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2010-03-17: Headlines

• Press Trust of India: Iran, Pak sign deal on constructing gas pipeline 2010-03-17

  Islamabad, Mar 17 (PTI) Iran and Pakistan have signed a deal in Turkey paving the way for constructing the much- delayed natural gas pipeline that w ...

• istockAnalyst.com: 1st LD: Iran ready to exchange nuclear fuel inside country 2010-03-17

  TEHRAN, Mar. 17, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Iran is ready to exchange 1200 kg of low-enriched uranium in one go for nuclear fuel only inside the country ...

• Antiwar.com: Gen. Petraeus: No Nukes for Iran 'This Year' 2010-03-17

  In his latest testimony to the Senate, CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus reiterated, predictably enough ...

• Alalam News Network: Iran touts female deputy for OIC 2010-03-17

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has suggested that the Organization of the Islamic Conference appoint a woman as its deputy. The Iranian president put ...

• Alalam News Network: Turkish PM defends Iran nuclear rights 2010-03-17

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stood up for Iran's nuclear program, saying it is "solely for peaceful purposes".

• Reuters: Pakistan, Iran sign deal on natural gas pipeline 2010-03-17

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has signed a deal with Iran paving the way for the construction of a much-delayed pipeline pumping Iranian natural gas to ...

• www.worldbulletin.net: Turkey's PM dismisses nuclear claims on Iran as rumour 2010-03-17

  Erdogan said it was not right to manipulate the issue as if "Iran desired to possess nuclear weapons". Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday there was no ...

• Hamsayeh.Net: Russia Supports Further Talks on Iran's Nuclear Issue 2010-03-17

  March 17, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - Moscow, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talking to reporters yesterday said the United Nations Security Council ...

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: Turkey Continues Talks with Iran on Nuclear Issue 2010-03-17

  LONDON (AA) - Turkey's prime minister said on Tuesday that Turkey continued to hold intense talks with Iran regarding the nuclear issue.

• Washington Post: World news roundup: Security forced in Iran block year-end festivities 2010-03-17

  Tens of thousands of security forces took up positions at Tehran's main squares and intersections Tuesday to block traditional celebrations marking ...

• The Palestine Telegraph: Iran says US-funded cyber network group busted 2010-03-17

  TEHRAN, March 17, 2010 (Pal Telegraph,AFP)- Iran has busted what it says was a US-funded cyber network group linked to an exiled opposition movement th ...

• Ha'aretz: Report: US positioning 'bunker-busters' for possible Iran strike 2010-03-17

  By Haaretz Service The United States is transporting 387 "bunker-buster" bombs to its air base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean as part ...

• PakTribune.com: 'Iran-Pakistan pipeline project to cost $3-4bn', says Qamar 2010-03-17

  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Naveed Qamar said total estimated cost for Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project is $3-4 ...

• DAWN.com: Pakistan and Iran sign gas pipeline agreements 2010-03-17

  Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Syed Naveed Qamar has termed the signing a historic achievement and a milestone towards meeting ...

• Press Trust of India: Iran-Pakistan gas deal operational by Friday 2010-03-17

  Tehran, March 17 (MNA) Tehran and Islamabad will sign the operating contract of gas export from Iran to Pakistan by Friday, the Iranian deputy oil minister ...

• ISNA: Larijani: no consensus on sanctions against Iran 2010-03-17

  TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani played down the probability of imposing further sanctions against Iran by western countries over ...

• Commodity Online: Iran, Pakistan ink IP gas pipeline deal 2010-03-17

  ISTANBUL (Commodity Online) : Gas rich Iran on Tuesday signed an agreement with Pakistan on Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project here.

• OfficialWire: Iran To Expand Presence In Afghanistan 2010-03-17

  by EU News Network The Iranian Foreign Ministry said it was moving to expand its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan by opening a consulate office in Nimruz ...

• Press TV: UN chief urges negotiations on Iran nuclear row 2010-03-17

  Amid efforts by the US and its Western allies to win international support for fresh sanctions on Iran, the UN chief urges negotiations to resolve ...

• RIA Novosti: US reiterates its stance over Iran nuclear issue 2010-03-17

  The United States says it will go on pressuring Iran over its controversial nuclear issue and continue its work within the Iran Six mediators form ...

• ISRIA: Iran - President suggests OIC chief to appoint female deputy 2010-03-17

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday suggested the head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to appoint a woman as his deputy.

