Posted 12/12/2004 @ 17:48:9 GMT U.S. and Europe Are at Odds, Again, This Time Over Iran
WASHINGTON -- Despite a renewed American effort to repair relations with Europe, a disagreement between the Bush administration and European leaders over how best to persuade Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program has deepened in recent weeks, diplomats on both sides say.
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Posted 12/12/2004 @ 17:40:57 GMT Feith : US Action Against Iran Can't Be Ruled Out
The US hopes that Iran will follow Libya's lead in abandoning its nuclear program, but nobody should rule out the possibility of military action against Teheran's nuclear sites if it does not, US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview.
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Posted 12/12/2004 @ 16:51:13 GMT David Frost Interviewed Farah Pahlavi, Former Empress of Iran
FARAH PAHLAVI: ...Iranians I think which are really desperate for change, desperate for freedom and democracy. And I am sure with the help of the Iranians inside and outside of Iran, and with the help and the moral help of the freedom-loving people of the world, Iranian people will reach democracy and freedom.
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Posted 12/12/2004 @ 14:0:14 GMT 25 Years Later, a Different Type of Revolution
TEHRAN -- Victoria's Secret has arrived in Tehran. So have the Gap, Diesel, Benetton and Black & Decker. A quarter-century after a mass movement inspired by Islam ended 2,500 years of monarchy, Iran's revolutionary society is moving on.
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Posted 12/12/2004 @ 13:49:46 GMT Iran Refuses to Give Up Nuclear Research
VIENNA -- Iran intends to use Monday's talks with France, Britain and Germany to ensure it has the right to go on carrying out research with equipment that could be used to develop nuclear weapons, Western diplomats said.
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Posted 12/12/2004 @ 13:32:7 GMT Whitewashing Iran
In just the latest move that calls into question the seriousness of its efforts to learn the truth about Iran's nuclear weapons program, the International Atomic Energy Agency apparently withheld information suggesting that Iran had attempted to purchase large quantitities of dual-use material (items with civilian and military uses) which can be used to detonate an atomic weapon.
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Posted 12/12/2004 @ 13:25:56 GMT The U.S. vs. a Nuclear Iran
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration says the prospect of Iran's obtaining a nuclear weapon is "intolerable," and from the White House to the State Department, officials express considerable skepticism that Europe's efforts to negotiate quietly an end to Iran's nuclear activities will succeed.
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