Iran in the World Press 15 Mar 2010

Article relevance   Page 20   Iranians told to shun fire festival Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday urged Iranians to shun next week’s Persian fire festival as an unIslamic event which causes “a lot of harm.” Seven people have already been reported killed in the runup to the festival, ISNA...  Times of India New Delhi Edition  |  15 Mar 2010  |  India Article relevance   Page 1   I’m staying put, declares Iranian sheik HE has been given just days to leave the country or be deported, but Iranian sheik Mansour Leghaei has no intention of packing his bags. Like Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef before him, he is convinced that the intelligence that has caused the Australian...NATASHA ROBINSON ETHNIC AFFAIRS REPORTER The Australian  |  15 Mar 2010  |  Australia Article relevance   Page 10   Israel threatens regional peace too The UAE hopes the standoff between Iran and the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme will be resolved diplomatically, without the need to resort to additional sanctions against the Islamic republic or, worse, military action. However, according to...  Gulf News  |  15 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 18   US human rights report hits China and Iran   The Times, Malta  |  15 Mar 2010  |  Malta Article relevance   Page 11   EU ‘ready to impose sanctions on Iran’ SAARISELKA, Finland – European Union member states are ready to impose unilateral sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear programme if the United Nations fails to agree on the issue, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed yesterday. EU...Sapa-dpa. The Citizen  |  15 Mar 2010  |  South Africa Article relevance   Page 16   Jailed Iranian-American scholar temporarily released for holiday Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American scholar who is serving a five-year jail term, has been freed temporarily to celebrate the Persian New Year after paying a hefty bail, Tehran’s prosecutor said yesterday. The prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, said... The National - News  |  15 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 29   Iran arrests 30 accused of US-funded cyber war TEHRAN—IRAN HAS BUSTED what it says was a US-funded cyber network group linked to an exiled opposition movement that collected data on its nuclear scientists, state media reported on Saturday. Thirty members of the network with links to the outlawed...AFP Philippines Daily Inquirer  |  15 Mar 2010  |  Philippines Article relevance   Page 12   EU states could pursue Iran sanctions Saariselka, Finland (Reuters) A UN resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said yesterday. French Foreign... Gulf News  |  15 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 27   Top scientist details Iran nuclear tradeoff Washington The father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme has written an official account that details an Iranian attempt to buy atomic bombs from Pakistan at the end of the 1980s. Abdul Qadeer Khan states in documents obtained by The Washington...By R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick Gulf News  |  15 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 27   Iran opposes need to change Opec’s ceiling Iran said yesterday there was no need to change Opec’s output ceiling at the oil producing group’s meeting on March 17 in Vienna, the Iranian oil ministry’s website Shana reported. “ There is no need to change the output ceiling in the next Opec...TEHRAN Emirates Business 24 for 7  |  15 Mar 2010  |  UAE

 

 

Article relevance   Page 4   Iran warns about worsening oil glut Iran has warned of a worsening oil glut and predicts OPEC will urge its members to comply with their production quotas when its ministers meet on Wednesday. The second-biggest OPEC producer also said there was no need for the group to revise output...Tamsin Carlisle Business  |  15 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 4   EU erwägt Iran-Sanktionen Die EU werde im Atomstreit mit dem Iran notfalls auch allein Sanktionen gegen Teheran verhängen, sollte es keine Einigung im UN-Sicherheitsrat geben. Dies sagte Finnlands Außenminister Alexander Stubb am Wochenende bei einem informellen Treffen der... Die Presse  |  15 Mar 2010  |  Austria Article relevance   Page 27   Iran NIE The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will soon complete a new, top-secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program. U.S. of- The Washington Times Weekly  |  15 Mar 2010  |  USA

 

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