December, 2007

• 7 December

  Deputy Interior Minister Resigns

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for security and law enforcement affairs Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr has resigned from his post, informed sources said on Friday.

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• 7 December

  Iran, Pakistan to Hold Final Round of Talks on IPI Pipeline

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Pakistan and Iran will hold the final round of technical talks on the USD 7.4 billion Iran- Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project in Islamabad next week to review a draft gas purchase agreement even as New Delhi feels that the transit fee demanded by Islamabad “is …

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• 7 December

  Oil Rises on Tough US Talk on Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Oil prices held steady Friday after a big overnight gain as the US government lobbied international powers not to back down on OPEC’s second largest producer, Iran, over its nuclear program.

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• 7 December

  US NIE Report a Victory for Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The US intelligence report that found no evidence of a current Iranian nuclear weapons program is a victory for the Islamic Republic, Iran’s president said on Wednesday.

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• 7 December

  UK Involved in Espionage against Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Britain has been involved in espionage operation against Iran and has provided the US with the intelligence.

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• 7 December

  US Calls on Iran to Provide Information about Missing FBI Agent

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The United States demanded on Thursday that Iran share any possible information about former FBI agent Robert Levinson who allegedly went missing in a business trip to the southern Iranian island of Kish in March.

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• 7 December

  Moscow: Iran Sanctions Debate Influenced by US Report

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A US intelligence report saying Tehran does not have a nuclear weapons program will be a factor in deciding whether new sanctions on Iran are needed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

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• 6 December

  Eroding security puts Afghan on higher alert

  MAZAR-I-SHARIF BASE: “The situation is getting more dangerous,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jorst Fohmann at a base of about 1,400 German soldiers at Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.

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• 6 December

  Rival Lebanese hold talks on eve of president vote

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s presidential election is unlikely to take place on Friday as planned because rival leaders have yet to finalize a political deal to make the army chief president, political sources said on Thursday.

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• 6 December

  War crimes fugitive Mladic in Serbia: prosecutor

  BELGRADE (Reuters) – Ratko Mladic, the fugitive Bosnian Serb general wanted for genocide by the U.N. tribunal, is most likely hiding in Serbia, Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic was quoted as saying on Thursday.

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