Thursday, April 13, 2006

Regional Aspirations of Iran: Thu. 13 Apr.

INTERNATIONAL

Iran 's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, waves to his supporters in Gonabad in Khorasan Razavi province, 890 km (530 miles) north east of Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 13, 2006. Hard-line President Ahmadinejad vows that Iran won't back away from uranium enrichment and says the world must treat Iran as a nuclear power. (AP Photo/Mehr news agency)
COMMENTLINE
Collected for your inspection, in no particular order, the latest international tensions courtesy of Iran.

NEWSLINE
"Using those 50,000 centrifuges [Iran] could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon in 16 days,'' Stephen Rademaker, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, told reporters today in Moscow.

NEWSBYTES
Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says
April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State Department official said.

Iran: No end to nuclear work
(www.Aljazeera.Net) -- Iran has said it will continue work on its controversial nuclear programme after initial talks in Tehran with the head of the UN atomic watchdog.

Iran Rebuffs Request to Suspend Enrichment
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran rebuffed a request by the U.N. nuclear agency chief in talks Thursday that it suspend uranium enrichment, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted his country will not retreat "one iota."

Rice says U.N. must adopt tough Iran resolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday the United Nations must consider strong action against Iran, such as a resolution that could lead to sanctions or lay the groundwork for force.

US in warning to 'defiant' Iran
(BBC) -- The US has warned Iran that it must face the consequences of its defiance over its nuclear programme.

Iran to clarify atomic plans: UN
TEHRAN (Reuters) -- The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog head said on Thursday Iran had told him it would step up efforts to answer questions on its atomic plans, while Tehran rejected calls to halt work the West says is designed to make weapons.

ALSO SEE
Iran plans second satellite launch
(www.Aljazeera.Net) -- Iran hopes to put a second satellite into orbit in two years, a senior telecommunications official has said.

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