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By ED JAMES IRAN'S president said yesterday that he does not see the possibility of a war with the United States or Israel, dismissing military threats by the two countries as a "funny joke". President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also called for confidence- building by the next US administration, saying it should make up for the "domineering hegemony" of President George Bush and rebuild America's reputation in the eyes of the world. "Today, the government of the United States is on the threshold...
WASHINGTON _ Iran simultaneously test-fired at least nine medium- and long-range missiles early Wednesday, a fiery warning to the United States and Israel against attacking the country over its suspected nuclear ambitions. The desert launches of the missiles, a type of which is believed capable of hitting Israel, was the latest escalation in a duel of psychological and diplomatic warfare between Iran and major world powers. "This exercise was needed to practice how to deal a quick...
By Vijay Joshi Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel. He also predicted Israel would collapse without Iranian action. "I assure you that there won't be any war in the future," Ahmadinejad told a news conference during a visit to Malaysia for a summit of developing Muslim nations. The Israelis "are a complex political group, but you should know...
There has been a flurry of speculation in Washington about whether President Bush will authorize an attack on Iran's nuclear sites before his term ends. Sy Hersh has a new piece in the New Yorker detailing Bush's authorization of escalated covert ops against Iran. Israel's deputy prime minister Shaul Mofaz has warned that military action looks "unavoidable" given Iran's nuclear program. Israel recently carried out expanded air exercises over the Mediterranean. But the really...
By Elaine Sciolino Iran formally responded Friday to a proposal of incentives aimed at resolving the impasse over the country's nuclear program, European officials said. The response came in a letter signed by the Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, and handed to the office of the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, on Friday evening, said Cristina Gallach, Solana's spokeswoman. Officials declined to discuss the contents of the letter. Earlier Friday, the chief...
Text of report in English by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website United Nations, New York, 3 July: Iran has always been part of the solution to regional problems in the past 30 years, Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday [3 July]. After the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the country has constantly tried to adopt a logical and realistic approach in dealing with regional crises and developments, Mottaki told reporters on the sidelines of an...
WASHINGTON _ The words Wednesday from Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were notable for their blunt pragmatism: an Israeli airstrike on Iran would be high risk and could destabilize the region, leading to political and economic chaos. On Iran's western border, the U.S. military is more than five years into a war in Iraq that has taken 4,113 American lives and cost U.S. taxpayers more than $600 billion. And on Iran's eastern border, American commanders are now openly...
Text of editorial by Farnaz Hassan'alizadeh headlined: "The silence of Ahmadinezhad's media team" published by Iranian newspaper E'temad website on 22 June Has the government's media team planned a new scenario for the media houses or the government media outlets do not have satisfactory explanation about some of Ahmadinezhad's remarks? These were the two questions raised by reporters after attending Gholam- Hoseyn Elham's news conference at Pastur [the road where the presidential office is...
New petrochemical complex inaugurated in Iran TEHRAN, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A new petrochemical complex was officially inaugurated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's western province of Kermanshah on Thursday, the official IRNA news agency reported. The Kermanshah Petrochemical Complex is located at Bistoun, 30 km east of Kermanshah, the provincial capital, and is projected to produce over 660,000 tons of urea and 396,000 tons of ammonia annually, the IRNA said....
By CONSTANT BRAND, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS, Belgium EU nations approved new sanctions Monday against Iran, imposing additional financial and travel restrictions on a list of Iranian companies and experts including the country's largest bank. But don't expect the EU, China, Russia or the U.S. to agree anytime soon to tougher sanctions that would ban oil and gas exports from Tehran in response to its nuclear program plans. European Union officials stressed the importance of the 27-...
