Iran in the World Press 20-21 May 2010

Article relevance   Page 9   US shuns Iran’s uranium deal THE White House wants to press ahead with sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, despite a uranium enrichment deal announced in Tehran that looks similar to one backed by the Obama administration last year. President Barack Obama’s spokesman,...BRAD NORINGTON WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT The Australian  |  19 May 2010  |  Australia Article relevance   Page 15   As summer nears, the Gulf is heating up Relations between Iran and the Gulf states are more strained than ever. Iran is issuing threats and working nonstop to undermine their stability. It repeatedly declares that these countries are part of its historic territory and it will take them over...By ZVI MAZEL Jerusalem Post  |  21 May 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 3   Brazil and Turkey: Mediators for what? A major problem with the 10-point deal reached among Brazil, Turkey and Iran on an exchange of enriched uranium is that the context within which it was concluded has little to do with nuclear nonproliferation and the international community’s interest...• By EMILY B. LANDAU Jerusalem Post  |  20 May 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 11   Proposed sanctions on Iran are imperfect but important A piece of paper can’t stop a bomb, and a United Nations resolution that hasn’t even been passed yet certainly can’t do the trick. Yet the announcement this week that the U.S. and the other permanent powers on the U.N. Security Council have agreed on...BY GERALD F. SEIB The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  21 May 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 29   Iran may reject uranium swap if sanctions pass TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran could cancel an accord with Turkey and Brazil to transfer some of its enriched uranium abroad if the United Nations Security Council approves a fresh round of sanctions against it, a member of parliament said on Thursday. A... The StarPhoenix  |  21 May 2010  |  Canada  Article relevance   Page 1   Turkey ın bıd to rally support for Iran nuclear swap deal Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has phoned world leaders to seek support for a deal Iran agreed to earlier this week to ease tensions over its nuclear program as a US-led coalition pushes for sanctions against Tehran to force it to stop enriching... contýnued from page But Erdoğan, speaking at a joint press conference with Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci in Ankara, said he was also seeking support from neighboring countries, a move that appears to be aimed at broadening the base of... Today's Zaman  |  21 May 2010  |  Turkey Article relevance   Page 10   Cover everyone’s bases INDIA’S current diplomatic exertions on Iran, marked by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna’s anxious outreach to Tehran this week, could get a lot more strenuous if the government does not come to terms with the gravity of the gathering crisis in...C. RAJA raja.mohan@expressindia.com The Indian Express  |  20 May 2010  |  India Article relevance   Page 14   Why US may not back fuel swap Washington Iran on Monday surprised much of the world by agreeing to a nuclear fuel swap with Turkey and Brazil. The deal is similar to one that the US has been pressing Tehran to accept for months — so Washington will be happy with this development,...By Peter Grier and Howard LaFranchi Gulf News  |  19 May 2010  |  UAE

Article relevance   Page 14   Scepticism exits over Tehran’s intentions Tehran (Reuters) Tehran agreed with Brazil and Turkey to send the bulk of its low enriched uranium to Turkey as part of a nuclear fuel swap deal to avoid fresh UN sanctions over its nuclear ambitions. Iran had rejected an original UN-backed deal with... Gulf News  |  19 May 2010  |  UAE  Article relevance   Page 1   New nuclear deal is an Iranian triumph BRAZIL’S President Ignazio Lula da Silva and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have emerged as big global players after delivering a compromise over Iran’s nuclear fuel following intensive diplomatic talks in Tehran. Though not all its... EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies The Jewish Chronicle  |  21 May 2010  |  UK  Article relevance   Page 1   Turkey credits Obama for Iran deal Turkey says it was encouraged by Barack Obama, the US president, to pursue dialogue with Iran that resulted in Monday’s unexpected nuclear fuel exchange accord. Turkey declared yesterday that it had been “encouraged” by Barack Obama, the US president, to pursue dialogue with Iran that resulted in Monday’s unexpected nuclear fuel exchange accord. The deal potentially represents a remarkable breakthrough in the... Michael Theodoulou Foreign Correspondent mtheodoulou@thenatonal.ae The National - News  |  19 May 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 4   ‘Iran is niet gedoemd vijand van Westen te zijn’ Den Haag, 21 mei. De Verenigde Staten hebben deze week met de aankondiging van nieuwe sancties een streep gezet door een interimakkoord met Iran dat Turkije en Brazilië hadden bereikt. In de ogen van de Amerikaanse schrijver en oud-journalist Stephen...Door onze redacteur Carolien Roelants NRC Handelsblad  |  21 May 2010  |  Netherlands Article relevance   Page 1   U.S., allies propose Iran sanctions Clinton calls step a convincing answer to Iran The United States and other major powers, brushing aside Iran’s latest offer to address international concerns about its nuclear program, introduced a detailed list of new U.N. sanctions Tuesday against the Islamic Republic. The new punitive measures,... any we could provide,” Clinton said. U.S. and allied officials portrayed the proposed sanctions as a major step but acknowledged that the measures might not be sufficient to force Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program and comply with United...Paul Richter and Christi Parsons paul.richter@latimes.com cparsons@latimes.com Times staff writer Borzou Daragahi in Beirut contributed to this report. Los Angeles Times  |  19 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 15   The uranium conundrum The United Nations security council is set to impose tough new sanctions on Iran next month after a surprise shift by Russia and China in favour of punitive action against Tehran’s military and financial institutions, according to a security council... Iran threatened to take back its 1,200kg of low-enriched uranium from Turkey if the west did not deliver 120kg of highly enriched uranium in exchange. This was a crucial paragraph in the exchange agreement proposed to the west by Iran and mediated by...Ewen MacAskill Washington Massoumeh Torfeh is a research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Join the debate and have your say at guardian.co.uk/commentisfree The Guardian  |  19 May 2010  |  UK  Article relevance   Page 3   Uranıum swap deal wıth Iran The nuclear fuel swap deal signed on Monday by Iran on one side and Turkey and Brazil on the other sent a shockwave through the West, which had reached an internal agreement over further sanctions on Iran. This wave was countered by US Secretary of...k.balci@todayszaman.com Today's Zaman  |  20 May 2010  |  Turkey  Article relevance   Page 1   Western draft on Teheran sanctions gains Chinese and Russian support The United States and its Western allies won crucial support from Russia and China for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, but face a tough campaign to get backing from the rest of the UN Security Council. The draft resolution would... while Israel supported the actions in the UN Security Council, it “believes the only way sanctions can be effective is if they are crippling sanctions that target both the export and import of petroleum products. We need to see crippling sanctions that...• By HERB KEINON and AP Jerusalem Post  |  20 May 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 26   China, Russia back sanctions against Iran WASHINGTON: The United States said yesterday that China and Russia had backed a tough draft United Nation sanctions resolution against Iran, even as Beijing offered support for a deal Teheran signed to stave off such a move. US Secretary of State... The Straits Times  |  19 May 2010  |  Singapore

