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Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready for Nuke Talks

Decision comes amid increasing sanctions

(Newser) - A breakthrough in Iran? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that his country is ready for nuclear talks. The announcement comes amid increasing sanctions against Tehran, but Ahmadinejad says Iran won't be forced to give in to Western demands despite the sanctions. Iran had previously indicated a willingness to engage...

War of Words Escalates Over Iran Sanctions

Lawmakers again threaten to close Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - Senior Iranian lawmakers stepped up threats today that Islamic Republic warships could block the Persian Gulf's oil tanker traffic after the latest blow by Western leaders seeking to rein in Tehran's nuclear program: A punishing oil embargo by the European Union that sharply raises the economic stakes for...

EU Rolls Out Embargo on Iran Oil

May also freeze central bank's assets

(Newser) - The European Union today rolled out its embargo of Iranian oil, adopting the measure as what Britain's foreign secretary called "an unprecedented set of sanctions" designed to crack down on the country's nascent nuclear program. Existing contracts for crude oil and petroleum will be honored until July,...

Bush's CIA Chief: We Ruled Out Iran Strike

Michael Hayden says it would have backfired then, and would now, too

(Newser) - George W. Bush's administration pondered an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities and ultimately rejected it, says former CIA and NSA chief Gen. Michael Hayden. He and others concluded that an attack on Iran's nuke factories "would guarantee that which we are trying to prevent—an Iran...

Iran Helping Syria Skirt Sanctions

And Russia is shipping in weapons

(Newser) - Iran is quietly helping Syria evade US and European Union sanctions by selling its oil on the international market, US officials have discovered. Transit records show that one shipment last month saw more than 91000 metric tons of crude sent to Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports. An Iranian spokesman...

Israel: Decision on Iran Attack 'Very Far Off'

Meanwhile, Russia says it won't support sanctions

(Newser) - Iran got some good news today, as Israel moved to defuse tensions and Russia indicated it likely would not support more sanctions against the rogue nation. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said a decision on whether to attack Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons was "very far...

Roger Cohen to Israel: Stay Out of Iran
 Hey Israel: 
 Stay Out 
 of Iran 
OPINION
Jan 17, 2012 2:44 PM CST

Hey Israel: Stay Out of Iran

Roger Cohen offers plenty of reasons why

(Newser) - Israel is considering bombing Iran within months, against the White House's wishes—a decision that would be utterly disastrous on multiple fronts, writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times . Benjamin Netanyahu sees a number of reasons to do so sooner rather than later: First, Israel is concerned that...

Iran Bans Barbie, Offers US a Toy Model of Downed Spy Drone
Sorry, Kids: Iran Bans Barbie 
Jan 17, 2012 10:04 AM CST

Sorry, Kids: Iran Bans Barbie

But luckily, a replica of the downed US stealth drone will be on sale soon!

(Newser) - As the US tries to crack down on Iran , Iran is doing some cracking down of its own—on that oh-so-American symbol, the Barbie doll. The country's morality police have begun enforcing a Barbie ban issued in 1996. (Authorities blasted the doll's "destructive cultural and social consequences"...

Iran to OPEC: Don't Grab Our Oil Sales

Saudis ready to boost production, but say unrelated to embargo

(Newser) - With the West about to increase sanctions on Iran to include oil sales abroad, Tehran is warning its Arab neighbors not to make a buck off of that embargo, reports the AP . Any Arab nation that raises its oil output will be an "accomplice in the consequences," warned...

Iran Buries Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan Amid Anti-US Chants
Iran to Retaliate Against
West Over Dead Nuke Expert
says report
Jan 13, 2012 10:03 AM CST

Iran to Retaliate Against West Over Dead Nuke Expert

Reports says plan could involve foreign assassinations

(Newser) - Chanting "death to America" and "death to Israel," thousands gathered in Iran today to mourn slain nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan , hauling his coffin through Tehran. Meanwhile, an independent news site suggested Iran is preparing a covert counteroffensive against the West in retaliation for the bomb blast....

