Unrepentant Tony Blair Calls for Iran Attacks2 Sep 2010Summary: BlairBack in the public eye with the release of his memoirs, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair might lead one to believe it is 2003 all over again. Praising George W. Bush as a great leader and one of the most decisive men he had ever met, Blair also lauds the Iraq War. source: AntiWar.comread more
DOES THE WEST WANT A REAL DISCUSSION WITH IRAN?31 Aug 2010Summary: MottakiIn the lead up to a likely resumption of Western ?diplomacy? with Iran, conducting an interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, with questions designed to elicit substantive and revealing responses, could potentially yield real benefits for the international community. The prominent German newsmagazine Der Spiegel had an opportunity to conduct such an interview today. But Der Spiegel opted, instead, to engage in an egregious exercise of agenda-driven, ideologically-loaded journalism source: Race for Iran read more
SPIEGEL Interview with Iran’s Foreign Minister31 Aug 2010Summary:
In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, 57, discusses the stoning of adulterers, the consequences of Western sanctions against Iran and the risk of a military strike against his country. source: SPIEGELread more
Iran: Any negotiation with the U.S. should be under equal terms29 Aug 2010Summary: US Nuclear Posture Report (April 2010) Amid strained relations between Tehran and Washington, Iran says it will enter talks with the US only under "equal and respectful conditions" and without any prejudice. "If the US seriously seeks to revive relations with Iran, it should make changes in its attitude. Washington should prove that it will never repeat previous mistakes and will not pursue misguided and hostile policies towards the Iranian nation," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said. source: Press TVread more
Larijani: Iran ready for nuclear talks29 Aug 2010Summary: As the US expresses optimism about future talks on Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran has never refused nuclear talks. source: Press TVread more
Goldberg?s bogus ?ticking clock? on Iran29 Aug 2010Summary: America's march to a disastrous war in Iraq began in the media, where an unprovoked U.S. invasion of an Arab country was introduced as a legitimate policy option, then debated as a prudent and necessary one. Now, a similarly flawed media conversation on Iran is gaining momentum. source: Rootless Cosmopolitanread more
Iran joins peaceful nuclear club28 Aug 2010Summary:
On August 21, 2010, a long awaited launch of the first unit of Iran’s first nuclear power plant Bushehr was held. The first stage of Iran?s peaceful nuclear program has been completed and we can congratulate the Iranian people with such a significant achievement. source: Strategic Culture Foundation read more
Turning Back From the Point of No Return28 Aug 2010Summary:
The drums for war on Iran have been banging louder than ever lately, with a spate of articles by political commentators either directly encouraging the bombing of the Islamic Republic or otherwise offering a narrative in which this is effectively portrayed as the only option to prevent Iran from waging a nuclear holocaust against Israel. source: Foreign Policy Journalread more
Iran withdraws its assets from European banks to counter the latest sanctions28 Aug 2010Summary: Central Bank of Iran governor Bahmani A top Iranian official says Tehran has withdrawn its assets from European banks to counter new financial sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program. The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said on Friday that the preemptive measure was a precautionary response to a potential European decision to freeze Iranian asset. source: Press TVread more
Birth of a nuclear power27 Aug 2010Summary: Bushehr Reactor Ending decades of waiting and underlining Iran’s long-standing nuclear ambitions, the opening of the Bushehr reactor is a giant leap forward for the country’s nuclear programme source: Al-Ahram Weeklyread more
Russia and the Future of Nuclear Talks27 Aug 2010Summary: Bushehr ReactorThe launch of the Bushehr nuclear plant will enhance the peaceful nature and legitimacy of Iran?s nuclear program at the level of international public opinion and this will give Iran the upper hand in any future talks with the 5+1 group. With Bushehr?s launching, Russia has practically conceded that Iran is a nuclear state and this will bring Moscow closer to Tehran in its effort to reap future rewards by means of bilateral nuclear cooperation. This will create a new political atmosphere which gives Iran greater bargaining power in future nuclear talks. source: Iran Reviewread more
CIA Red Cell Memorandum on United States “exporting terrorism”26 Aug 2010Summary:
This CIA “Red Cell” report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism; ‘Contrary to common belief, the American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon, nor has it been associated only with Islamic radicals or people of Middle Eastern, African or South Asian ethnic origin. source: Wikileaksread more