• Associated News Today: China shows no sign of budging on Iran sanctions 2010-03-17

  China showed no sign Tuesday of throwing its support behind new sanctions against Iran following talks with Britain's foreign minister, who had hoped ...

• AFP: Iran ready for nuclear fuel exchange inside country 2010-03-17

  TEHRAN — Iran offered on Tuesday a one-shot nuclear fuel exchange on its own soil, edging closer to the conditions of a plan drawn up by the UN atomic ...

• Ottawa Citizen: Iran. Student faces death for throwing stone 2010-03-17

  A student who was arrested for throwing a stone during pro-democracy demonstrations is to be executed, Iran said Tuesday.

• ISRIA: Iran voices indignation over Swedish press blasphemy against Islam 2010-03-17

  more The US Department of Defense Africa Command (AFRICOM) told both the western and eastern coasts continue to be troubled by piracy, specifically ...

• News.Az: Over 90 blazes in fire festival in Iran 2010-03-17

  The Tehran fire department has announced that firemen has so far put out over 90 fires during the fire festival in Tehran late Tuesday.

• Daily News: Iran issue 'unites' UK and China 2010-03-17

  The UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said Britain and China have “a shared goal” in resolving the issue of Iran's nuclear programme.

• Saudi Gazette: China 'knows its duties' in Iran nuke tussle: Saud 2010-03-17

  RIYADH – China fully knows what it should do as a global power in the effort to halt Iran's nuclear push, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Foreign Minister ...

• Financial Times: Iran tightens security amid festival 2010-03-17

  There were tight security measures in Tehran on Tuesday to prevent Iran's opposition from turning a traditional festival ...

• Sydney Morning Herald: Iran offer one-shot nuke fuel exchange 2010-03-17

  Iran offered on Tuesday a one-shot nuclear fuel exchange on its own soil, edging closer to the conditions of a plan drawn up by the UN atomic watchdog last ...

• Today.Az: Analyst: No Justification to pressurize Iran over N-program 2010-03-17

  Pakistani political and defence analyst Dr. Shireen M. Mazari on Tuesday said that Iran is developing its nuclear program in accordance with international ...

• SteelGuru: Iran gasoline stock nears 1 billion liters 2010-03-17

  Tehran Times reported that Iran has boosted its gasoline inventories by around 944 million liters in the current calendar year compared to the preceding ...

• IranOilGas.com: Iran's PCC privatization prospects (Analysis) 2010-03-17

  In November 2009, 51% of the shares of Iran Petrochemical Commercial Co. (PCC) experienced privatization and had been sold to Iran Investment Co. (IIC).

• Sify: Pak, Iran ink deal on gas pipeline project 2010-03-17

  Pakistan and Iran have inked a deal on the gas pipeline project in Istanbul, Turkey. According to a private television channel, Pakistan Petroleum Secretary ...

• APA: Iran holiday quiet under police crackdown 2010-03-17

  Baku – APA. Iranians marked a holiday that leads up to the Persian new year under the watchful eyes of police Tuesday night after the Islamic republic' ...

• Arirang News: Kyodo: N. Korea Exports 45t of Yellowcake to Iran 2010-03-17

  Japan's Kyodo News reports citing diplomatic sources that North Korea sent 45 tons of yellowcake uranium to Syria in 2007. The uranium which is enough ...

• Peninsula On-line: Iran police out in force for annual fire festival 2010-03-17

  TEHRAN: Iran deployed hundreds of policemen across Tehran yesterday to quell any possible opposition protests as the nation began celebrating the annual ...

• Korea Herald: Worries resurface over NK-Iran nuclear deals 2010-03-17

  A US nonproliferation expert raised concerns over possible nuclear collaboration among North Korea, Syria and Iran as Tehran recently ratched up its uranium ...

• Nanowerk LLC: Iran publishes national nanotechnology standard 2010-03-17

  (Nanowerk News) Iran for the first time published a national nanotechnology standard entitled "Nanotechnology - Vocabulary and Main Definition".

• TIME: Even Without U.N. Sanctions, Economic Heat on Iran Grows 2010-03-17

  Members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards attend celebrations marking the anniversary of the Islamic revoluti ...

• Aysor: On the Fire Worshiping day in Iran 3 hundred people died 2010-03-17

  Around 300 people died on the feast of Fire Worshiping. More than 200 fire alarms were received by the fire fighting services in Tehran.

• Calgary Herald: Holocaust survivor wants Iran meeting 2010-03-17

  The Holocaust memorial head, a survivor of the Nazi death camps, asked Brazil's president on Tuesday to help arrange a meeting with Iranian President ...

