EU berates Iran on rights before nuclear talks

Tuesday, 20 December 2005

Reuters, BRUSSELS - The European Union today accused Iran of persistent and grave human rights failings in a toughly worded statement issued on the eve of new talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Alleging abuses ranging from media censorship through to child executions, the EU said its three-year dialogue with Iran on human rights had stalled with little to show for it.

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Gulf states concerned over Iran regime nuclear ambitions

Monday, 19 December 2005

NCRI - Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, alarmed at Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions, examined proposals for a nuclear-free zone in the world's top oil-producing region during summit talks on Sunday. "The international community is calling for an end to the spread of weapons of mass destruction. This has become a global demand. One day, our grandchildren should be able to live in safety from this evil," Youssef bin Alwai bin Abdullah, the Omani minister responsible for foreign affairs, told reporters shortly before the talks ended for the day.

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Secretary Rice: Iran cannot be trusted with nuclear technology

Sunday, 18 December 2005

NCRI – Speaking to the Fox News TV Channel on Sunday, Secretary Condaleezza Rice said that Iranian regime has shown in practice that it cannot be trusted with technology that could lead to a nuclear weapon.   On Ahmadinejad’s recent remarks on Israel and that the Holocaust was a "myth", Rice said that she expected Iran's nuclear program to be referred to the UN Security Council.

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Iran accused of aiding Islamist violence in Turkey: report

Sunday, 18 December 2005

Agence France Presse, ANKARA - A Turkish court has said that neighboring Iran trained Turkish Islamist radicals and supported "terrorist" activities aimed at undermining Turkey's strictly secular order, media reports said Sunday. The accusations came in the reasoning that an Ankara court wrote over the convictions in July of nine Islamist militants in a long-running case over the murders of four prominent pro-secular intellectuals in the 1990s.

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Iran: Der religiöse Führer Khamenei zum Nahost-Konflikt - Lasst die Welt abstimmen!

Sunday, 18 December 2005

Nicht nur der iranische Präsident macht sich Gedanken über das Schicksal Israels: Das geistliche Oberhaupt Irans, Ajatollah Khamenei, fordert in der Nahost-Frage ein globales Referendum. Ein solches Verfahren birgt große Chancen. Es kommt nur auf die Ausführung an.   Die Aufregung über den Vorschlag des iranischen Staatspräsidenten Mahmud Ahmadinedschad, Israel nach Europa zu verlegen, hat sich noch nicht gelegt, da kommt aus Iran wieder eine neue Idee zur Lösung der Nahost-Frage. Der Vorsitzende des iranischen Wächterrates, Ajatollah Ali Khamenei, hat im iranischen Staatsfernsehen gesagt, es sollte eine "weltweite Abstimmung" über Israel und die palästinensischen Gebiete abgehalten werden.

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Germany to seek UN censure on Iranian regime

Saturday, 17 December 2005

NCRI - Germany is looking for UN’s punishment of the mullahs’ regime following remarks by its president Ahmadinejad on Israel. Thomas de Mazieres, chief of staff of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Saturday: "We are looking at (possible) measures at the level of the UN." Mullahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has caused international outrage with a series of anti-Israeli remarks in recent weeks.

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Gulf summit focus on threats from Iranian regime

Saturday, 17 December 2005

NCRI - Leaders of six pro-U.S. Gulf Arab states meet on Sunday to discuss Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions and a U.N.-Syria standoff, concerned that an escalation of these disputes could rock a region already suffering from instability in Iraq. "There is concern that Iran's nuclear program could be weaponized. At the end of the day they (Iranians) are building a nuclear reactor across the Gulf," one Gulf official said according to Reuters.

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Iran Could Be Sanctioned for Riling Israel

Saturday, 17 December 2005

Associated Press - Iran could face sanctions if it keeps provoking Israel and the West, European leaders warned Saturday, even as the Tehran regime's interior minister said the Iranian president's remarks had been "misunderstood." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad aggravated tensions with the West this week by calling the Holocaust a "myth," a statement that came two months after he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."

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Influential congresswoman faults Bush on Iran

Saturday, 17 December 2005

Reuters, Washington - An influential Republican congresswoman expressed frustration on Friday over President George W. Bush's approach to Iran and said pressure is building for a tougher U.S. policy. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (news, bio, voting record) of Florida, a Bush loyalist who chairs a House of Representatives subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, also endorsed a stricter line toward Russia for failing to crack down on Tehran.

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