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 Obama-Led 
 Security Council 
 OKs Nuke Resolution 

US-drafted measure strengthened by Obama appearance at meeting

Sep 24, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council today adopted a US-drafted resolution that outlines much of President Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The president’s attendance at the meeting of heads of state—just the fifth in UN history—underscores the centrality of the issue for his administration.... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • UN Security Council • UN resolution • Obama administration • President Obama • head of state

Iran Offers US Meeting With Nuke Experts

Ahmadinejad says country wants to buy 'medicinal' uranium

Sep 24, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he’d be willing to let Iran’s nuclear scientists meet with experts from the US and other world powers in an effort to alleviate suspicions about the country’s nuclear program. Iran also intends to attempt to buy uranium from the US during international negotiations next... More »

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Iran • Russia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • uranium • nuclear facilities • UN sanctions • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes

 Obama Scores on Nuclear Proliferation at UN 

Manages to get Russia and China to cooperate

Sep 24, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored two significant victories at the UN yesterday, cajoling Dmitry Medvedev into saying he would get behind tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran, and convincing both Russia and China to support a resolution strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Publicly the administration wouldn’t acknowledge any quid-pro-quo, but several official... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • United Nations • UN sanctions • Dmitry Medvedev

ANALYSIS

Russia Shifts on Iran, But Why Remains Unclear

Did Obama convince Medvedev, or is it quid pro quo, Ambinder wonders

Sep 23, 09 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Has the US finally convinced Russia that reining in Iran is in both countries’ common interest? Or are indications today that Russia could support sanctions on the rogue nuclear program part of a quid-pro-quo arrangement that President Obama launched last week by shelving the Eastern European missile shield? Marc Ambinder... More »

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Iran • Russia • nuclear program • Dmitry Medvedev • international sanctions • quid pro quo • President Obama • Marc Ambinder

China Sells Gas to Iran Despite US Pressure

Provides 1/3 of its fuel imports

Sep 23, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese state oil companies began selling gasoline to Iran this month and now provide 30,000 to 40,000 barrels a day, or as much as a third of the country's imports. The development comes despite US-led attempts to block gas shipments to Iran, which has seen oil giants BP ... More »

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China • Iran • Barack Obama • oil • sanctions • Hu Jintao • Chinese imports • gasoline

Iranian Clerks Warned to Dress Mannequins in Hijabs

Shopkeepers also told to hide curves

Sep 23, 09 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian shopkeepers have been ordered to dress female mannequins in Muslim hijab head scarves,  and to keep any curves strictly under wraps, reports the BBC. The edict is part of a continuing crackdown on "Western style" dress. The sale of bowties and neck ties, as well as the... More »

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Iran • Islam • clothing • hijabs • mannequin • store

Ahmadinejad Says He'll Seek Leniency for US Hikers

Iranian president 'hopeful' trio's case can be resolved

Sep 22, 09 10:36 PM CDT
(AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today he will request leniency for three American hikers who apparently strayed across Iran's border. Ahmadinejad said the Americans broke the law, and "we're not happy that this happened." He added, "What I can ask is that the judiciary expedites the... More »

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Iran • prison • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Kurdistan • hiking • UN General Assembly • Shane Bauer • Sarah Shourd • Joshua Fattel

Empire State Lighting Thrills Iranian Activists

Tower green during Ahmadinejad visit—for The Wizard of Oz

Sep 22, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York to speak at the annual opening of the UN general assembly, opponents of the Iranian regime petitioned to have the Empire State Building bathed in protesters' trademark green. The building's managers said no, but the activists got a lucky break, reports the Wall Street ... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • New York • UN General Assembly • green revolution • Iranian protests

OPINION

 Obama Set to 
 Bankrupt US, 
 Appease Foes 

Wrongheaded policies to be on display at UN, G20 meetings

Sep 22, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's agenda can be summed up as "beggar thy neighbor, bankrupt thy country, and appease thy foe," as can be seen in his plans for summit meetings this week, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal. The president chairs a UN Security Council meeting on... More »

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Iran • United Nations • summit • protectionism • nuclear disarmament • economic stimulus package • G20 • appeasement • Obama administration • President Obama

US Still Wrong About Nukes: 
Iran's Leader

Khamenei reacts to Obama scrapping missile defense

Sep 20, 09 3:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Iran's supreme leader said today that US officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. In Iran's first official reaction to the US decision to scrap a European missile intercept system to defend against threats from Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed President Barack Obama's administration... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • nuclear • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Obama administration

