Iran

NATO spokesman says the alliance wants U.S. missile-defense plans to be transparent to Russia. James Appathurai, speaking after the opening of the annual NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 14, said all NATO ministers wanted to avoid tensions and do everything possible to allay Russian concerns.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, strongly condemned the bombing of the holy shrine of Imam Askary in Samarra.

NCRI – In a seminar held in Jordan on Sunday, Jordanian MPs and political authorities noted that if the Iranian regime succeeds in getting nuclear, the regional and national interests will be undermined.

NCRI – In an interview with Al-Soumarieh TV on Monday, Iraqi MPs, Dr. Ahmad Soleiman Jamil and Ms. Maisoun Damlouji, noted that the Iranian regime is behind terrorist attacks in Iraq.

VIENNA (AFP) – The UN atomic agency was wrapping up a debate Thursday on Iran’s nuclear programme after both the United States and Europe warned that new UN sanctions loom over fears Tehran seeks atomic weapons.

BAGHDAD — The second bombing at the Samarra shrine will test Moqtada Sadr’s political skills and clarify what control he has over his feared Mehdi Army militia.

VIENNA (AFP) — Iran threatened Thursday to further reduce cooperation with the UN atomic agency if new sanctions are ordered and insisted its uranium enrichment programme had gone too far to turn back.

TEHRAN (AP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday shrugged off the West’s criticism of Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme and said that eventual new UN sanctions would not harm Iran.

PARIS (Reuters) – Iran is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of fuelling insurrection around the Middle East and misjudging the international mood.

NCRI – In an article on Thursday, June 7th, Iraqi newspaper Al-Iraq-el-Yom stated:  Experience has proved that behind Iranian regime’s propaganda, there always hides some serious and vicious weakness and no one should be tricked by it.