Iran in the World Press 30-31 May 2010

Article relevance   Page 1   ‘Military strike may lead Iran to halt nuke program’ IRAN A military strike on Iranian military bases, airports, bridges, railroad stations and other key infrastructure could lead Iran to suspend its nuclear arms program, according to a paper that came out last week in a US Army publication. Titled “Can a... thinkers have spoken about only targeting nuclear facilities and military sites that could be used by Teheran to retaliate. Such a strike would come after Iran fails to live up to its international obligations and open up its nuclear facilities to...• By YAAKOV KATZ Jerusalem Post  |  30 May 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 41   Cowboys and Iranians   Sunday Sun  |  30 May 2010  |  UK Article relevance   Page 1   US agrees to formal talks on nuke-free Middle East WMD-FREE MIDDLEEAST United Nations (AP & AFP) After 15 years, Arab nations finally won agreement from the United States and other nuclear powers to take the first step toward banning nuclear weapons from the Middle East. Now, the next move is Israel’s. Although the US... Nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East: The UN, US, Russia and Britain will convene a regional conference in 2012 on setting up a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. The conference reaffirms the...   Page 12   Three killed in Iran oil well fire Tehran A fire at an Iranian oil well near the Iraq border killed three people yesterday and injured 10, Iran’s official Irna news agency reported. “The fire broke out on Saturday morning in an oil well at the Naft Shahr border region for unknown...  Page 14   Rafsanjani piles pressure on Iran regime before poll anniversary Tehran (AFP) Opposition sympathiser and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian regime ahead of the first anniversary of the disputed presidential election. The former president’s website has again posted...  Iran hardliners lash out at ‘corrupt’ soaps Tehran (AFP) News Corp’s Persian-language channel has infuriated Iran hardliners who accuse the broadcaster of promoting “corruption” in the conservative Islamic society, media reports said yesterday. News Corp-owned Star broadcaster launched the... Gulf News  |  30 May 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 7   From Iran to India Dahanu Road By Anosh Irani Doubleday Canada, $29.95 Dahanu Road, the new novel by Anosh Irani, is set in Dahanu, India, a farming town on the Arabian Sea, two hours north of Mumbai. Irani, who lives in Vancouver, considers it his most personal book,...BY REBECCA WIGOD Ottawa Citizen  |  30 May 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 1   Iran has put the West in a serious predicament I RAN has put the ball in the court of the Vienna Group — the US, Russia, France, and the IAEA — by signing a trilateral agreement with Turkey and Brazil for a nuclear fuel swap in a bid to defuse the standoff with the West. Under the deal, Iran will... Without doubt, the pact has put the West in a real predicament. President Ahmadinejad expressed his hope after the signing ceremony that the world powers would “enter talks with honesty, respect and fairness” Tel Aviv rejects NPT draft, Iran hails pact 1 Israel denounced as “hypocritical” a UN resolution by members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty calling for a meet on a nuke-free Mideast and said it would not participate in it while Iran said the final statement was “a step forward... towards our... JERUSALEM: Undeclared nuclear power Israel yesterday denounced the “hypocrisy” of a UN call for a nuclear-free Middle East that singled it out but ignored Iran, which is suspected of seeking the bomb and which welcomed the document. Times of Oman  |  30 May 2010  |  Oman