2010-03-16: Headlines

• Xinhua: Iran says sanctions over its nuclear program not to be effective 2010-03-16

  TEHRAN, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Parliament speaker said Tuesday that the potential sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would not to be effective.

• Earthtimes: Opposition leader hits at Iran's foreign policy - Summary 2010-03-16

  By : dpa Tehran - An Iranian opposition leader accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of leaving Iran friendless because of his hardline foreign policy ...

• BusinessWeek: Iran Rejects 'Carrot, Stick' Strategy on Atomic Issue 2010-03-16

  March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the “carrot and stick” strategy used against ...

• Zawya: UAE Oil Exports To Skip Hormuz, Iran Threat 2010-03-16

  FUJAIRAH (Zawya Dow Jones)--Contractors are working flat out in the United Arab Emirates to build a giant oil pipeline that will divert up ...

• NASDAQ: Iran Oil Minister: OPEC Doesn't Need To Change Output -Report 2010-03-16

  DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries doesn't to need to change its output ceiling in its Wednesday meeting in Vienn ...

• Center for Research on Globalization: War Preparations: Final Destination Iran? 2010-03-16

  Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ...

• Huffington Post: Iran's Latest Fatwa: A Fiery Fury 2010-03-16

  On this day every year for millennia, Iranians have started fires. Big bonfires and tiny ones made of tinder. Street blazes and backyard flickers.

• truthout: Why Punish Iran for What Israel Has Already Done? 2010-03-16

  As the Western powers continue to criticize Iran for its nuclear enrichment program, and while they try to pressure Russia and China to impose stiffer ...

• Reuters: China more concerned about Iran, wary on sanctions 2010-03-16

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China has become more concerned about international tensions over Iran's nuclear program, but remains doubtful sanctions can resolve ...

• Press TV: Guardian Council approves Iran budget bill 2010-03-16

  Iran's Guardian Council has approved the budget for the next Iranian calendar year which allows the Iranian president to go ahead with his plan to cut ...

• Alalam News Network: Iran says Miliband trip to China 'ineffective' 2010-03-16

  Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday described as "ineffective" the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's trip to China ...

• Raw Story: Syria, Iran interests diverge in Iraq: US 2010-03-16

  The nominee for US ambassador to Damascus hinted Tuesday at a chance to drive a wedge between Syria and ally Iran, telling US lawmakers the two regional ...

• Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am: Iran ready to mediate between Armenia, Azerbaijan 2010-03-16

  Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Baqer Bahrami said Iran is ready to act as mediator between Armenia and Azerbaijan in resolving ...

• AFP: China 'more concerned' over Iran nuclear crisis 2010-03-16

  BEIJING — China said Tuesday it was growing more concerned over the Iran nuclear crisis but again resisted calls to back sanctions, insisting talks were ...

• Today.Az: Iranian President sees no limit to expansion of Iran-Albania relations 2010-03-16

  President Ahmadinejad made the remarks after receiving the credentials of the new Albanian ambassador to Tehran. Two brotherly countries of Iran and Albani ...

• Payvand: Collateral Damages of Smart Sanctions on Iran 2010-03-16

  This time, the warmongers' silly season found its apogée in US neo-conservative Daniel Pipes' advice to Obama to "bomb Iran,"  ...

• Payvand: Photos: Chaharshanbeh-Suri in Horand, Iran's East Azerbaijan Province 2010-03-16

  Payvand.com - People in the town of Horand, a town in Iran's East Azerbaijan province near Ahar, and the nearby villages, have added their own flavor to ...

• ISRIA: Iran - President receives Colombian ambassador 2010-03-16

  In the meeting with the Colombian ambassador, President Ahmadinejad said the Islamic Republic of Iran favors security, success and welfare of all nations.

• Public Radio of Armenia: Iran ready to mediate in Karabakh dispute 2010-03-16

  The Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan has said that Iran is ready to mediate to help resolve the Karabakh issue. “Iran has announced its readiness to help ...

• Today.Az: Iran: No need for OPEC to change oil output 2010-03-16

  Iran's Oil Minister estimates current global oil reserves as sufficient, saying that there is no need for OPEC to change the current oil output.

• BusinessWeek: Iran's parliament finalizes budget bill 2010-03-16

  Iran's parliament has given final approval for a $368 billion budget bill for the current Iranian calendar year, bowing to the hardline ...

