Reuters
Wed May 10, 2006 JAKARTA - Iran's nuclear program is peaceful and has no military purpose, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, adding he was ready to engage in dialogue with anybody.
"It has nothing to do with nuclear weapons, or military purposes," he said during a visit to Indonesia. He was speaking in an interview broadcast live on local Metro television. He also said it was "ridiculous" for countries with nuclear arsenals of their own to be pressing Iran to curb its effort to develop nuclear energy. |
AFP
May 12, 2006 VIENNA - The United States must talk directly to Iran about its disputed nuclear programme because Tehran will not negotiate seriously if Washington is not involved, UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan said. "As long as the Iranians have a sense that they are negotiating with the Europeans ad referendum (needing referral for a final decision), and what they discuss with them will have to be discussed with the Americans, and then come back again to them, I am not sure they will put everything on the table," Annan told reporters in Vienna on Friday. |
by Victor Tjahjadi
AFP Fri May 12, 2006 JAKARTA - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has hit back at what he called a US propaganda war, keeping up his firebrand attacks on the West a day after saying that
Israel would one day vanish. Ahmadinejad, who has become the public face of the Islamic republic in its quest for nuclear know-how that critics say is a bid to build the atom bomb, said his nation was a great force that would not bow to the US and its allies. "They perhaps are using propaganda to start a war of ideology but they actually know that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a great force," he told a summit of Islamic and political leaders in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. "They actually are carrying out propaganda with a sour face and are using strong words to intimidate our people, but I'm telling you the people of Iran are not afraid of them." |
By Mike Whitney
05/11/06 "Liberalism and Western style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President Ahmadinejad's 18 page letter won't soften attitudes in Washington or deter the western press from slandering him as the "new Hitler", but it may dispel the illusion that he is a fanatical jihadi who is endangering the free world. The letter shows that Iran would like to open a dialogue with the United States so the current standoff can be resolved peacefully. The Bush administration, however, has brushed aside Iran's gesture leaving many to believe that another war is imminent. |
By Ronny Sofer
05/10/06 ynetnews PM set to visit Washington in two weeks for summit with President Bush; Olmert to point to link between Tehran nuclear threat, Hamas terror, demand Americans move against Iran
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is due to leave for Washington in two weeks-time and hold a summit with American President George W. Bush. The two leaders are set to meet in a bid to formulate a uniform stance on the Iranian nuclear threat and Hamas' rule in the Palestinian Authority. The PM will also attempt to ascertain the Administration's standpoint on the issue of the planned Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. |
By Larisa Alexandrovna
05/11/06 Raw Story Use of Iraq terror group bypassed Congress, sources say
Concern is building among the military and the intelligence community that the US may be preparing for a military strike on Iran, as military assets in key positions are approaching readiness, RAW STORY has learned. According to military and intelligence sources, an air strike on Iran could be doable in June of this year, with military assets in key positions ready to go and a possible plan already on the table. |
11 May 2006
APA "The US administration considers making attacks on Iran through Azerbaijan's territory," said Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector stated (APA).
Ritter said that it is enough to look through military maps, if one wants to realize how important it is for the United States to dislocate its military forces in Azerbaijan. "America is taking interest in dislocating its forces in Azerbaijan, neighbor of Iran. The shortest way to Tehran passes through the Caspian Sea. The US forces plans to make attacks this territory namely," Ritter underlined. The former UN Arms Inspector also said that the militants have the power to carry out these operations and intends to fulfill this plan. "They have received a special order by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. No one can doubt of US President, his close surroundings and military men are preparing for war with Iran," Ritter reported |
May 12, 2006
Socialist Worker Online FOR WEEKS, the mainstream media have been filled with accusations that Iran's nuclear program presents an alarming threat to the U.S. and the world. And a string of U.S. officials are threatening military action against Iran for refusing to "cooperate."
Dick Cheney promised that Iran would suffer "meaningful consequences" if it refused to abandon its nuclear program--words slightly less stark but no less menacing than U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) John Bolton's threat of "tangible and painful consequences." |
Kommersant
11/05/2006 The Nuclear Crisis
The UN Security Council passed a draft resolution on Iran drawn up by Britain, France and Germany Tuesday. The European nations give Iran another chance, promising broad-based economic support and benefits in exchange for the suspension of uranium enrichment. Washington is satisfied with the draft, convinced that Iran will turn down the offer, and nothing will save Teheran from sanctions then. Russia approves of the draft in general but tries to bring the nuclear power plant in Bushehr away from sanctions and pushes for the penalties which can damage Western interests rather than its own. Western Approach Germany, France and UK have come up with a new initiative to solve the Iranian crisis. The Old World decided to use the stick and the carrot policy in the dialog with Teheran. This time, Iran will be requested not only to abandon the uranium enrichment program, but also to fully and openly cooperate with IEAE inspectors. The West is willing to provide material incentives for the c. For example, Iran can be given a highly favorable trade regime with EU-countries. Europe can also promise Teheran to build energy plants, including nuclear reactors for nuclear power plants. |
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