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International Herald Tribune, 09 Dec 08, by Nazila Fathi
Iran urges Obama to change approach
'Iran said Monday that it would not abandon its nuclear program and urged President-elect Barack Obama to change America's "carrot-and-stick policy" toward Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.'

International Herald Tribune, 20 Nov 08, by William J. Broad and David E. Sanger
Iran said to have enough nuclear fuel for one weapon
'... The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about 1,390 pounds, of low-enriched uranium. Several experts said that was enough for a bomb, but they cautioned that the milestone was mostly symbolic, because Iran would have to take additional steps.'

Washington Post, 13 Nov 08, by Thomas Erdbrink
Facing Obama, Iran Suddenly Hedges on Talks
'Since 2006, Iran's leaders have called for direct, unconditional talks with the United States to resolve international concerns over their nuclear program. But as an American administration open to such negotiations prepares to take power, Iran's political and military leaders are sounding suddenly wary of President-elect Barack Obama.'

International Herald Tribune, 12 Nov 08, by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
Iran reports new missile tests
'Iran said Wednesday that it successfully test-fired a new generation of long range surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 1,200 miles, state-run television reported. A senior official said the missile would be used only defensively, but did not identify a potential aggressor.'

International Herald Tribune, 05 Nov 08, by Nazila Fathi
Iran warns U.S. against violating airspace
'The Iranian military said Wednesday that American helicopters had been spotted near its border with Iraq and warned that Iran would respond to any violation of its airspace, the IRNA news agency reported.'

International Herald Tribune, 10 Oct 08, by Elaine Sciolino
Nuclear aid by Russian to Iranians suspected
'International nuclear inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to European and American officials.'

International Herald Tribune, 07 Oct 08, by Alan Cowell
Iran creates stir with reports saying U.S. plane was forced to land
'An Iranian news agency said Tuesday that a United States warplane had been forced to land in Iran, but the Pentagon said there was no evidence to support the claim and Iran quickly withdrew it. Tehran then moved quickly to play down the claim.'

Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep 08, by Howard LaFranchi
US, Russia announce breakthrough on new Iran resolution
'The move shows a willingness to act on common goals despite deteriorating relations.'

NPR 'Morning Edition', 23 Sep 08
Ahmadinejad: 'Who Exactly Is The Provocateur?'
'Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to criticize the U.S. during an address this week to the United Nations General Assembly. But in an interview with NPR, Ahmadinejad disputed that was his intention – up to a point.'

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International Herald Tribune/AP, 06 Aug 08
Nations weigh new Iran sanctions
'Major world powers agreed Wednesday to pursue new sanctions against Iran, even though the watered-down penalties already levied by the U.N. have only made Iran rush faster to perfect nuclear expertise.'

International Herald Tribune, 05 Aug 08, by Nazila Fathi
Iran escalates military rhetoric
'Iran warned Monday that it could easily close a critical Gulf waterway to oil shipments and said it had a new long-range naval weapon that could sink enemy ships nearly 200 miles away.'

International Herald Tribune, 23 Jul 08, by Alan Cowell
Iran won't relent on nuclear program
'As world powers await Iran's reply to proposals concerning its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Wednesday that Tehran would not "retreat one iota" from its atomic work, which includes the enrichment of uranium.'

Washington Post, 10 Jul 08, by Glenn Kessler and Howard Schneider
Iran Conducts Second Day of Missle Tests : U.S. Plays Down Military Showdown
'The tests included the use of more long-range rockets capable of reaching Israel, as well as other devices with what state-controlled media referred to as "special capabilities," ... Iran's missile launch came just days after Israel conducted a high-profile military exercise in the Mediterranean.'

BBC News, 10 Jul 08
US warns Iran on missile threat
'The US has said it will not hesitate to defend its interests and those of its allies as Iran continues missile tests.'

Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jul 08, by Scott Peterson
Confrontation escalates between Iran and Israel
'Iran tested the Shahab-3 missile, which could hit Israel or US Mideast bases. ... "This does not mean there is going to be war in the Middle East, [but] it means that the situation is more dangerous, and it means that miscalculation now could actually have a horrendous result – a result that I don't believe the Israelis or the Iranians or the US ... want," says Charles Heyman, a British military analyst and editor of the annual "Armed Forces of the United Kingdom."'

