VIENNA (AP) — A defiant Iran continued to enrich uranium up to two days before the UN Security Council’s deadline Thursday for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions, UN and European officials said Wednesday.
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Crayons, glass litter floor of Lebanese school
SRIFA — Every window in Srifa’s main school has been blown out by Israeli bombs.
Read More »Call for dispatch of UN troops to Darfur with Khartoum’s consent
UNITED NATIONS — Britain on Tuesday circulated a revised draft resolution in the Security Council urging the deployment of UN troops in Sudan’s Darfur region with Khartoum’s consent, hoping to put it to a vote by Thursday.
Read More »Ahmadinejad: Global Security Disturbed by Arms Race
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that the current tight arms race in the world has caused such vast and deteriorating global insecurity that no country feels safe anymore.
Read More »Larijani:US Predictions about Iran’s Nuclear Move Not to Be Materialized
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani said that the US predictions about Iran’s nuclear move may not come true as its forecasts about Hezbollah’s conditions were not materialized.
Read More »West Invited to Participate in Iran’s Nuclear Projects
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran Tuesday extended an invitation to western companies to participate in its nuclear projects, a sign that it will not budge from its decision to continue nuclear activities for peaceful purposes.
Read More »Police Chief: Bandit Operations in Eastern Iran Originate in Foreign Countries
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police said that insecurities and bandit operations in eastern Iran, which have inflicted great losses on the country, have foreign roots. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a police hospital in
Read More »Iran Concerned about Insecurities in Iraq
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi stated Tehran’s profound concern about increased insecurities and clashes in Iraq. A statement released by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Bureau
Read More »Annan says hopes to soon double UN troops in Lebanon
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday said he hoped to soon double to 5,000 the number of UN troops in southern Lebanon and urged Israel and Hizbollah to swiftly end rows blocking a permanent ceasefire.
Read More »Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate
TEHRAN (AFP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged his US counterpart George W. Bush to a live television debate as he shrugged off the threat of sanctions two days ahead of a UN deadline for Iran to halt sensitive atomic work.
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