Posted on December 27th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Former UN staff member Salim Lone has written an article that was published yesterday in the International Herald Tribune, entitled “In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war”. Lone, a former journalist from Kenya (of sub-continental origin — meaning from pre-1948 India), who was stripped of his Kenyan citizenship for a period after having written an article critical of the [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Howard LaFranchi writes in The Christian Science Monitor today that “With the considerably weakened but unanimously approved resolution calling for further action within 60 days if Iran does not cease its uranium enrichment activities, the measure all but sets a date for the return of Iran to the top of the Security Council’s docket. This [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty have interviewed a writer and/or journalist, James Traub, who contribtues to The New York Times Magazine, and who has written a new book, ”The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power” — according to RFE/RL, a detailed account of the inner workings of Kofi [...]
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Posted on December 26th, 2006 by Marian Houk
A weekly report, the Proceedings of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, is publishing a study this week by Roger Stern, of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, at The Johns Hopkins University, on The Iranian petroleum crisis and United States national security. According to the abstract of this study: “The U.S. case against [...]
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Filed under: Academic studies and research, International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Nuclear technology and weapons
Posted on December 26th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Iran Daily newspaper reports from Tehran that “Government Spokesman Gholamhossein Elham said on Monday the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1737 against Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities merely based on illusion, stressing that a country should not be deprived of its rights based on illusion. Elham made the remark while speaking to reporters at his weekly [...]
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Posted on December 26th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Saeed Jalili, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs, was interviewed by the Boston Globe’s James F. Smith on 18 December. The interview was reprinted by The Campaign Against Military Sanctions and Intervention in Iran. Here are excerpts from the interview: Jalili: “Our nation has had to face a 27-year-long embargo against this country. [...]
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Posted on December 25th, 2006 by Marian Houk
From an official UN Press Release – Â SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN FOR FAILURE TO HALT URANIUM ENRICHMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1737 (2006): Measures Will Be Lifted if Iran Suspends Suspect Activities; Report Due from Atomic Energy Agency on Compliance within 60 Days … The meeting began at 11:25 a.m. and adjourned at 12:41 [...]
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Posted on December 25th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Posted today on Juan Cole’s Informed Comment blog: “Iran will defy the United Nations Security Council and press ahead with its uranium enrichment program. The UNSC demanded that Iran clear up the unresolved question of whether it has a military nuclear weapons program in addition to its announced and fairly transparent civilian energy research program. [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2006 by Marian Houk
The Islamic Repubic News Agency (IRNA) reported from Tehran that “Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said here Sunday that Iran has acquired necessary capability to carry out peaceful nuclear activities. Hosseini made the remark while speaking to domestic and foreign reporters at his weekly press briefing. He said Iran would celebrate its nuclear victory during [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Javad Zarif told the UN Security Council on Saturday, as it adopted a resolution starting sanctions against Iran for refusing to abandon its uranium enrichment program, that “The sponsors tell you that they do not trust our ‘intentions.’ But the problem is that their ‘intention-o-meter’ has a rather abysmal record [...]
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