Associated Press, 02 Jul 08, by Barbara Surk
US Navy: Iran won't be allowed to close Hormuz
'The U.S. Navy and its Gulf allies will not allow Iran to seal off the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the commander of U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf said Wednesday.'

New York Times, 02 Jul 08, by Helene Cooper
Softer Tone From Iran Has Experts Guessing
'Iranian officials on Tuesday continued their long history of befuddling Western diplomats, as two top officials sounded conciliatory notes about the prospects of eventually breaching the impasse between the West and Tehran over the country's nuclear ambitions.'

International Herald Tribune, 01 Jul 08, by Brian Knowlton
Bush says U.S. prefers diplomacy in Iran standoff
'With tension and warnings continuing to swirl around Iran and its nuclear program, President George W. Bush said again Wednesday that the United States continued to prefer diplomacy but that, as always, "all options are on the table."'

The New Yorker, 07 Jul 08 issue, by Seymour M. Hersh
Preparing the Battlefield
'The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.'

Washington Post, 17 Jun 08, by Dan Eggen
Iran to Face New E.U. Sanctions, Brown Says
'British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Monday for new European sanctions against Iranian banking, oil and natural gas interests, signaling a growing willingness by Western allies to join President Bush in punishing Tehran for its nuclear enrichment program.'

Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jun 08, by Scott Peterson
Iran's nuclear program: will more sanctions work?
'The EU's Javier Solana heads to Iran this weekend to offer revised US-EU incentives. ... Not on the list of incentives is a security guarantee from the United States that it won't attack, despite growing speculation mixed with shrill rhetoric that the US or Israel might strike Iran's nuclear facilities in coming months.'

Washington Post, 14 Jun 08, by Thomas Erdbrink and Robin Wright
Iran Rejects Six-Nation Proposal
'Incentive offer called 'out of the question' for nuclear demand'

New York Times, 12 Jun 08, by Steven Lee Myers And Nicholas Kulish
Iran Unmoved by Threats on Its Atomic Program
'Increasingly tough warnings from President Bush and his European allies have done nothing to temper Iran's stance on its nuclear program, worsening the confrontation over what American officials and others suspect is a covert Iranian plan to build an atomic bomb.'

Middle East Times, 09 Jun 08, by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Strikes against Iran may be 'unavoidable'
'... Iran's covert operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; its recent military and political victories through its proxy army, Hezbollah (in Lebanon) and its beneficiary, Hamas (in the Palestinian territories); a newly signed defense pact with its terrorist-supporting ally, Syria; and its unstated nuclear ambitions, may be forcing the West's hand.'

Los Angeles Times, 09 Jun 08, by Ashraf Khalil
Iraq pledges closer ties with Iran
'Iraqi leader Nouri Maliki meets with President Ahmadinejad and seeks to allay Iranian concerns about Iraq's proposed long-term security deal with the United States.'

Asia Times, 09 Jun 08, by Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iran shadow over US-Iraq security pact
'Ideally, the United States wants a long-term security agreement with Iraq that would allow US soldiers to remain indefinitely in the country and without restrictions. The Baghdad government's reluctance to sign onto such an accord reflects opposition at home as well as in Iran. But Tehran is prepared to deal, provided it gets a slice of the Iraqi security pie.'

Christian Science Monitor, 05 Jun 08, by Scott Peterson
Nuclear report: parsing Iran's intent
'As UN nuclear watchdog meets in Vienna, sparring is sharp over Iran's goals for its program.'

International Herald Tribune, 04 Jun 08, by Helene Cooper and Isabel Kershner
Rice calls Iran talks pointless while enrichment continues
'Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice escalated the Bush administration's anti-Iran rhetoric, accusing its government of pursuing nuclear weapons and calling any dialogue with its leaders pointless until they suspend the country's enrichment of uranium.'

