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Nov 25
Chicago Tribune Editorial: "Stop gasoline imports into Iran." -- Iranian Missile Tests

The Chicago Tribune published an editorial urging support to stifle Iran's gasoline supply. "Obama suggested a new way to apply pressure: Stop gasoline imports into Iran. Iran imports about 40 percent of its gasoline. Squeeze that supply and the mullahs would notice.... No diplomatic effort, no economic squeeze, has worked so far. Obama has suggested a new one.

Nov 24
Energy Prices Forcing Iran Into A "Spending Squeeze" -- Hardline Iranian Papers Oppose US-Iraqi Security Pact

Reuters wrote that Iran faces a "spending squeeze" next year unless oil returns to $80 a barrel. "Iran's government risks a squeeze on spending next year, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to seek re-election, unless oil prices bounce back to around $80 a barrel....

Nov 23
UK & France Stepping Up "Informal Pressure" On Financial and Energy Companies Doing Business With Iran

The Financial Times reported that "Britain and France are seeking to persuade financial and energy companies to stop doing business with Iran in what officials say is an attempt to increase pressure on Tehran's nuclear programme." Read More

Nov 20
Iran "Feeling The Pain" Of Falling Oil Prices -- Pres-Elect Obama Being "Pelted With Advice On Iran"

The Guardian wrote that Iran is "feeling the pain of declining prices more severely than any other oil-producing country in the Middle East." Read More

Nov 19
UANI Statement On Today's Report That Iran Has "Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon"

UANI Statement On Today's Report That Iran Has "Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20th, 2008
Contact: Joe Kildea; press@unitedagainstnucleariran.com
Phone: (212) 554-3296

Nov 19
NYT: "Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon"

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Nov 18
Iranian Energy Official: Iran Needs $8 Billion More For Energy Imports

Iranian press reported that a senior Iranian oil ministry official said that Iran needs $5 billion more for fuel imports, in addition to a previously budgeted $3.3 billion. "'We have [a] budget of $3.3 billion but the needs of gasoline and gas oil is more than the...

Nov 18
Iran Plans To Open 1st Nuclear Plant In 2009

Reuters reported that "Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays." "'The commissioning stage of Bushehr nuclear power station has begun and we are hopeful the power station will be commissioned in 2009 as per the agreement we have had with the Russian party,' the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohsen Delaviz, was quoted a saying."

Nov 16
U.S. and Allies Meet to Discuss Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

Reuters covered Thursday talks in Paris among the U.S. and allies about Iran's nuclear ambitions. "The French Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement after Thursday's meeting, but gave no indication of any major new initiatives or steps forward. 'The meeting allowed the participants to review the current situation and to discuss the way ahead ...

Nov 16
World Powers Fail To Agree On Iran's Nuclear Program

The LA Times reported that "World powers this week failed to come up with a unified strategy to press Iran on halting controversial elements of its nuclear program, as a report emerged suggesting the country had made progress in advancing a little-examined feature of its atomic infrastructure." Read More

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