• Payvand: Iran Tries To Stifle Women's Voices 2010-03-16

  The Iranian regime marked International Women's Day on March 8 in telling fashion: it prevented Iran's most prominent female poet, Simin Behbahani ...

• AFP: Iran police deployed for fire festival: witnesses 2010-03-16

  TEHRAN — Iran deployed hundreds of policemen across Tehran on Tuesday to quell any possible opposition protests as the nation began celebrating the annual ...

• Zee News: Miliband fails to get China's support for Iran sanctions 2010-03-16

  Beijing: British Foreign Secretary said on Tuesday his country would work closely with China to resolve the stalemate over Iran's nuclear programme ...

• ISRIA: Iran - Weekly briefing of the Foreign Ministry Spokesman 2010-03-16

  Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast stressed on Tuesday(2010/03/16) that Tehran-London bilateral ties should be reexamined in some areas.

• Minnesota Independent: Ellison: Freedom in Iran belongs to Iranians 2010-03-16

  Rep. Keith Ellison spoke at the National Iranian American Council last week about the struggles facing the Iranian people ...

• Global Crisis News: Is the US gearing up to totally destroy Iran? 2010-03-16

  Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. The Sunday Herald has reported that hundreds of U ...

• Cato @ Liberty: Does Promising Iran Material Benefits Make a Nuke Deal Less Likely? 2010-03-16

  I regret not remembering where I found this and therefore not being able to thank the source for the link, but Scientific American writes about research ...

• Sify: Iran calls on West to pursue talks in nuclear row 2010-03-16

  Iran called on the West Tuesday to pursue talks in the row over the Islamic state's nuclear programmes. 'The logical option would be holding negotiati ...

• The New New Internet: Opposition Websites in Iran Hacked 2010-03-16

  Members of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran have hacked into 29 websites run by the opposition, according to the Fars News Agency.

• Hurriyet Daily News: Iran bans leading pro-reform political party 2010-03-16

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line government said Monday it has banned Iran's largest pro-reform political party in a new strike against ...

• MinnPost.com: Iran militants deface home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi 2010-03-16

  ISTANBUL, Turkey — Hard-line militants in Iran defaced the Tehran apartment block of seni ...

• PC Magazine: Iran Claims to Hack Numerous "US-Backed Cyber War Networks" 2010-03-16

  Iran's state-run news agency Fars has reported that their Revolutionary Guards have conducted cyber attacks against what they claim to be US espionage ...

• Payvand: Iran Braces for Fire Festival Crackdown 2010-03-16

  Iranian officials are warning the opposition not to turn an ancient fire festival this week into a protest ...

• Minneapolis Star Tribune: Iran police forces to guard against possible political demonstrations during ... 2010-03-16

  AP TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian semiofficial news agency says police plan to deploy forces to the streets in strength during the night's fire festival.

• Earthtimes: Elections in Iran meaningless, opposition cleric says 2010-03-16

  By : dpa Tehran - Elections in Iran have lost their meaning, senior opposition cleric Mehdi Karroubi said on his website Tuesday.

• DailyTech: Iran Claims to Have Hacked 29 US "Spy" Sites 2010-03-16

  Iran's Revolutionary Guard has claimed responsibility for cyber attacks that took down 29 websites. Iran claims that the sites were affiliated with U ...

• The Concordian: Meet the real people of Iran 2010-03-16

  Director and producer Davoud Geramifard filmed Iran: Voices of the Unheard secretly, without permission from the Iranian government.

• Press TV: Iran urges Sweden to take action on cartoons 2010-03-16

  Iran has urged Sweden to “seriously deal with” a Swedish newspaper which has republished a sacrilegious cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

• AFP: Wife of Panahi says unable to meet him in Iran jail 2010-03-16

  TEHRAN — The wife of top Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi told AFP on Tuesday that she has been unable to see her husband in Tehran's notorious Evin pri ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

• BusinessWeek: Lula's Nods to Iran Sow Brazil's Growing Confusion With Chavez 2010-03-15

  March 15 (Bloomberg) -- When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defends Iran's right to a nuclear program ...

• Xinhua: Pakistan rejects US daily report on Iran nuclear 2010-03-15

  ISLAMABAD, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Monday rejected a report in a US newspaper about the renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist and Iran nuclear ...

• Zawya: Pakistan, Iran to sign gas line on March 16 2010-03-15

  Islamabad -- Pakistan and Iran will sign Operational Agreement on the multi-billion gas pipeline in Tehran on March 16, after which work on the project ...