Article relevance   Page 20   1bn loan for Iran TEHRAN: Beijing has offered a loan of 1 billion ($1.2 billion) to fund projects in Tehran, a report said yesterday, in a sign of increased Chinese participation in the Iranian economy. Iran’s Fars news agency, quoting a senior official from Tehran... Bangkok Post  |  31 May 2010  |  Thailand Article relevance   Page 34   Iran oil well near Iraq border catches fire, three dead TEHERAN: A fire at an Iranian oil well near the Iraq border killed three people and injured 12, Iranian media reported. “The fire broke out on Saturday morning in an oil well at the Naft Shahr border region,” Bahram Teimouri, governor of Qasr-e Shirin... Star (Malaysia)  |  30 May 2010  |  Malaysia  Article relevance   Page 1   Turkey, US to tackle deepening rift over Iran in talks Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is flying to Washington for talks on Tuesday with his US counterpart, Hillary Clinton, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to meet with President Barack Obama next month as the two NATO allies work to contain... contınued from page But the US swiftly dismissed the deal as nothing but a “ploy” for Iran to avoid sanctions. Today's Zaman  |  31 May 2010  |  Turkey Article relevance   Page 22   Israel denounces NPT ‘hypocrisy’ as Iran hails accord Undeclared nuclear power Israel yesterday denounced the “hypocrisy” of a UN call for a nuclear-free Middle East that singled it out but ignored Iran, which is suspected of seeking the bomb and which welcomed the document. “This accord has the hallmark... The Sunday Times, Malta  |  30 May 2010  |  Malta Article relevance   Page 65   Los muchachos irán al colegio El segundo “bando” bravo argentino que llegará la semana entrante se alojará en el Christian Progressive, una escuela a la que asisten casi mil chicos y que está situada a unos quince minutos de la Universidad de Pretoria, el búnker elegido por el... Clarin  |  30 May 2010  |  Argentina  Article relevance   Page 5   Hamburg mosque hosts pro-Iran event BERLIN – The Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg hosted a conference last week supportive of the regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and with the participation of advocates of revolutionary Islam. Manfred Murck, a spokesman for the Hamburg Office...• By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL Jerusalem Post correspondent Jerusalem Post  |  30 May 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 20   Shale gas, not Iran pipeline, our energy hope External affairs minister S M Krishna visited Tehran in midMay and said India was still interested in the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, but expressed reservations on security grounds. However, there is now a more important economic...SWAMINATHAN S ANKLESARIA AIYAR Times of India New Delhi Edition  |  30 May 2010  |  India Article relevance   Page 20   Afghan insurgents trained in Iran, says US gen: Afghan insurgents are being trained inside Iran and given weapons to fight security forces, the commander of US and NATO forces said on Sunday. Gen Stanley McChrystal said coalition forces were working to stop Iran from giving help to the Taliban. Times of India New Delhi Edition  |  31 May 2010  |  India Article relevance   Page 5   U.S. Counts Iran as ‘Reset’ Gain Russia’s support for new UN sanctions against Iran and its help on Afghanistan show how Washington’s “reset” of relations with Moscow is delivering results, President Barack Obama’s top adviser on Russia said. Russia had strongly resisted applying...REUTERS Moscow Times  |  31 May 2010  |  Russia

 

Article relevance   Page 2   Iran buffeted by oil, currency falls Iran’s economy is facing a double threat from lower oil prices and the sliding euro as western powers renew pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme. If crude were to remain below US$70 a barrel for an extended period, additional economic...Tamsin Carlisle  Page 6   Iran’s orders for six LNG tankers with China worth over $1 billion TEHRAN // Iran has ordered six tankers from China to transport the liquefied natural gas it hopes to export from its giant gas reserves, the Fars news agency reported yesterday. The order, worth US$200 million (Dh734.6m) to $220m per ship, is a sign... Business  |  31 May 2010  |  UAE  Article relevance   Page 3   Turkey’s Iran standoff role irks allies Turkey’s attempts to mediate Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West have evolved into an aggressive effort to forestall new UN sanctions. The assertive campaign is placing Turkey in opposition to longtime allies Israel and the United States. It also...Selcan Hacaoglu The Jakarta Post  |  30 May 2010  |  Indonesia Article relevance   Page 27   Israel arms may not be enough to stop Iran As the Obama administration continues to pursue a diplomatic solution for Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Israel in recent years has extended the range of its bombers, launched sophisticated spy satellites and developed a more accurate...BY ROWAN SCARBOROUGH The Washington Times Weekly  |  31 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 98   Genom Iran i Delblancs fotspår da i en stil som växlade mellan det sublima och det groteskt lågkomiska. När det litterära klimatet i Sverige radikaliserades under 60-talets senare hälft, hade också han radikaliserats, gripen av intensiv leda vid sin egen självupptagenhet och sin... Svenska Dagbladet  |  30 May 2010  |  Sweden  Article relevance   Page 14   Vil sanktionerne presse præsterne? BEIRUT/WASHINGTON ran har indledt en desperat kamp mod uret for at undgå, at FN’s Sikkerhedsråd i løbet af de kommende dage eller uger vedtager et fjerde sæt FN-sanktioner for at få præstestyret til at stoppe sine atomplaner. Efter deres enighed om et...SANNE GRAM JØRGEN ULLERUP Jyllands-Postens korrespondenter Jyllands-Posten Sunday  |  30 May 2010  |  Denmark Article relevance   Page 4   Nato: „Iran hilft Taliban“ Die Nato hat nach eigenen Angaben „klare Beweise“ dafür, dass Teheran die Taliban in Afghanistan unterstütze. Die Taliban würden im Iran ausgebildet und von dort mit Waffen beliefert, sagte der Nato-Oberkommandierende in Afghanistan, US-General Stanley... Die Presse  |  31 May 2010  |  Austria Article relevance   Page 2   ‘I’d like to withdraw $14 billion, please’ Abu Dhabi // Three separate attempts to withdraw billions of dirhams from the Central Bank in the last year involved identical methods and a central Iranian character, the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court heard yesterday. In each instance, an Iranian...Marten Youssef and Hassan Hassan  Page 12   Summer’s here, it’s time to cover up The Iranian authorities have signalled ominously that this summer’s crackdown against those deemed to be dressed or behaving immodestly will be particularly harsh. The annual “anti-vice” campaign kicked off just over a week ago with a novel new twist:... Page 12   Iranian oil well fire kills three tehraN // a fire at an Iranian oil well near the Iraq border killed three people yesterday and injured 10. the cause of the fire at the Naft Shahr border region was not yet known, Bahram teimouri, the governor of Qasr-e Shirin in Kermanshah province,...  Page 13   Rafsanjani reiterates criticism of Iran election The opposition sympathiser and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian regime ahead of the first anniversary of the disputed presidential election. The former president’s website has again posted scathing...TEHRAN //  Page 19   US and Iran have tired of mutual enmity In an interview with Ghassan Charbel, the editor-in-chief of the London-based newspaper Al Hayat, the Iraqi president Jalal Talibani revealed: “Once, the Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki in this very house [Mr Talibani’s residency] told me:... The National - News  |  31 May 2010  |  UAE

