Eye On Iran: New Sanctions on Iran Are Only Path Left: Gates
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 11:47 | by uaniadminDid You Know? "U.S.
officials say Iran
continues to provide funding, weapons, training, and sanctuary to
numerous terrorist groups based in the Middle East and elsewhere,
posing a security concern to the international community," according to
the Council
on Foreign Relations. http://bit.ly/aXHnz9
Reuters: "Iran has rejected Western overtures and the international community has no choice but to move toward imposing new sanctions over its nuclear program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday. 'We must still try and find a peaceful way to resolve this issue. The only path that is left to us at this point, it seems to me, is that pressure track but it will require all of the international community to work together,' Gates said at a joint news conference with French Defense Minister Herve Morin." http://nyti.ms/8XoKGt
NYT: "Iran's president ordered his atomic scientists on Sunday to begin enriching their stockpile of uranium in order to power a medical reactor, a move that accelerated Iran's brinkmanship over its nuclear program by moving the country closer to producing weapons-grade fuel." http://nyti.ms/9MKMMF
LAT: "Iranian officials trumpeted new nuclear and military ambitions Monday in the face of domestic political discord and stepped up international talk of tightening economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic." http://bit.ly/cxjttD
Nuclear
Program
Reuters: "The United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign Tehran would make concessions on its nuclear program, despite upbeat comments from Iran's foreign minister over prospects for a deal." http://bit.ly/avHJPV
Reuters: "Russia has called on Iran to fulfill an agreement to send its uranium abroad for enrichment, Interfax news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying. The comments come after Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic Republic would enrich its own fuel for a Tehran research reactor." http://bit.ly/9EQBBk
AFP: "Iran's foreign minister said he held 'very good' talks Saturday on a possible breakthrough deal on nuclear fuel but the head of the UN atomic watchdog said there were no fresh proposals from Tehran." http://bit.ly/aCeNml
AP: "Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast." http://bit.ly/bxTZmx
Human Rights
Reuters: "Iran said on Sunday it had arrested seven people accused of stoking unrest after last year's disputed election, including some who it said were employed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency." http://nyti.ms/bvdkm1
AP: "A semiofficial news agency says a court has sentenced a former deputy foreign minister to six years in prison after convicting him of security charges." http://nyti.ms/auFkTi
AP: "Iran's supreme leader vowed Monday to deliver a 'punch in the mouth' to the country's enemies if the opposition goes ahead with major new protests planned for this week, as a senior pro-reform figure was sentenced to six years in prison over postelection unrest." http://bit.ly/8XVovR
Domestic Politics
NYT: "Recent images of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, standing before backdrops prepared for official ceremonies - in which the colors of Iran's flag appear to have been changed from red, white and green to red, white and blue - have observers asking: Are Iranian graphic designers trying to tell us something? And if so, what, exactly?" http://bit.ly/duGEKT
Culture
AP: "Iran says it will cut ties with the British Museum because of the museum's failure to loan to Tehran an ancient artifact known as the world's earliest bill of rights." http://bit.ly/dj5hFI
TIME: "Back before protests erupted last June, if you were to see a crowd gathered on the streets in Tehran, odds were that people were buying up the latest U.S. hit movie or television show from a black-market vendor." http://bit.ly/bkSlL4
Opinion
Joshua Prager in LAT: "On June 20, a young Iranian woman was shot dead at one of the mass protests that followed the contested re- election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Millions of people around the world watched video of Neda Agha-Soltan hemorrhaging on Tehran's Karegar Street, and hers became the tragic, beautiful and galvanizing face of the reform movement in Iran." http://bit.ly/cPZlU6
Reuters: "The United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign Tehran would make concessions on its nuclear program, despite upbeat comments from Iran's foreign minister over prospects for a deal." http://bit.ly/avHJPV
Reuters: "Russia has called on Iran to fulfill an agreement to send its uranium abroad for enrichment, Interfax news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying. The comments come after Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic Republic would enrich its own fuel for a Tehran research reactor." http://bit.ly/9EQBBk
AFP: "Iran's foreign minister said he held 'very good' talks Saturday on a possible breakthrough deal on nuclear fuel but the head of the UN atomic watchdog said there were no fresh proposals from Tehran." http://bit.ly/aCeNml
AP: "Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast." http://bit.ly/bxTZmx
Human Rights
Reuters: "Iran said on Sunday it had arrested seven people accused of stoking unrest after last year's disputed election, including some who it said were employed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency." http://nyti.ms/bvdkm1
AP: "A semiofficial news agency says a court has sentenced a former deputy foreign minister to six years in prison after convicting him of security charges." http://nyti.ms/auFkTi
AP: "Iran's supreme leader vowed Monday to deliver a 'punch in the mouth' to the country's enemies if the opposition goes ahead with major new protests planned for this week, as a senior pro-reform figure was sentenced to six years in prison over postelection unrest." http://bit.ly/8XVovR
Domestic Politics
NYT: "Recent images of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, standing before backdrops prepared for official ceremonies - in which the colors of Iran's flag appear to have been changed from red, white and green to red, white and blue - have observers asking: Are Iranian graphic designers trying to tell us something? And if so, what, exactly?" http://bit.ly/duGEKT
Culture
AP: "Iran says it will cut ties with the British Museum because of the museum's failure to loan to Tehran an ancient artifact known as the world's earliest bill of rights." http://bit.ly/dj5hFI
TIME: "Back before protests erupted last June, if you were to see a crowd gathered on the streets in Tehran, odds were that people were buying up the latest U.S. hit movie or television show from a black-market vendor." http://bit.ly/bkSlL4
Opinion
Joshua Prager in LAT: "On June 20, a young Iranian woman was shot dead at one of the mass protests that followed the contested re- election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Millions of people around the world watched video of Neda Agha-Soltan hemorrhaging on Tehran's Karegar Street, and hers became the tragic, beautiful and galvanizing face of the reform movement in Iran." http://bit.ly/cPZlU6
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