Article relevance   Page 24   COLUMN ONE On Thursday, the South Korean government did something important. It told the truth about North Korean aggression. On March 26, a North Korean submarine attacked a South Korean naval corvette with a torpedo. Forty-six South Korean sailors were killed...• By CAROLINE B. GLICK Jerusalem Post  |  21 May 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 11   Iran oil trade thrives despite controversy FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates—An oil tanker named Front Page, chartered by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, left this port on March 17 and reported it was going to another U.A.E. port, then on to Saudi Arabia, ship-tracking data show. But the tracking...BY STEVE STECKLOW, SPENCER SWARTZ AND MARGARET COKER The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  21 May 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 7   Iran oil trade thrives FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates—An oil tanker named Front Page, chartered by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, left this port on March 17 and reported it was going to another U.A.E. port, then on to Saudi Arabia, ship-tracking data show. But the tracking...By The Wall Street Journal Asia  |  21 May 2010  |  China Article relevance   Page 7   [ Capital Journal ] A piece of paper can’t stop a bomb, and a United Nations resolution that hasn’t even been passed yet certainly can’t do the trick. Yet the announcement this week that the U.S. and the other permanent powers on the U.N. Security Council have agreed on...BY GERALD F. SEIB The Wall Street Journal Asia  |  21 May 2010  |  China Article relevance   Page 1   Big powers reach a deal on sanctions against Iran  The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it had struck a deal with other major powers, including Russia and China, to impose new sanctions on Iran, a sharp repudiation of the deal Tehran had offered just a day earlier to ship its nuclear fuel... dercut the American efforts to bring along China and Russia. The offer resembled an accord made in October that fell apart when Iran backtracked. Mrs. Clinton said the new offer would still leave Iran ‘‘in clear violation of its international...BY PETER BAKER International Herald Tribune  |  19 May 2010  |  Austria  Article relevance   Page 1   Nations agree to sanction Iran WASHINGTON—The U.S. has reached an agreement with the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on a sanctions regime against Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Mrs. Clinton said the draft resolution, agreed... carrying a nuclear warhead. All countries would be blocked from financial transactions related to insurance and reinsurance if it is linked to nuclear proliferation. The U.S. official said work was continuing to attach an annex with the names of...BY PETER SPIEGEL —Joe Lauria at the U.N. contributed to this article. The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  19 May 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 13   China to keep Iran projects on track BEIJING—China’s biggest oil company is pressing ahead with oiland-gas projects in Iran valued at billions of dollars, its top executive said, highlighting Beijing’s strong economic ties to Tehran even as China has signed onto a U.S.-led sanctions...BY SHAI OSTER AND SIMON HALL The Wall Street Journal Asia  |  21 May 2010  |  China Article relevance   Page 1   Iran’s nuclear coup What a fiasco. That was the first word that came to mind watching Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raise his arms Monday with the leaders of Turkey and Brazil to celebrate a new atomic pact. The administration tried to make a quick recovery the next day by... The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  19 May 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 15   West wary of Iran’s nuclear offer TEHRAN — The world’s big powers expressed scepticism after Iran made an apparent concession over its nuclear programme. Tehran agreed with Brazil and Turkey to send some of its uranium abroad, reviving a fuel-swap plan drafted by the United Nations...— Reuters The New Zealand Herald  |  19 May 2010  |  New Zealand

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