• The Malaysian Insider: The likely US-Iran policy 2010-03-15

  The question of what to do with Iran has to be treated on his own right, without being made an appendage to US policy vis-à-vis other nations in the Middle ...

• Reuters UK: Britain looks to China to pressure Iran 2010-03-15

  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China and Britain agree on pressing Iran about its nuclear activities while also seeking engagement, Foreign Secretary ...

• Times of Malta: US human rights report hits China and Iran 2010-03-15

  Chinese prisoners line up in preparation to be taken to a prison in Lanzhou, China. China and Iran have stepped up their abuses of human right ...

• Ha'aretz: Road to Iran nuclear relief may pass through Brazil 2010-03-15

  BRASILIA - Clara Ant is perhaps the most surprising person in the inner circle of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silv ...

• Ha'aretz: Iran tried to buy nuclear bomb from Pakistan as early as 1987 2010-03-15

  New documents reveal how a close ally of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bid $10bn for ready-made weapons.

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: British Foreign Secretary In China For Talks Expected To Touch On Iran 2010-03-15

  British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has arrived in China for talks with Chinese leaders expected to touch on the possibility of tougher sancti ...

• Register: Iran's cyber-police hack US spy sites 2010-03-15

  Iranian security forces have arrested 30 people accused of waging cyber-war against the country with the backing ...

• Aysor: Ban Ki-Moon: Iran's issue needs a peaceful solution 2010-03-15

  The UN Security Council members are having consultations on the future sanctions against Iran, told Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General ...

• ISNA: Iran ready to aid Hamas and Fatah unity: informed source 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran is ready to help Palestine's Hamas and Fatah groups to reach unity, said an informed source in Iran's Foreign Ministry.

• The Canadian Press: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband visits China amid rancour in tie ... 2010-03-15

  BEIJING — Britain's foreign secretary is in China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancour with Beijing over climate ...

• AFP: Iran hardliners target opposition leader's home 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN — A group of hardliners besieged the Tehran home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, shouting death slogans and calling for him to be put on trial ...

• Zawya: Capital Intelligence Assigns First Time Ratings to Export Development Bank of Iran 2010-03-15

  Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, today announced that it has assigned Export Development Bank of IranExport Development ...

• Trend News Agency: Iran has achieved many MDGS: UN 2010-03-15

  UN Resident Coordinator in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ms. Consuelo Vidal said here Sunday that Iran has done a lot to achieve Millennium Development Goal ...

• ISNA: Defense Minister: Weapon smuggling to Iran "ridiculous claim" 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Monday Italy's claim on weapon smuggling to Iran is a ridiculous allegation.

• Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center: Different voices on nuclear issue: top reformist intellectual warns that Ir ... 2010-03-15

  Following the publication of the preliminary results of the general elections for the Iraqi parliament held this week, Iran's conservative media h ...

• SteelGuru: Royal Dutch Shell stops selling gasoline to Iran 2010-03-15

  AP reported that Royal Dutch Shell Plc has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the latest company to cease business with a country that is increasingly ...

• Alibaba News Channel: Iran's Yazd Steel Group to commission new rolling mill in Q2 2010 2010-03-15

  SteelOrbis - Iranian private sector steelmaker Yazd Steel Group is to commission its new rolling mill in the second quarter of 2010, company officials ...

• BloombergUTV: Iran Exports Of Iron Ore Up 51 Percent For First 11 Months Of The Year 2010-03-15

  Iran exported over 4.1 million tons of iron ore worth $ 254 million in the first 11 months of the current year ended February 19. The amount was 51 percent ...

• ISNA: Top Army Commander: Iran counters enemies' attacks but wants to be sure of victory 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Army General Commander Ataollah Salehi warned countries occupying Iran's neighbors and said Iran not only defends against foreigners'

• Alibaba News Channel: Iran's state-owned miners produce 23.24 million mt of iron ore in 11 months 2010-03-15

  SteelOrbis - Iranian state-owned miners exploited 28.93 million mt of run-of-mine iron ore and produced 23.24 million mt of iron ore in the first 11 month ...

• RIA Novosti: Azerbaijan should not admit Russian-US cooperation against Iran in its territory 2010-03-15

  News.Az interviews Vafa Guluzade, former state adviser on foreign policy issues and president of the Fund of political studies of Caspian states.

• News.Az: Iran busts 'US-backed' cyber network 2010-03-15

  Iran says it has arrested 30 individuals on charges of waging a US-backed cyber war against the country. A statement issued by Tehran's Public ...