 

 

Article relevance   Page 1   Gov’t, Obama slam NPT states for singling out Israel ISRAEL Israel has denounced an agreement on Friday by the 189 member nations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to move toward banning nuclear arms from the Middle East, calling it “deeply flawed and hypocritical.” US President Barack Obama also... Obama on Saturday welcomed what he termed the “balanced” nuclear nonproliferation accord reached a day earlier, but at the same time criticized the singling out of Israel in the document. Obama said the document “includes balanced and practical steps...and AP • By GIL HOFFMAN Jerusalem Post  |  30 May 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 27   Ahora dicen que EE.UU. le reducirá el apoyo a Brasil Brasil ha perdido influencia en Washington. Todos los especialistas consultado por Clarín en la capital estadounidense coincidieron en que la cancillería está furiosa con la política brasileña hacia el programa nuclear iraní. Y, añaden, el acuerdo de...Ana Baron Clarin  |  30 May 2010  |  Argentina Article relevance   Page 6   Cómo desarmar una bomba TRES de cada 10 sanciones económicas y embargos comerciales dictados contra países hallados en off-side desde el final de la Primera Guerra Mundial han resultado parcialmente exitosos. Un minucioso análisis de más de 200 condenas de ese tipo, realizado... La Nacion  |  30 May 2010  |  Argentina  Article relevance   Page 8   Banka almak isteyen, Yunanistan’a değil, Suriye ve Irak’a gitsin - Bankacılık Düzenleme ve Denetleme Kurumu (BDDK) Başkanı Tevfik Bilgin’in ardından sektörün duayeni Hüsnü Özyeğin de Türk bankalarına “yurtdışına açılın” mesajı verdi. Bankacılık yapmak için potansiyeli yüksek ülkelerin tercih edilmesini tavsiye eden...  Page 15   İsrail, İran için Basra Körfezi’ne 3 nükleer denizaltı gönderdi - İsrail, İran'ın askeri hareketliliğini izlemek için Basra Körfezi'ne üç nükleer denizaltı gönderdi. İsrail medyasına göre Alman yapımı üç denizaltı, nükleer cruise füzeleriyle donatılmış durumda. Daha önce de bölgeye gittiği öne sürülen üç gemiden...CUMALİ ÖNAL Zaman  |  31 May 2010  |  Turkey

 

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