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White House condemns Iran for nuclear ‘escalation’
The White House warned Thursday that Iran’s decision to install more modern equipment at its Natanz nuclear plant was a “further escalation” in the showdown over its atomic program. “The installation of new advanced centrifuges is a further escalation and a continuing violation … of Iran’s obligations under relevant United…
Iran to install new nuclear equipment at Natanz site
Iran intends to install more modern equipment at Natanz, one of its main nuclear sites, according to a document seen by AFP on Thursday. The UN atomic agency document said that Iran informed it in a letter dated January 23 that “centrifuge machines type IR2m will be used in Unit…
Iran sentences U.S. pastor to eight years in prison
A Tehran court on Sunday sentenced an Iranian-American pastor to eight years in prison over his role in underground churches in the Islamic nation, a US group supporting him said. Saeed Abedini, a naturalized US citizen who converted to Christianity, was convicted of threatening Iran’s national security over underground church…
Henry Kissinger warns of Iran nuclear crisis in ‘very foreseeable future’
Israeli officials said Thursday that military action against Iran needed to stay on the table, as former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned of a crisis over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in the “very foreseeable future”. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Defence…
Exiled Iran lawmakers offer nuclear compromise
Exiled former Iranian lawmakers on Thursday proposed a compromise to avert conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, calling for an end to sensitive uranium enrichment and an easing of US-led sanctions. In a letter sent to US President Barack Obama, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and the European Union, the…
U.S. and Israeli leaders locked in tension as threats loom
US President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will have to bury past hostilities if the Israeli prime minister is re-elected to jointly face looming threats such as Iran, analysts say. The two men have never warmed to each other, and ties have remained frosty. Obama pointedly failed to make time…
White House: Iran under pressure from sanctions
The White House said Thursday that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest warnings on the state of Iran’s economy, proved the “profound impact” of nuclear sanctions. Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Tehran needed to tailor the economy to subvert Western sanctions, saying the current approach would be a “losing strategy.” White House…
Iran hopes for UN nuclear agency deal
Iran hopes to reach a “comprehensive agreement” with UN nuclear agency experts during talks in Tehran on Wednesday over the Islamic republic’s disputed atomic activities, the foreign ministry said. Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast meanwhile announced Tuesday that Tehran and world powers had agreed on a date but not the venue…
Iran blamed for spat of high-powered cyber attacks on U.S. banks
US financial institutions are being pounded with high-powered cyber attacks that some suspect are being orchestrated by Iran as payback for political sanctions. “There is no doubt within the US government that Iran is behind these attacks,” James Lewis, a former official in the state and commerce departments and now…
Iran creating software to control social networking websites
Iran is designing “intelligent software” that would give citizens restricted and controlled access to banned social networking sites, local media on Sunday quoted police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam as saying. “Smart control of social networks will not only avoid their disadvantages, but will also allow people to benefit from their…
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