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22 January 2010
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IRAN NEWS
Siemens says to reject new orders from Iran
German engineering conglomerate Siemens said on Tuesday it would reject any further orders from Iran as world powers consider imposing wider sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear activity. Germany, one of six countries seeking to persuade Iran to suspend its atomic work, is one of the biggest exporters to Iran despite three rounds of modest United Nations sanctions prompted by past Iranian evasions of U.N. nuclear monitoring.
German firms in no rush to follow Siemens Iran exit
Siemens' decision to wind down business with Iran found few followers among German companies on Wednesday, despite mounting pressure to cut ties over the Islamic Republic's sensitive nuclear work. While some sectors such as machinery and banking are already seeing a decline in business with Iran, others are seeking new trade there, including some keen to tap Iran's hold on the world's second-largest natural gas reserves.
Will Germany Get Tough On Iran?
Siemens, Europe's largest engineering group with sales of about €400 million a year to Iran, said Tuesday that it will sever its business ties with the Islamic Republic. […] So is Germany finally prepared to do its part in preventing a nuclear -armed Iran? Let's hope so. In 2008, Germany's exports to the Islamic Republic rose 9% over the previous year to €3.92 billion ($5.49 billion), according to Eurostat figures, cementing Germany's position as Iran's largest European export partner.
Iran Continues Focus on Outside Provocateurs, Now Blaming Germany
Iranian officials continued to cast blame for the nation’s recent political crisis on foreign interference on Wednesday, focusing their ire for the first time on Germany, one of the country’s closest trading partners, with an accusation that its diplomats and intelligence agents helped organize protests at the end of December.
German Leader Expects Iran Sanctions Push Next Month
The international community is poised to take significant steps next month to increase Iran's economic isolation over its disputed nuclear activities, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday. […] "The issue of sanctions on Iran will be on the agenda when France has the chair of the U.N. Security Council," the Xinhua News Agency quoted Merkel as saying. "February will be the crucial month."
Mohamed Ali Harrath, Islamic TV chief, is held over terror claims
The head of the Islam Channel, Britain’s most popular Muslim television station, has been arrested in South Africa and faces deportation to Tunisia over terrorism allegations. The Times disclosed more than a year ago that Mohamed Ali Harrath, a Scotland Yard adviser against Islamic extremism, was wanted by Interpol because of his alleged activities in his homeland.
Iran Sentences 11 to Death, Hangs Two Over Protests
Iran hanged two of 11 people sentenced to death over their role in anti-government protests, the state-run Iranian Students News Agency said. […] The 11 people were convicted of offenses including seeking to overthrow the Islamic Republic and being members of anti- revolutionary armed groups, including the monarchist Kingdom Assembly of Iran and the People’s Mujahedeen, ISNA said.
Iran leader predicts destruction of Israel
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is confident Islamic nations will one day watch the destruction of arch-foe Israel, his website Wednesday quoted him as saying. […] "Surely, the day will come when the nations of the region will witness the destruction of the Zionist regime... when the destruction happens will depend on how the Islamic nations approach the issue," Khamenei told Aziz, who arrived in Tehran on Monday.
U.N. Set to Receive Iran Sanctions Proposal
The United States plans this week to provide world powers with a list of Iranian citizens and entities who should be hit with new U.N. Security Council penalties over Tehran's disputed nuclear work, the Wall Street Journal reported (see GSN, Jan. 27). Washington believed the groups and people have close ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, an organization officials consider a major player in the nation's nuclear program.
Observers: Turkey and Iran should stop cross-border operations in Iraqi Kurdistan
Brussels, Jan 28 (AKnews) – The executive director of Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) Kerim Yildiz hold briefing Wednesday in the European Parliament on the environmental and humanitarian impact of cross-border military operations of Turkey and Iran in Federal Kurdistan.
The event was organized in Brussels in cooperation with Jean Lambert, British Member of the European Parliament from the Green Party.
Yildiz, expert in international human rights, called for international study of the impact of the cross-border military operations in Kurdistan, Iraq.
The United Nations member states should work to end the destroying Turkish and Iranian shelling and bombing, he said.
For the past 4 years, Turkey and Iran have been engaging in extensive cross-border military operations in South Kurdistan region, officially with the pretext of fighting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK).
Several international missions to Iraqi Kurdistan with the participation of Kerim Yildiz have provided evidences of the significant harm caused to the civilian population and the environment by Turkey and Iran’s ongoing operations.
Several participants in the briefing asked questions on the cooperation between Turkey and Iran, especially in the field of intelligence information. The origin of the weapons used in the military operations was also discussed. According Yildiz, those weapons can not be produces by Iran and Turkey and all states should cease to sell weapons that are being used for environmental and human damage.
Yildiz called on international support, protection and assistance to the situation for ensuring long-term peace and stability in the region.