The European Union and the United States challenged Iran today to prove that allegations it was involved in nuclear weapons work were false, as Tehran claims.
https://tinyurl.com/2p2lkh
Ahmadinejad calls UN Security Council a political tool of big powers, dismisses sanctions
Ahmadinejad said Iran will only talk to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency over its nuclear program, not the Security Council.
https://tinyurl.com/2ktyv4
Iran minister says no new nuclear talks after sanctions
Iran will not hold new talks on its nuclear programme after the imposition of fresh sanctions by the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told AFP on Wednesday.
https://tinyurl.com/354y37
Iran sanctions vote signals a global rift
Some developing nations may be starting to sour on push by world powers to control lucrative nuclear technology.
https://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0305/p01s08-wogi.html
China Jumps Off the Iran Sanctions Merry-Go-Round
China's response to the new UN Security Council sanctions on Iran provide a useful perspective on Chinese policy and its movement toward a new, post-Bush and post-terror alternative doctrine for managing international crises.
https://americanfootprints.com/drupal/node/3934
From Information Clearing House
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The Iran hawks’ latest surge
Salon
by Gregory Levey
03/07/08
With McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, national security and instability in the Middle East are certain to return to the spotlight in the general campaign, as many McCain supporters believe those issues play to his strengths. The director of foreign policy for McCain’s campaign said in an interview Wednesday that McCain remains ’skeptical’ of the latest NIE’s findings, and outlined McCain’s views on Iran in terms similar to those of some hawkish lobbyists working behind the scenes in Washington. On Monday, the U.N. Security Council voted to impose a new round of sanctions on Iran. The latest round will freeze the assets of some Iranian officials and companies connected to the nuclear program, as well as prohibit trade with Iran in certain supplies that have both civilian and military uses. Although hawks are somewhat heartened by this development, U.N. sanctions have effected little change in Tehran in the past, and for many of them the latest round is not enough...
https://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/07/iran/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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