12

Russia does not intend to continue the discussion of sanctions against Iran in the UN Security Council, Russia’s permanent representative in the UN Vitaly Churkin declared in the course of a Moscow-New York TV link-up on Wednesday. →

Iran – USA: whose soil is in bigger danger?

February 1 2012 16:11

On Tuesday, as reported by The Washington Post, the U.S. intelligence officials in their testimony to the Congress indicated that Iran has crossed a threshold in its adversarial relationship with the United States. →

Nuclear Facilities of Iran will be checked again

February 1 2012 15:53

The IAEA monitors start their work in Iran again. What are they going to find this time and whether their findings be what they were the last time they were there. Commenting on this today is Alexander Sotnichenko – Associate Professor at the School of International Relations at the St. Petersburg State University. →

IAEA inspectors to visit Iran again

February 1 2012 14:15

Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, are due to visit Iran again. This came in a statement by the Deputy IAEA Director General, Herman Nakaertz, who headed the delegation that has ended a three-day visit to Tehran. Nakaertz described the visit as good. →

No results from IAEA - Iran talks

February 1 2012 01:33

Three days of talks between an IAEA delegation and Iranian authorities on Iran’s nuclear program have ended without visible results. According to the Fars News Agency, not one of the delegation's six representatives has visited any of the nuclear facilities in Iran during their visit. →

Iran keeps options open on nuclear development - U.S. official

January 31 2012 22:01

Iran has the technological and industrial potential needed to produce nuclear weapons, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence of the United States, has told the Senate. He said that Iran was “keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons” but added that it was unclear whether Iran would eventually decide to build them. →

Iran may be wild card in 2012 election

January 31 2012 10:37

What happens in Iran over the next few months may be one of the biggest wild cards in the 2012 election, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was characteristically blunt about the stakes. →

Iran’s FM invites IAEA mission to stay longer

January 30 2012 19:42

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has invited the IAEA mission to stay longer. He is optimistic about its work. The observers came on a 3-day visit to inspect the underground Fordu facility near the city of Qom where Iran enriches uranium up to 20-percent level. →

 
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