The US, Britain and France warned Iran on Thursday that it may face new sanctions over its nuclear program, but Russia and China hinted that they were not convinced.
The Western powers have shown their desire to ratchet up the pressure on an increasingly defiant Teheran over its atomic ambitions during a UN Security Council debate on Iran. However Russia and China hinted that they were not convinced.
French UN Ambassador Gerard Araud told the council, “If it continues to refuse the slightest confidence measures, to refuse dialogue, transparency … we must …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term on August 5, 2009. The 52-year-old took the oath of office for another four years at a ceremony in parliament after his landslide election victory in June that triggered the worst turmoil in the country’s history.
Mr Ahmadinejad in his speech outlining his plans for the future said he would continue to resist ‘oppressive powers,’ dismissing the US stance towards Iran and hailing his election as a sign of major change in Iran. According ot witnesses, prominent opposition leaders did …

Thousands of supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran’s defeated presidential candidate, demonstrated for a sixth straight day to keep up the pressure on the Iranian regime over the disputed election 2009.
The Guardians Council, the electoral watchdog, said it has received a total of 646 complaints of irregularities in the conduct of the poll from Mr Mousavi and the other two defeated candidates and was investigating these complaints. It said it had invited the trio to set out their grievances on Saturday, with a decision on Sunday about any possible recount …

Roxana Saberi, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, met her parents outside Evin prison Monday evening after the court cut her eight-year prison sentence on charges of spying for the U.S to a two-year suspended sentence.  ”She was reunited with her father and mother. They left for their house,” her lawyer Saleh Nikbakht told The Associated Press. He said Saberi was free to leave Iran immediately.
On Sunday, a court heard an appeal of Saberi’s conviction and sentence and her lawyers emerged saying they were able to defend her and were optimistic her …

Iran is celebrating the begining of the solar new year called Nowruz which means new day in Persian. In an appearent policey shift from Bush’s administration, the president of United States of America, Barack Obama has stated in a televised address to the Iranians on the occasion of the Nowruz:
“So on the occasion of your New Year, I want you, the people and leaders of Iran, to understand the future that we seek. It’s a future with renewed exchanges among our people, and greater opportunities for partnership and commerce. It’s …

We hear about nuclear programm of Iran and how much danger it posses to the world. How much is the truth in it and is Iran producing any nuclear weapons?  Eric Magnolis has an interesting analysis of the situation.  The article was published in Toronto Sun.
By ERIC MARGOLIS
As the U.S. economy sank ever lower, a huge brouhaha erupted this week over claims that Iran might have nuclear weapons.
The new CIA director, Leon Panetta, said “there is no question, they (Iran) are seeking that capability.” The Pentagon chief, Admiral Mike Mullen, …