• Seattle Times: Documents show Iran's quest for atomic bombs 2010-03-15

  The father of Pakistan's nuclear-weapons program has written an official account that details an Iranian attempt to buy atomic bombs from Pakistan at ...

• The Associated Press: Iran calls on OPEC to hold output target steady 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's oil minister said Monday that OPEC nations should not change their crude output targets at their upcoming meeting in Vienna.

• Press TV: France wants unilateral Iran sanctions amid disagreements 2010-03-15

  French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has urged European states to close ranks and take unilateral action against Iran over its nuclear program.

• CIOL: Iran arrests 30 over US-linked cyber ring 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a US-linked cyber network gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists ...

• ISNA: Iran ready for further security agreements with regional countries: Defense ... 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran is ready to sign security cooperation agreements with regional countries in line with confrontation against common threats, said Interi ...

• IranOilGas.com: Tender for Iran's PGSC refinery MC still underway 2010-03-15

  Due to lack of finance, the construction project of Persian Gulf Star Gas Condensate Refinery is on a slow track. Despite being of top priority project ...

• Press TV: Iran studying Kavoshgar's living organisms 2010-03-15

  Iranian scientists are about to conclude a study project on the rat, turtles and worms recently sent into space by Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer).

• China Daily: British Secretary: Sanctions alone don't work on Iran nuke issue 2010-03-15

  Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday that sanctions alone would not resolve ...

• Middle East Online: Iran offers 'courting' diplomas to cut divorce 2010-03-15

  Iran unveils online course to educate its young population on how to find Mr or Mrs Right. TEHRAN - Iranian youths can attend courtship classes and earn ...

• Fars News Agency: Official: Iran Ready to Mediate between Fatah, Hamas 2010-03-15

  "The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to mediate between Hamas and Fatah to help them materialize their aspirations and liberate their homeland from ...

• Earthtimes: Iran confirms six death sentences passed in December protests 2010-03-15

  By : dpa Tehran - Iran confirmed that death sentences have been given to at least six protestors in anti-government demonstrations in December ...

• Armenian Reporter: Iran frees Silva Harotonian 2010-03-15

  Silva Harotonian, an Iranian-Armenian IREX employee who has been sentenced to three years in prison over what her family calls a “tragic ...

• AFP: Bin Laden son seeks release of relatives in Iran 2010-03-15

  WASHINGTON — One of Osama bin Laden's sons has called on Tehran to release a number of his relatives said to be detained under house arrest in Ir ...

• Maktoob Business: Suspected Iran drug-running ship detained 2010-03-15

  SANAA - Yemeni forces have detained an Iranian ship suspected of trafficking drugs in its Indian Ocean waters, the defence ministry's 26sep.net news website ...

• Press TV: Top UK diplomat visits China, Iran on agenda 2010-03-15

  British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is on his way to Beijing for talks focused on convincing China to agree to a new round of sanctions against Iran.

• Khaleej Times: Iran ready to help Palestinians 2010-03-15

  TEHRAN - Iran is ready to help the two main rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, to reconcile their differences, the official IRNA news agency ...

• Siliconindia.com: Iran busts US-linked internet spy gang 2010-03-15

  By IANS Tehran: Iran claimed to have busted a spy racket allegedly linked with the US intelligence agency CIA and arrested 30 people for operating ...

• SteelGuru: Iran plans to build 6 more lines for Tehran Metro 2010-03-15

  MEED reported that Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Company is planning to build 6 more lines for Tehran's metro network. As per report, the 6 new routes ...

• AME Info: Iran's aluminium production rises 15% 2010-03-15

  Iran's Ministry of Industries and Mines has said the volume of aluminium production in the country rose by 15% during the last 11 months of the current ...

• Fars News Agency: Short Film Fest in Belgrade to Showcase Documentaries from Iran 2010-03-15

  The festival runs on March 29 to April 3 and is to display a collection of Shirdel's documentaries to pay tribute to him who is considered to be the founder ...

The spectre of Operation Ajax

Britain accused him of violating the company's legal rights and orchestrated a worldwide boycott of Iran's oil that plunged the country into financial crisis. The British government tried to enlist the Americans in planning a coup, an idea originally rebuffed by President Truman. But when Dwight Eisenhower took over the White House, cold war ideologues - determined to prevent the possibility of a Soviet takeover - ordered the CIA to embark on its first covert operation against a foreign government. [more]