Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 28
BRAZIL-IRAN: New Boost to South-South Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to Brazil further underscored the independence of this country's diplomacy, and gave Tehran a chance to defend its points of view on the construction of a lasting peace in the Middle East.
U.S.: Obama Returns to Greater Middle East Mess
- Inter Press Service
As Barack Obama arrives home from his weeklong tour of East Asia, he confronts a growing list of ever more urgent problems in the Greater Middle East that he inherited from George W. Bush's 'global war on terror'.
POLITICS: Iran Began Preparing for U.S. Bombing in 2002
- Inter Press Service
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published new evidence Monday that Iran had been building 'contingency centres' in the event of a U.S. bombing attack as early as 2002, years before it began building the second enrichment facility at Qom.
MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
- Inter Press Service
As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.
POLITICS: On Nuke Disarmament, It's Still 'You First'
- Inter Press Service
Is the ongoing controversy over Iran's nuclear programme helping to advance the United Nations' agenda on nuclear disarmament? To a number of diplomats and experts who have participated in past U.N. discussions on the spread of nuclear weapons, the answer is, yes — although not necessarily for the expected reasons.
POLITICS: NIE Reveals Qom Facility Followed 2007 Bush Threats
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran's decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of such construction. But the November 2007 U.S. intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear programme tells a different story.
U.S.: Clinton Calls for Strengthened IAEA Powers
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday called for strengthening the authority of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect suspected nuclear-related facilities and ruled out lifting sanctions against North Korea until it took 'verifiable and irreversible' steps toward denuclearisation.
US-IRAN: Congress Begins Pressing Sanctions Legislation
- Inter Press Service
As the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama prepares for a critical series of talks about the fate of Iran's nuclear programme, Congress has begun moving long-pending legislation to impose new unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
U.S.: Public Sceptical and Hawkish on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Despite strong support for diplomatic engagement with Iran, most U.S. citizens believe such efforts will ultimately fail and that Washington should be prepared to use military force to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to a new poll released here Tuesday by the Pew Research Centre for the People and the Press.
POLITICS: Leaked Iran Paper Based on Intel that Split IAEA
- Inter Press Service
Excerpts of the internal draft report by the staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published online last week show that the report's claims about Iranian work on a nuclear weapon is based almost entirely on intelligence documents which have provoked a serious conflict within the agency.
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