Iran Agrees to UN Inspection
 Iran Agrees to UN Inspection 
Jan 13, 2012 6:54 AM CST

Iran Agrees to UN Inspection

And calls for 'serious' talks in Turkey

(Newser) - Maybe Iran isn't barreling toward war after all. Western diplomats say Iran has agreed to allow UN nuclear inspectors into the country, with the trip currently scheduled for Jan. 28, the Wall Street Journal reports. That surprise move came as the speaker of Iran's parliament announced yesterday that...

US Boosting Persian Gulf Forces

America warns Iran that closing Strait of Hormuz would be 'red line'

(Newser) - Some of the US troops who left Iraq last month didn't move very far. As tensions with Iran rise, the US military has been quietly boosting its strength in the Persian Gulf, reports the Los Angeles Times . The move comes as US officials have warned Iran that closing the...

New Pain for Iran: Japan Jumps Aboard Embargo

Meanwhile, the US sends two new aircraft carriers to the Arabian Sea

(Newser) - It looks like things are about to get a little bit more uncomfortable for Iran: Japan today agreed to align itself with Washington and reduce the amount of oil it imports from Iran. Japan is extremely dependent on foreign fuel, and currently gets about 10% of its oil from Iran;...

US: We Didn't Kill Iran Nuke Scientist

Hillary Clinton 'categorically denies' US involvement

(Newser) - No, we didn't blow up an Iranian nuclear scientist, angry US officials have declared. Iran's top nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, was killed yesterday after a magnetic bomb was slapped on his car door in rush-hour Tehran traffic by a motorcyclist; the car blew up as the...

Car Bomb Kills Iranian Nuke Expert

Israel suspected in hit on Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan

(Newser) - Yet another Iranian nuclear scientist has been murdered, this time after two assassins on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the 32-year-old chemistry expert's car. The death of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan comes almost exactly two years to the day since another nuclear professor was killed. Roshan, a...

US Rescues Iranians in Gulf (Again)
US Rescues Iranians
in Gulf (Again)
Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM CST

US Rescues Iranians in Gulf (Again)

Coast Guard gets six off distressed fishing boat

(Newser) - The big bad Americans rescued more Iranians at sea today. This time, a US Coast Guard cutter plucked six fishermen off their boat in the Gulf when the engine failed and the vessel began flooding, reports Fox News . The crew hailed the passing US ship with flares and flashlights. It'...

Chavez, Ahmadinejad Chuckle About Nukes

Bomb is 'ready' under steps of palace, jokes Venezuela's leader

(Newser) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez shared a laugh about a nuclear bomb and Washington during a jovial meeting yesterday in Caracas. Chavez joked that a nuke was ready under a grassy knoll in front of his Miraflores palace steps. "That hill will open up and...

Confirmed: Iran Enriching Uranium Underground

Higher level of enrichment at Fordo prompts international concern

(Newser) - Iran's claim has been confirmed: The country has indeed begun enriching uranium at an underground bunker, two diplomats tell the AP today. They call the news particularly worrying because the Fordo site is being used to make material that can be upgraded more quickly and easily for use in...

Iran Sentences American to Death for Spying

Former US Marine Amir Mirzai Hekmati shown 'confessing' on TV

(Newser) - An American has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the CIA. Former US Marine Amir Mirzai Hekmati, 28, was convicted of "cooperating with a hostile nation." Hekmati, who also has Iranian citizenship, was shown on state TV last month confessing that he spied for the...

Iran Arrests 'US Spies,' Short on Details

US agents sought to undermine Iranian elections: minister

(Newser) - Iran's intelligence minister says the country's secret services have arrested several people on charges of spying for the United States and seeking to undermine the March 2 parliamentary elections. Heidar Moslehi was quoted by state TV as saying that the suspects were in touch with their contacts outside...

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