Provides the latest RSS feeds for Iran News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 30 Iran said it would respond Friday to the package of incentives offered by five Security Council members and Germany (P5+1), official IRNA news agency reported. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/378491/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:26 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/378491/cs/1/ Tehran - Iran will reply to the latest incentive package of the United Nations veto powers plus Germany (5+1) on Friday, state television reported. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili told Eu... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15966093/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:51 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15966093/ LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped below $145 a barrel on Friday, but was still within sight of record highs reached in the previous session when traders bought into the market ahead of a holiday weekend ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15966094/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:52 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15966094/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that a moderate earthquake has jolted a small town in eastern Iran. The report says the magnitude-5.2 quake struck at 3:49 a.m. Friday but cau... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965086/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:11 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965086/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran would consider any military action against its nuclear facilities as the beginning of a war, the country's top Revolutionary Guards commander said in remarks published ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965087/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:10 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965087/ Jalili Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said Friday that Iran will offer response to the letter of the G5+1 Foreign Ministers and the EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana o... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965084/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:40:14 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965084/ Tehran - An Iranian military commander warned Friday that any attacks against Iran's nuclear sites would mean the start of a war, official news agency IRNA reported. "Any military action against (nucl... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965034/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:26 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15965034/ Mottaki Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Friday that the kidnapping of four Iranian diplomats in Lebanon is a dark stain in record of the terrorist groups being affiliated to the Zionist ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963367/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:17 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963367/ A 5.3 magnitude earthquake has hit north-eastern Iran, causing cracks in some buildings. There were no reports of any casualties, state radio said. The earthquake hit at around 11.10pm Irish time las... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963368/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:56:42 -0400 RTE http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963368/ in Dubai -- the highest figure ever reached for a contemporary Iranian work. The 1.8-metre-high (6-feet) bronze block was typical of Tanavoli's intricate style, partly inspired by the ancient a... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963363/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:40:52 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963363/ Tehran: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Iran on Friday, damaging dozens of homes but there were no immediate reports of any casualties, state radio said. The quake hit an area near the c... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963365/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:32:20 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15963365/ Iran has seized four fishing boats from Saudi Arabia with 17 Indian crew on board in Persian Gulf waters near its first nuclear power plant. ''The boats were from Saudi Arabia and had 17 Indian nation... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15960818/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:45 -0400 NDTV http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15960818/ DUBAI: Iran has seized four fishing boats from Saudi Arabia with 17 Indian crew on board in Persian Gulf waters near its first nuclear power plant. "The boats were from Saudi Arabia and had 17 ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15960817/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:46:09 -0400 Times of India http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15960817/ BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- An Iranian diplomat said Thursday that four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 are alive in Israel and called for their release. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958338/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:43:08 -0400 Associated Press http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958338/ Four foreign fishing boats with 17 crew aboard were seized in Gulf waters over border violation and illegal fishing, Iran's satellite Press TV said on Thursday. "Bushehr sea-guard patrols stopped... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958337/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:03 -0400 People's Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958337/ TEHRAN: Iran's annual inflation rose to 26.4 per cent last month, an Iranian news agency cited central bank figures as showing yesterday, as consumer prices continued to climb steadily in the world's ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958239/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:53:55 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958239/ MADRID: India expects to sign a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas across the Sub-continent from Iran, Indian oil minister Murli Deora said yesterday. He said the $7.5 billion... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958319/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:53:50 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15958319/ Important Moment: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes on the eve of the G8 summit that this is the moment to prove that we can cooperate globally to deliver results: in meeting the needs of th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953151/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:11 -0400 CFR http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953151/ Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 15:00 CDT Text of report by Iranian state-run provincial TV from East Azarbayjan on 3 July Following the inauguration of 11 new petrochemical complexes this year, th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953157/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:40 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953157/ PRICE WARNING: The secretary general of OPEC Abdallah El-Badri (pictured) said that it would difficult to replace the crude output of Iran if the country was attacked. (Getty Images) http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953153/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:59 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953153/ WASHINGTON - The U.S. military's top officer warned Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike against Iran would make the Middle East more unstable and could add to the stress on overworked American forces ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953127/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:22 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15953127/ MIAMI, Fla. -- A Plantation man is facing an 11-count indictment that alleges he shipped parts for U.S. made military aircraft to Iran. Federal prosecutors say Traian Bujduveanu violated arms export l... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15951128/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:37 -0400 Local 10 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15951128/ Occupied Jerusalem: The US ambassador to Israel has said there will be no decision to strike Iran in the near future, playing down speculation that an attack on Iranian nuclear sites by either country... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15951166/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:50 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15951166/ London: Less than a year ago, diplomats in the Middle East were taking bets on the likelihood of a US military attack on Iran, with some assessing it at higher than 50 per cent. Those odds subsided af... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15951167/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:47 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15951167/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi (shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee) is calling on Iran and the U.S. to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Ebadi war... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15947083/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:14:54 -0400 WISH TV8 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15947083/ WASHINGTON – An Iranian leader said Wednesday he detected a better mood in talks over his country's nuclear program as the top U.S. military officer called for more dialogue to avoid a confronta... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15947080/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:09:16 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15947080/ MADRID, Spain (AP) - Iran's oil minister is warning that any attack on his country by the United States or Israel will provoke a fierce response. The oil minister (Gholam Hossein Nozari) also says mi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15948544/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:45:02 -0400 KXAN 36 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15948544/ Diplomats Deputy head of the Shia Higher Council of Lebanon Sheikh Abdullah Abdul Amir Qabalan on Thursday underscored the need for clarifying the fate of abducted Iranian diplomats soon. Qabalan made... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15947086/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:58:28 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15947086/ Assistance Some two Kabul-based dailies 'Anis' and 'Eslah' appreciated the Islamic Republic's 350-million-dollar assistance for rebuilding Afghanistan. The dailies also printed the photo of President ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945252/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:46 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945252/ Mineral Iranian and Guinean Conakry officials inked industrial and mineral cooperation agreements on Thursday. As per the agreement, Guinea Conakry undertook to supply the bauxite of the Iranian alumi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945261/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:45 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945261/ Ararat A seven-people team of mountain climbers, who are residing in Bam, Kerman, will ascend Mount Ararat (5137 meters) in Turkey, in near future, head of Bam Physical Education Department said here ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945449/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:45 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945449/ OIC The Islamic republic of Iran will host the 7th meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Tourism Ministers next year. The 6th meeting kicked off on Tuesday at Damascus Meridian Hotel... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945447/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:44 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15945447/ Tehran - A state-owned newspaper is reporting that Iran has hanged three men who were convicted of murder. The IRAN daily said on Thursday that all three were executed on Wednesday. One of them was... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15942944/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:18:54 -0400 IOL http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15942944/ With tension and warnings continuing to swirl around Iran and its nuclear program, President George W. Bush said again that the United States continued to prefer diplomacy but that, as always, "all op... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15942942/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:17:03 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15942942/ By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - A senior Iranian official reportedly told members of the Iranian parliament on Monday that Iran had agreed to freeze its enrichment program for six weeks and begin... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15942945/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:51:08 -0400 Asia Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15942945/ Nozari Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari called on Wednesday for making proper investments in various oil and gas sectors. He made the remarks in a meeting with Spain's Minister of Industry, ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940222/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:26 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940222/ Bank Iran and Syria are two influential countries in the region, Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Soleimani said on Wednesday. Soleimani is currently in Syria to a... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940330/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:25 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940330/ Corridor Iranian and Russian officials on Wednesday underlined the necessity of expanding the North-South Corridor. In a meeting, Evaz Bahmanzadeh and Yaconin, officials in charge of North-South Corri... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940210/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:20 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940210/ MoU Minister of Sciences, Researches and Technology Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi underlined expansion of scientific and technological cooperation with Belarus in a ceremony on Wednesday. "There are many comm... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940327/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:24 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940327/ Omid Memarian is the World Peace Fellow at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been honored by Human Rights Watch for his work, which "embodies... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940323/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:59:53 -0400 World Press Review http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940323/ Investment Pact The law on mutual investment agreement between Iran and Sri Lanka which was approved by Guardians Council has been notified to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance for implemen... