nytimes.com - 9/24/2009
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BEIJING China will not support increased sanctions on Iran as a way to curb its nuclear program, a government spokesman said Thursday. Although China’s opposition to the use of sanctions is not new, the announcement is sure to complicate President Obama ’s efforts to impose tougher penalties ...
reuters.com - 9/25/2009
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reuters.com —
Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has told
the U.N. nuclear watchdog it has a second uranium...
enrichment plant under construction, a belated disclosure sure to heighten Western fears of an Iranian bid for atom bombs. The International Atomic Energy ...
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Iran tells IAEA it is building 2nd enrichment plant
foxnews.com - 9/25/2009
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foxnews.com —
President Obama, along with the leaders of Britain
and France, demanded Friday that Iran immediately allow international...
weapons monitors to inspect a nuclear facility the Islamic Republic acknowledges it has been secretly building for years. Obama, ...
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Obama Demands Iran Open Secret Nuke Plant to Inspectors ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 9/25/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
This morning President Obama, French President Sarkozy, and
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will accuse Iran of...
building a clandestine underground nuclear fuel manufacturing plant, which Iran's leaders have hidden from weapons inspectors, senior ...
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Obama, Brown, Sarkozy to Iran: 'J'accuse!'
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The WonkLine: September 24, 2009
Wonk Room —
... The New York Times reports that “China will not support increased sanctions on Iran as a way to curb its nuclear program, a government spokesman said Thursday.” ...
What Medvedev Gives, China Takes Away? -- By: Rich Lowry
The Corner on National Review Online —
The administration was touting Medvedev's more-cooperative noises on Iran sanctions yesterday, but here comes China. ...
Obama, the Gap Band, and Today's Iran's News
democracyarsenal.org —
... is any indication, the decision to shut down missile defense plans in Poland and the Czech Republic was the primary reason for Russia's verbal concession on sanctions. Not to say that the Administration didn't have the Russians in mind when it decided to reveal its intelligence, but I think the very-public announcement has the added benefit of putting additional pressure on the still-reluctant Chinese to join with the rest of their negotiating partners, and present a unified front to Iran. Whether they will, given the dramatically altered context, is still ...
New York Times Hails, "Gains" on Iran...Too Fast
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
A few days ago, the New York Times was trumpeting President Obama's "gains" at the UN concerning Iran's nuclear program.
With a beaming Mr. Obama standing next to him, Mr. Medvedev signaled for the first time that Russia would be amenable to longstanding American requests to toughen sanctions against Iran significantly if, as expected, nuclear talks scheduled for next month failed to make progress.
Well. That was then, this is now:
China will not support increased ...
Iran Announcement Underscores Complexity
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... Friday's announcement by the US administration and allies marked a return to normal for US/EU-Iranian relations, an aggressive relationship defined by threats and discussions through intermediaries. The US and allies are redoubling their efforts for tougher sanctions against Iran, which now has only a Chinese veto threat to overcome on the UN Security Council. ...
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This Time He Really Means It
powerlineblog.com 9/26/2009 — The big news of the day is the announcement , by President Obama and other world leaders gathered in Pittsburgh, that Iran has been working for several years on a secret, underground nuclear facility that has been hidden from International Atomic ...
Gates Has Hope for Iran Talks, Urges Patience for Review of Afghanistan —
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By John Amick Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Sunday that if talks this week with Iran about its nuclear program are not productive, economic sanctions could be imposed. Referring to the meeting starting Oct. 1 with diplomats from Iran, the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and ...
New Nuke Charges Raise Stakes in Upcoming Iran Talks —
Antiwar.com Original
Charges by U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain Friday that Iran is building a secret underground plant to enrich uranium appear certain to heighten tensions just days before critical talks between Tehran and its three accusers, as well as Germany, China and ...
China supplying gasoline to Iran —
Israel Matzav
Worried about how Iranians will drive their cars under a sanctions regime? Worry no more. China is supplying Iran with enough gasoline (petrol) to render sanctions meaningless. Chinese state companies this month began supplying petrol to Iran and now provide up to one-third of its imports in a ...
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