Ahmadinejad: Captured
US Hikers Must Be Punished

Iranian president links release of hikers to fate of detained diplomats

Sep 19, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday dashed the hopes of parents of three American hikers who've been detained in Iran for 6 weeks, saying they broke the law when they strayed into Iranian territory from Iraq, and must be punished. The families had urged Ahmadinejad to bring the three with him when he... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

 Russia Silent 
 on Iran Concessions 

Critics charge that Obama may have scrapped missile shield for nothing

Sep 19, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Russia's leaders praised President Obama's decision to drop plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe yesterday, they were conspicuously silent on whether they would, in return, join the West in pressuring Iran to halt its nuclear program, the New York Times reports. If Russia doesn't start taking a... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration

 Pawlenty Rips Obama's 
 Pre-9/11-Style 'Appeasement' 

Blasts talks with Iran, N. Korea, says similar moves didn't stop Nazis, Soviets, terrorists

Sep 18, 09 10:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential contender in 2012, tonight compared President Obama’s diplomatic moves on Iran, North Korea and the missile shield to pre-World War II and pre-9/11 “appeasement,” Politico reports. “The lessons of history are clear,” he told Christian conservatives. “... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • North Korea • missile shield • Nazi • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • foreign policy • appeasement • 9/11 attacks • Election 2012 • President Obama • Values Voters Summit

 Tehran Rally Turns Violent 

Opposition uses government-sponsored demonstration to protest June election

Sep 18, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A government-backed rally in Tehran turned violent today, the BBC reports, after opposition supporters turned out to protest June’s disputed presidential election and clashed with security forces. A state news said opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi was attacked and tear gas used during the event, intended to demonstrate support for... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Palestinian people • political demonstrations • tear gas • Mir Hossein Mousavi

ANALYSIS

Obama at the UN: 
Eloquence Is Not Enough

The president may face tough questions on N. Korea, Iran, and climate change

Sep 18, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will get a respite from America’s rancorous political scene when he appears at the United Nations next week, but he may find international squabbles just as heated, Economist writes. An enthusiastic multilateralist, Obama is loved by leaders around the world. But topics like North Korea, Iran, and... More »

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climate change • Iran • Barack Obama • Congress • United Nations • global warming

Holocaust a Lie, Pretext to Create Israel: Ahmadinejad

It was a pretext used to create a Jewish state, he says

Sep 18, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's president repeated his assertion that the Holocaust is a myth today, calling it a "pretext" used to create Israel, the New York Times reports. "It is a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told attendees at an anti-Israel rally in Tehran. "... More »

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Iran • Israel • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • Mohammad Khatami • Zionism • Mir Hossein Mousavi

ANALYSIS

Dropping Missile Shield Is Jab at Bush—Not US Allies

Obama & Co. see Russia, Iran threats differently

Sep 17, 09 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s decision to shelve the missile shield for Eastern Europe is appeasement only to those obsessed with “legacy threats” like Russia, Marc Ambinder writes for the Atlantic. Obama believes the threat from Iran was overstated by President Bush, and that the shield technology wasn’t a sure... More »

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Iran • Russia • intelligence • missile shield • Poland • Robert Gates • Czech Republic • George W. Bush • appeasement • President Obama • short-range missiles • Marc Ambinder

 US to Shelve 
 European 
 Missile Shield 

Kremlin delighted as Obama administration ends Bush program

Sep 17, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration will scrap Bush-era plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe, sources tell the Wall Street Journal—a move expected to delight Russia, which has strongly opposed the program. Washington is basing its decision on a new, more modest assessment of Iran's long-range missile capabilities.... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • Poland • missile • missile defense system • Obama administration

OPINION

 Obama's Forcing 
 Israel to Attack Iran 

President accused of 'outsourcing' action against Iran's nuclear program

Sep 15, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities now looks inevitable and President Obama appears to be doing his best to speed the process along, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal. The president has accepted Iran's offer for talks—despite Iran making it clear that its nuclear program won't... More »

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Iran • Israel • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Benjamin Netanyahu • nuclear program • nuclear facilities • President Obama • preemptive strike

 US Agrees to Iran Talks  

Iran says nukes not on the table, but White House will try anyway

Sep 12, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has accepted an offer from Iran to hold direct talks on a range of issues, the New York Times reports, despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's insistence that the country's nuclear enrichment program will not be on the negotiating table. State Department officials say they will still press Iran on the... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • State Department • nuclear program • Obama administration

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