International Herald Tribune, 27 May 08, by Elaine Sciolino
Harsh report on Iranian nuclear program raises alarm
'An unusually harsh report by the International Atomic Energy Agency has stoked new concern about the scope and nature of Iran's nuclear program, and has provoked sharp new criticism of Tehran from around the world.'

International Herald Tribune, 21 May 08, by Steven Lee Myers
U.S. criticizes new report about Iran
'The White House sharply criticized a news organization on Tuesday for the second time in two days over reports about administration policy toward Iran, dismissing an Israeli report that President George W. Bush was preparing to order an attack on Iran before leaving office in eight months.'

Washington Post, 22 May 08, by Karen DeYoung
Petraeus: Diplomacy, Not Force, With Iran
'Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, President Bush's nominee to lead U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, supports continued U.S. engagement with international and regional partners to find the right mix of diplomatic, economic and military leverage to address the challenges posed by Iran.'

Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 08, by Scott Peterson and Howard LaFranchi
Iran shifts attention to brokering peace in Iraq
'Details from a secret meeting between top Iranian and Iraqi officials signal Iran's aim to "stop arming" militias.'

International Herald Tribune, 01 May 08, by Alissa J. Rubin and Michael R. Gordon
Iraq team to discuss militias with Iran
'The Iraqi prime minister is sending several senior Shiite leaders to Tehran to discuss their concerns that Iran is arming and financing militias in Iraq, senior Iraqi and American officials said Wednesday.'

International Herald Tribune, 29 Apr 08, by William J. Broad
Western scientists intrigued by photos from Iran's nuclear site
'Barbed wire and antiaircraft guns ring a maze of buildings in the Iranian desert that lies at the heart of the West's five-year standoff with Tehran over its program to enrich uranium.'

New York Times, 21 Apr 08, by James Glanz and Alissa J. Rubin
U.S. and Iran Find Common Ground in Iraq’s Shiite Conflict
'The causes of this convergence boil down to the logic of self-interest, although it is logic in a place where even the most basic reasoning refuses to go in a straight line. In essence, though, the calculation by the United States is that it must back the government it helped to create and take the steps needed to protect American troops and civilian officials.'

Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar 08, by Scott Peterson
Iran's nuclear program: talk of international consortium
'Western and Iranian officials consider new framework as Iran program progresses.'

Washington Post, 04 Mar 08, by Robin Wright and Colum Lynch
U.N. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran
'The United Nations imposed new sanctions on Iran yesterday, capping a year of difficult diplomacy that may represent the Bush administration's final bid to mobilize international action against Tehran over its controversial nuclear program.'

Christian Science Monitor, 05 Mar 08, by Howard LaFranchi
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.'

Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb 08, by Peter Grier
Questions persist on Iran's nuclear plans
'One example: Data on making uranium metal should have been disclosed, critics say.'

International Herald Tribune, 26 Feb 08, by Helene Cooper and Warren Hoge
Europe to offer new incentives to Iran over nuclear program
'European countries are planning to offer new incentives to Iran if it agrees to halt its uranium enrichment program, according to European diplomats. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, Iran's ambassador said Monday that his country would continue to defy Security Council directives to halt the program and that documents cited as possible evidence of Iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons were "forgeries."'

Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan 08, by Howard LaFranchi
Renewed impetus to sanction Iran
'Security Council members, plus Germany, agree Tuesday on the outline of a third UN resolution.'

International Herald Tribune, 10 Jan 08, by Nazila Fathi
Iran accuses U.S. of faking Gulf video
'Iran's Revolutionary Guard accused the United States on Wednesday of fabricating a video showing Iranian speedboats confronting United States Navy warships in the Gulf over the weekend, according to a report carried by the semiofficial Fars news agency and state-run television.'

Washington Post, 10 Jan 08, by Robin Wright
Top Iranian General Hit With Sanctions
'The United States yesterday slapped sanctions on a top Iranian general and three exiled Iraqis based in Iran and Syria for fomenting violence in Iraq, as President Bush lashed out again at Tehran for last weekend's showdown between U.S. and Iranian naval vessels.'

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