UN committee targets Iran's human rights violations and crackdown on election opponents A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Senior officials from six world powers expressed disappointment on Friday that Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and urged Tehran to reconsider. Iran has rejected a deal under which it ...
Iran says it will launch another communications satellite without outside help in 2 years Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it ...
Major world powers met in Brussels Friday to plot their next move after Iran rejected a nuclear fuel deal, as the UN atomic watchdog's chief warned that Tehran risked losing a "unique" opportunity. Representatives of the five permanent UN Security Council members ...
Iran has not yet provided a "final answer" to a "unique" international nuclear fuel offer, Mohamed ElBaradei, the outgoing head of the UN nuclear watchdog, said on Friday. "I do not consider that I have received a final answer," ElBaradei, chief of ...
Analysis: US approach to Iran is toughening but outlook for harsher anti-nuke sanctions is dim The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Nov. 15 San Antonio Express-News, on the swine flu vaccine: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ...
Major world powers are to meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss Iran's rejection of a nuclear fuel deal, a top EU official said, after US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" for Tehran. Iran, meanwhile, hit out at the United States ...
SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - World powers could have a package of measures against Iran "within weeks," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday, warning Tehran of consequences for its failure to respond to an offer of a nuclear deal. However, Iranian Foreign Minister ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Death sentences imposed by Iran over unrest after disputed elections in June were unfortunate and distressing, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. Iran's state broadcaster reported Tuesday five people had been sentenced to die over the post-election ...
Representatives from major world powers will meet in Brussels Friday to discuss developments with Iran's nuclear programme, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana's office said Thursday. "I can confirm to that tomorrow in Brussels there will be a meeting of the three ...
