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“No need to review atom cooperation-Iran president”
al-Reuters ^ | June 2, 2008 | Reporting by Hossein Jaseb; Writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by Peter Millership
Posted on June 3, 2008 4:33:48 AM PDT by Schnucki
TEHRAN
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“ElBaradei Urges Iran “Full Disclosure” on Bomb Issue”
al-Reuters via NYT ^ | June 2, 2008 | Staff
Posted on June 3, 2008 4:31:25 AM PDT by Schnucki
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“UN nuclear agency report puts Iran on defensive”
AP via Google ^ | May 31, 2008 | George Jahn (Associated Press Writer Louise Nordstrom, in Stockholm, Sweden, contributed)
Posted on June 3, 2008 4:23:44 AM PDT by Schnucki
VIENNA, Austria
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“Iran warns IAEA on nuclear cooperation”
al-Reuters ^ | June 1, 2008 | Reporting by Hossein Jaseb and Hashem Kalantari; Writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by Elizabeth Piper
Posted on June 3, 2008 4:20:54 AM PDT by Schnucki
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Hearing footsteps in Iran?
Chicago Tribune ^ | June 3, 2008 | Editorial
Posted on June 3, 2008 4:41:11 AM PDT by Schnucki
Iran’s bull rush into the nuclear club is a popular rallying point for Iranian national pride. If there’s much of an argument among the mullahs and top officials about the wisdom of continuing in the face of three sets of UN Security Council sanctions, there’s not much public evidence of it.
That’s why the election last week of former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani to be the speaker of Iran’s parliament was surprising. Before resigned after clashing with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Larijani reportedly favored some sort of a nuclear deal to ease Western pressure. He lost that argument—and his job as nuclear negotiator.
Now he’s back. We don’t want to read too much into his lopsided 232-31 victory. Larijani’s only a moderate compared to ultra hard-liners like Ahmadinejad and his backers.
What’s clear is that Larijani’s rise is a direct rebuke to Ahmadinejad and his abysmal economic policies. Thousands of people across Iran suffered through rolling blackouts last winter, left without heat or electricity. Inflation is high. Jobs have dried up. And all this, even as Iran rakes in billions from oil. Try explaining that to Iranian citizens.
What’s less clear is whether Larijani’s election presages a change in Iran’s defiance of the UN on its nuclear ambitions.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...