Iran proposes formation of joint fuel consortium with Russia26 Aug 2010Summary: Dr SalehiTehran, Aug 26, IRNA ? Head of Iran?s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi announced the country?s proposal to Russia to establish a nuclear fuel consortium to supply fuel to Bushehr plant and the others to be set up in future. source: IRNAread more
Boxed into a Corner on Iran26 Aug 2010Summary: He [Obama] must stand up before the American people and state simply and unequivocally that Washington opposes any new military action in the Middle East and that the United States is not threatened by Iran and will take no part in any military action directed against it. He might add that the US will further consider anyone staging such an attack as an aggressor nation and will immediately break off relations before demanding a UN Security Council vote to condemn the action. Will that happen? Fat chance. source: AntiWar.com read more
Israeli President: Iran Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapons26 Aug 2010Summary: Israel’s Dimona nuclear facilityPeres, whose position in Israel is largely ceremonial, demanded that Amano and the rest of the world ?acknowledge the danger? Iran poses to Israel and the rest of the world, adding that Iran ?threatens to use nuclear weapons.? source: Anti-War.comread more
Iranian energy sector attracts investment26 Aug 2010Summary: Iran, anxious to break out of the latest round of U.N. sanctions, is broadening its foreign contacts to expand its energy resources. source: UPI.comread more
Iran bomb ‘not imminent’24 Aug 2010Summary: The White House issued a statement saying that Iran’s nuclear programme has slowed down due to unforeseen problems and that it would take at least a year for Iran to be in a position to “break out” and develop a bomb. According to the New York Times,the administration believes their new assessment “has dimmed the prospect that Israel would preemptively strike against the country’s nuclear facilities within the next year, as Israeli officials have suggested in thinly veiled threats”. source: Aljazeeraread more
Just like Bushehr, Iranian enrichment is no threat24 Aug 2010Summary: Bushehr Nuclear ReactorIn recent days, a good deal of attention has been focused on Iran?s first nuclear power plant at Bushehr, still in its final stages of development. We believe that there are some important lessons to be learned from the Bushehr experiences that could help move U.S. policy on the Iranian nuclear issue in a much more positive and productive direction?if the Obama Administration is sufficiently interested in successful nuclear diplomacy with Tehran that it is willing to take these lessons on board. source: Race for Iranread more
Iran: Any Israeli attack on Iran would constitute an existential threat to Israel24 Aug 2010Summary: Ambassador SajadiIranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mahmoud Rida Sajadi told Al-Manar Website that any reckless and irrational move or game against the Islamic Republic could take America and its interests out of this region. In a special interview after the inauguration of the Busheher nuclear plant in Iran, Sajadi warned that such uncalculated moves will also put Israel?s existence at a very dangerous level, ?because the Islamic Republic has proven itself as a hard number, not the kind of country that tolerates violence and aggression against it.? source: Al-Manar read more
Ankara tells US it won?t adhere to new sanctions on Iran24 Aug 2010Summary: Turkey Iran Turkish officials have told an American delegation that it has no intention of following unilateral US sanctions on Iran, a move likely to deepen a rift between the two NATO allies over the Islamic republic’s contentious nuclear program that Washington believes is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. source: Today’s Zaman (Turkey)read more
Leverett vs Gerecht – Debate on bombing Iran23 Aug 2010Summary:
On www.bloggingheads.tv Flynt Leverett, political analyst of the New America Foundation, debates The Standard Weeklys Marc Gerecht on the pros and cons of bombing Iran. source: Bloggingheads.tvread more
Rtsel um ein Machtwort23 Aug 2010Summary:
Irans Revolutionsfhrer lehnt Gesprche mit den USA ab. Aber wie meint er das? source: junge Weltread more
US author: I’ve come to appreciate Iran23 Aug 2010Summary: Phil Wilayto
The following is a rush transcript of an exclusive interview with Phil Wilayto, an author and activist based in Richmond, Virginia. source: Press TVread more
?Countdown to Zero? ? or to War on Iran?23 Aug 2010Summary: Coming at this time Countdown appears designed in large part to scare those who are likely to be antiwar into supporting further moves by the Obama administration against Iran. The hoax of weapons of mass destruction, most notably nuclear weapons, was employed to frighten the American public into a war on Iraq. And now the same is being done with Iran. source: Dissident Voiceread more
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