Iran in the World Press 18 Mar 2010

Article relevance   Page 6   Iranians face multiple charges over heists Three Iranians accused of robbing two money exchanges in Sharjah in daring daylight heists using 9mm calibre handguns will probably face several charges, a prosecutor said yesterday. The men, identified as AK, AM and A H, were arrested on February 1...Awad Mustafa DUBAI The National - News  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 1   US talks to Gulf states over tighter Iran boycott Business  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE  Article relevance   Page 2   US in talks on Iran sanctions because I think it shows how they perceive the risk in Iran and how Iranian behaviour is becoming more and more self-isolating for Iran,” Mr Levey said. “But also it gives us a little bit of optimism about the potential success of whatever strictures... Business  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 1   USA údajně chystají útok na Írán, přesunují bomby WASHINGTON/PRAHA Ostrov Diego Garcia v Indickém oceáně sloužil Američanům jako „odrazový můstek“ v první i druhé válce s Irákem. A nyní by mohl sehrát podobnou roli v případném leteckém úderu proti jaderným zařízením v Íránu. Vyplývá to z informací,...PETR PEŠEK Lidové noviny  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Czech Republic Article relevance   Page 22   US to strike Iran N-plants? prize winner Shirin Ebadi accused German engineering giant Siemens and Finnish telecoms firm Nokia of supplying Iran with technology to help it suppress democratic dissent. Speaking on France Culture radio, the exiled Iranian feminist and 2003 Nobel... Times of India New Delhi Edition  |  18 Mar 2010  |  India Article relevance   Page 5   Petraeus: Nuclear weapons beyond Iran’s grasp for now WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Iran’s efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon have been delayed “a bit” and that Iran won’t get one this year. Gen. David Petraeus told a Senate panel on Tuesday that international pressure on... USA TODAY International Edition  |  18 Mar 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 12   Iran ready for nuke fuel exchange TEHRAN: Iran is ready to deliver 1,200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium in one go in return for fuel for a Tehran reactor but the exchange must be inside the country, the hardline Jawan newspaper quoted nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on... Manila Times  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Philippines Article relevance   Page 6   Iran offers nuclear fuel swap TEHERAN: Iran has offered a onetime nuclear fuel exchange on its own soil, edging closer to the conditions of a plan drawn up by the UN atomic watchdog last year as major powers mulled a new round of sanctions. Iran’s atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi...JAY DESHMUKH Bangkok Post  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Thailand Article relevance   Page 8   ACTION ON IRAN STALLED IN TALK AT a weekend retreat in Finland, the foreign ministers of the EU met alongside the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu. Among topics discussed was Iran. And among the conclusions emerging from the gathering there was the admission by French...EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies The Australian  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Australia Article relevance   Page 1   Chinese trade in way of Iran sanctions The growing oil trade between China and Iran has emerged as a major obstacle for the US as it pushes for tougher sanctions against Tehran. The US is proposing that sanctions be stepped up through a UN Security Council resolution in response to Iran’s...Asa Fitch The National - News  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE

Article relevance   Page 11   Iran ready for one-shot fuel exchange but on its soil Tehran Iran offered yesterday 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 year as major powers mulled a new round of sanctions. Iran’s atomic chief, Ali Akbar... The National - News  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 14   Hardliners feel the heat as Iran marks re festival Tehran echoed to the boom of firecrackers and joyous revelry into the early hours yesterday as Iranians celebrated an ancient Zoroastrian fire festival that is a prelude to Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Police and Basij militiamen were out in large...Michael Theodoulou Foreign Correspondent The National - News  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 14   EU urged to take action against Iran over repression and censorship loNdoN // Britain, France and Germany asked the European Union yesterday to take measures to curb Iran s ability to censor domestic opposition and to jam foreign satellite broadcasts. In a joint letter to the EU foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton,... The National - News  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 3   Chinas hunger for oil hard for US to digest It is no secret that some OPEC nations have been pumping crude above their quotas. What is more mysterious in an oversupplied oil market is where in the world those unsanctioned barrels have ended up. In the case of Iran’s estimated 400,000 barrels... Business  |  18 Mar 2010  |  UAE

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