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940223/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:20 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940223/ How many missiles will be fired from Iran, Syria and Lebanon against Israel in the next war? This question, as well as the various future war scenarios, was the subject of an enlightening lecture earl... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940325/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:12:18 -0400 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940325/ Press The following headlines appeared in major Tehran dailies on Thursday: ** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL - Days of bullying powers are numbered: President ** IRAN NEWS - Iran marks memory of Airbus victims... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940105/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:24 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940105/ Tehran - Iran might give the go-ahead for more supervision of its nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, ISNA news agency reported Thursda... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940182/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:36:03 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15940182/ FURTHER WARNING: Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari (pictured) has warned of a fierce response and radically higher oil prices if the country were attacked but also signalled possible progress... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15937580/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:44:56 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15937580/ Tehran: A law that could see the death penalty imposed for cyber crimes is set to be debated in Iran's parliament, reports said on Wednesday. Under the draft bill, those found guilty of promoting corr... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15935056/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:58:16 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15935056/ Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike on Iran could destabilize the region and lead to political and economic chaos. He made the remarks d... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15935058/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:26 -0400 People's Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15935058/ The top U.S. military officer says more diplomacy is needed to convince Iran not to develop nuclear weapons, because any military strike would have unforeseeable consequences and could end up puttin... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931749/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:12:36 -0400 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931749/ Thursday, July 03, 2008 By our correspondent LAHORE: Companies from Bangladesh and Iran are to participate in a three-day OIC Telecom, IT Conference and Expo being organised by the Lahore Chambe... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931404/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:05:26 -0400 The News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931404/ (RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities not to execute the warrant issued on 1 July 2008 for the arrest of Mohammad Javad Haghshenas, the editor of "Etemad Melli", a daily news... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931738/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:10:39 -0400 IFEX http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931738/ An Israeli strike on Iran could destabilize the Middle East, Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a news conference here on Wednesday. Speaking of a flurry of speculatio... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931747/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:30:17 -0400 People's Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931747/ The White House said on Wednesday that it is skeptical about Iran's seriousness toward a package of economic incentives offered last month by the United States and other negotiating partners. "If... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931746/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:30:10 -0400 People's Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931746/ MADRID -- Iran warned Wednesday of a fierce response and radically higher oil prices if the country were attacked, but also signaled possible progress in its five-year nuclear standoff with the West. ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931743/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:19:20 -0400 Inquirer http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931743/ WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush said Wednesday that "military options remain on the table" in nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran but underlined that he preferred a diplomatic resolut... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931364/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:19:10 -0400 Inquirer http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15931364/ Kidnapped Diplomats On the occasion of 26th anniversary of kidnapping Iranian diplomats in Beirut, Iran's embassy here issued a statement which underlined necessity of effort to release them. The stat... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15929105/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:30:31 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15929105/ Rebuilding Iran ambassador to Kabul said Iran has spent 300 million dollars to rebuild Afghanistan during several last years. In a ceremony for opening customs office in the border of S. Khorassan pro... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15928862/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:30:31 -0400 IRNA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15928862/ Madrid: Iran, the second-largest oil producer in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), will remain a reliable source of supply but will react if threatened, its oil minister said y... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15929107/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:03:02 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15929107/ A congressional delegation visiting Ukraine this week met with President Viktor Yuschenko and visited the site of the Holocaust-era massacre at Babi Yar. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924351/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:25:46 -0400 JTA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924351/ would provoke a fierce response . But Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said that even if struck by Israel or the United States, Tehran would not cut oil deliveries. Tehran "is not going to be quiet... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924630/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:14:46 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924630/ (Updates with Mullen comment on Straight of Hormuz) WASHINGTON (AFP)--Opening up a third front would be "extremely stressful" for the U.S. military, a top U.S. military chief said Wednesday amid con... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924743/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:02:03 -0400 Smart Money http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924743/ Madrid - Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Wednesday that Iran would react "fiercely" to any attack against it, which he warned would cause radically higher crude prices. "Iran, if... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924752/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:51:07 -0400 Independent Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/15924752/