Archive for October, 2007
Iran replaces chief nuclear negotiator
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear today that there was no room for negotiation on the country’s nuclear program, only hours before Iran’s new chief nuclear negotiator made his international debut in Rome. The tone for the first talks between the new negotiator, Saeed Jalili, and the EU’s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, […]
Putin takes initiative
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, proposed a new way to help resolve the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program during an extraordinary meeting with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the country’s chief nuclear negotiator on Wednesday. The negotiator, Ali Larijani, told reporters that Mr. Putin, who was granted an audience with Ayatollah Khamenei on […]
George W. Bush warns of World War III
Thursday, October 18th, 2007US President George W. Bush issued a stark warning on Iran on Wednesday, suggesting that if the country obtained nuclear arms, it could lead to “World War III.” “We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel,” Mr. Bush said at a White House news conference, referring to […]
Putin warns of military action against Iran
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Russian president Vladimir Putin told a summit of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran today that any use of military force in the Caspian region was unacceptable and in a declaration the countries agreed that none of them would allow their territories to be used as a base for launching military strikes against any of […]
