Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Iran

Sharon: Israel Will Never Accept Iran With Nuclear Arms

Ariel Sharon (file photo) (epa)

1 December 2005 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today said Israel will never accept a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons.

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December 01, 2005

Sharon said Israel needs to do everything possible to prevent such a situation, which he said would threaten stability in the Mideast.

Sharon said he's sure all diplomatic efforts to solve the problem would be exhaused before any other action against Iran would be made.

Sharon's comments come after a senior U.S. diplomat urged the international community to put diplomatic pressure on Iran in reaction to what he described as Tehran's increasingly "radical" behavior.

Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is pursuing a confrontational foreign policy and what he called an irresponsible nuclear weapons program.

(with news agencies)

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Iran Tightens Internet Control

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A cardboard Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini arrives in Tehran to mark the 33rd anniversary of his triumphant return to Iran following the Islamic Revolution.

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Iran's "Cardboard Khomeini" is fueling a firestorm of criticism in the Middle Eastern country after cutouts of the Islamic republic's founder appeared at a number of events, and photos mocking the mock-up went viral. More