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Ahmadinejad and the Mahdi

13/10/2008

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad surprised not only many Westerners but also many Iranians when, during his first speech at the United Nations, he prayed for the hasty return of the…Read more

MILIBAND 'VERY CONCERNED' ABOUT IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME

13/10/2008

The UK is "very concerned" about Iran's nuclear ambitions and human rights record, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said today. Tehran's uranium enrichment programme represents a serious threat to security in the…Read more

BICOM Analysis: The Peres and Ahmadinejad speeches to the General Assembly: Competing Visions

29/09/2008

Summary- The speeches to the UN General Assembly last week by President Shimon Peres of Israel and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran illustrate in stark, graphic terms the competing visions…Read more

China urges Iran's cooperation with nuclear agency

16/09/2008

China urged Iran on Tuesday to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog but distanced itself from calls for sanctions following a report that said Tehran was stalling scrutiny of its…Read more

Iran still refusing to suspend uranium enrichment: IAEA

15/09/2008

Iran is continuing to defy UN demands that it suspend uranium enrichment, the UN atomic watchdog said on Monday. "Contrary to the decisions of the (UN) Security Council, Iran has not…Read more

U.S. to sell IAF smart bombs for heavily fortified targets

15/09/2008

Published in Ha'aretz, By Aluf Benn and Amos Harel Despite reservations in Washington regarding a possible Israeli strike on Iran, the American administration will supply Israel with sophisticated weapons for heavily…Read more

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