Iran in the World Press 19 Mar 2010

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 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 39   Iran gratulerer Irak nytt fyrtårn for vestlige verdier iMidtøsten. I dag har USA en president som er valgt på et løfte om å trekke soldatene tilbake. Barack Obama følger en timeplan som går ut på at styrkene skal reduseres til 50 000 innen august. De siste skal ut før... Aftenposten  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Norway 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 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 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 5   Iran: Neuer Anlauf für Atomdeal TEHERAN (dpa/apn) — Der Iran hat einen neuen Anlauf für einen Atomkompromiss mit der Weltgemeinschaft genommen. Teheran sei bereit, sein schwach angereichertes Uran in einer Fuhre zur Anreicherung ins Ausland zu bringen. Die 1,2 Tonnen sollen in 120... Erlanger Nachrichten  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Germany

Article relevance   Page 41   Iran’s N-plant ready soon MOSCOW: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building, should be ready this summer, Russian news agencies reported. Russia has been helping Iran to build the plant in the southern city of... The Straits Times  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Singapore Article relevance   Page 25   US-Iran: A double Faustian bargain? THE news about Iran’s nuclear aspirations is getting more curious by the day. Speaking at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, General David Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command, delivered some good news. He said that Teheran’s effort to...BY WILLIAM CHOONG The Straits Times  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Singapore Article relevance   Page 12   Iran offers one-shot nuclear fuel exchange in-country 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 year as major powers mulled a new round of sanctions. Iran’s atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi...BY JAY DESHMUKH The Phnom Penh Post  |  18 Mar 2010  |  Cambodia Article relevance   Page 1   U.S. chides Russia on Iran atom plant The secretary of state said the opening of a Russian-built power plant in Iran would send the wrong signal. In a tart public clash over Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said here Thursday that the planned opening this summer of a Russian-built power plant in Iran would send the wrong signal at a time when theWest was trying to curb Tehran’s... BY MARK LANDLER International Herald Tribune  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Austria Article relevance   Page 2   Putin said Russia would commission Iran’s first nuclear power plant this summer. The announcement came during U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Moscow. Clinton rebukes Russia nuclear plan MOSCOW—Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that Russia will commission Iran’s first nuclear-power plant in the port city of Bushehr this summer, prompting a swift rebuke from visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Clinton... BY JAY SOLOMON AND RICHARD BOUDREAUX The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 39   in brief MOSCOW The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer, even as the United States called for Russia to delay the start-up. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in... The Independent  |  19 Mar 2010  |  UK Article relevance   Page 2   US talks to Gulf states over tighter Iran boycott 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 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  Article relevance   Page 12   Nobel laureate says Siemens and Nokia help Iran suppress dissent Nobel prizewinner Shirin Ebadi has accused German engineering giant Siemens and Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia of supplying Iran with technology to help it suppress democratic dissent. The exiled Iranian feminist and 2003 Nobel peace laureate (...IRAN Agence France-Presse in Paris South China Morning Post  |  18 Mar 2010  |  China

Article relevance   Page 9   Opposition gurus released in Iran TEHRAN // Iran released the prominent opposition politician Mohsen Mirdamadi on bail as well as three activists and a filmmaker detained for suspected involvement in the country’s postelection turmoil, local media said yesterday, ahead of the New Year... The National - News  |  19 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 9   Russian-built Iranian nuclear plant to be completed this summer MOSCOW // Prime minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building, should come online this summer, Russian news agencies reported. “The launch of the first unit of Iran’s nuclear power station should... The National - News  |  19 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 6   Härtetest in Moskau für Obamas Neustart-Versuch MOSKAU. US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton kam gewissermaßen nur noch zum Feinschliff nach Moskau. So zumindest äußerte sich ihr russischer Kollege Sergej Lawrow gestern zum Auftakt der bilateralen Gespräche über den Stand der Verhandlungen, die in...Von unserem Korrespondenten EDUARD STEINER Die Presse  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Austria Article relevance   Page 1   Rusland zal kernreactor in Iran snel opstarten MOSKOU Rusland zal deze zomer de omstreden kernreactor in het Iraanse Bushehr opstarten. Dat maakte de Russische premier Vladimir Poetin donderdag bekend. Met het project legt Rusland de westerse bezorgdheid over het Iraanse nucleaire programma naast... De Volkskrant  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Netherlands Article relevance   Page 8   Detainees’ families approach UN envoy in Iran WASHINGTON // The families of three US hikers detained in Iran said yesterday they were sending messages to Tehran s UN ambassador, Mohammad Khazaee, seeking the release of their loved ones on the Iranian New Year. Relatives of Shane Bauer, Sarah... The National - News  |  19 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 12   US plans to pursue aggressive Iran sanctions Washington (Reuters) President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States would pursue “aggressive sanctions” to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Obama, who had made... Gulf News  |  19 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 12   IRAN BAILS TOP REFORMIST, FILM MAKER Tehran Iranian authorities have released on bail a top reformist jailed since last June, a film maker and a reformist journalist ahead of Iranian New Year celebrations, opposition websites said yesterday. Mohsin Mirdamadi, former MP and secretary of... Gulf News  |  19 Mar 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 8   Clinton in Russia for nuclear, Iran talks MOSCOW: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Russia yesterday hoping to clear obstacles to a new treaty cutting arsenals of nuclear weapons and to win Moscow’s backing for tougher sanctions against Iran. Mrs Clinton’s 36-hour visit to...ARSHAD MOHAMMED MICHAEL STOTT Bangkok Post  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Thailand Article relevance   Page 2   Iran lässt Regimekritiker frei Iran hat zum Neujahrsfest Regierungskritiker freigelassen. Unter ihnen befindet sich der Führer der grössten Reformpartei des Landes, Mohsen Mirdamadi. Er wurde gegen eine Kaution von 450 0 0 0 Dollar vorübergehend auf freien Fuss gesetzt, wie sein... Neue Zurcher Zeitung  |  19 Mar 2010  |  Switzerland

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