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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Iran to respond in kind if ships inspected
Iran curbs do not bar missile deal -Russia
Ahmadinejad slams U.S., says Israel 'doomed'
TEHRAN - A senior lawmaker warned on Friday that Iran would start inspecting foreign vessels in the Gulf, a waterway crucial for global oil supplies, if its ships received such treatment under new U.N. sanctions.
The sanctions resolution, approved by the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, expands existing measures targeting Iranian banks and arms imports, and also calls for setting up a cargo inspection regime similar to one in place for North Korea.
The sanctions were imposed because of Iran's refusal to halt nuclear work the West suspects is aimed at making atomic bombs, a charge the major oil producer denies, saying its programme is for peaceful purposes.
"In the event that even one (Iranian) ship ... is subjected to inspection we will seek retaliation and will inspect several of their ships," Mehr News Agency quoted parliament member Hossein Ibrahimi as saying.
Ibrahimi is deputy head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission.
"The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf will be our field of manoeuvre in this regard and whoever harbours the intention of hurting or damaging us, will be damaged severely in return."
About 40 percent of the world's traded oil leaves the Gulf region through the Strait of Hormuz.
Underlining Iranian anger at the new sanctions, another parliament member warned a possible withdrawal from the Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) could be discussed.
NPT WARNING
Top Iranian officials have repeatedly said Tehran has no intention of leaving the NPT, under which its nuclear sites are subject to regular U.N. atomic watchdog inspections.
Analysts also believe Iran would think twice before quitting since such a move would betray nuclear weapons ambitions and could provoke an attack by Israel and possibly the United States.
"The West should know that if they should want to exert more pressure on Iran, the Islamic state is already considering retaliatory measures as an agenda," ISNA news agency quoted parliamentarian Mohammad Karamirad as saying.
"In this regard, parliament is considering reduced levels of cooperation with or even withdrawal from the NPT. They will also see Iran's intense reaction if they should want to create any trouble for us in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman."
Karamirad is also a member of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission.
Iran's parliament has the power to oblige the government to change its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as it did in 2006 after the Vienna-based body voted to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council.
However, Iran's IAEA envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said Tehran had no intention of quitting the 40-year-old pact. "We continue to be committed to the NPT," he told Reuters in Vienna.
Ahmadinejad slams U.S., says Israel 'doomed'
TEHRAN - A senior lawmaker warned on Friday that Iran would start inspecting foreign vessels in the Gulf, a waterway crucial for global oil supplies, if its ships received such treatment under new U.N. sanctions.
The sanctions resolution, approved by the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, expands existing measures targeting Iranian banks and arms imports, and also calls for setting up a cargo inspection regime similar to one in place for North Korea.
The sanctions were imposed because of Iran's refusal to halt nuclear work the West suspects is aimed at making atomic bombs, a charge the major oil producer denies, saying its programme is for peaceful purposes.
"In the event that even one (Iranian) ship ... is subjected to inspection we will seek retaliation and will inspect several of their ships," Mehr News Agency quoted parliament member Hossein Ibrahimi as saying.
Ibrahimi is deputy head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission.
"The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf will be our field of manoeuvre in this regard and whoever harbours the intention of hurting or damaging us, will be damaged severely in return."
About 40 percent of the world's traded oil leaves the Gulf region through the Strait of Hormuz.
Underlining Iranian anger at the new sanctions, another parliament member warned a possible withdrawal from the Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) could be discussed.
NPT WARNING
Top Iranian officials have repeatedly said Tehran has no intention of leaving the NPT, under which its nuclear sites are subject to regular U.N. atomic watchdog inspections.
Analysts also believe Iran would think twice before quitting since such a move would betray nuclear weapons ambitions and could provoke an attack by Israel and possibly the United States.
"The West should know that if they should want to exert more pressure on Iran, the Islamic state is already considering retaliatory measures as an agenda," ISNA news agency quoted parliamentarian Mohammad Karamirad as saying.
"In this regard, parliament is considering reduced levels of cooperation with or even withdrawal from the NPT. They will also see Iran's intense reaction if they should want to create any trouble for us in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman."
Karamirad is also a member of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission.
Iran's parliament has the power to oblige the government to change its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as it did in 2006 after the Vienna-based body voted to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council.
However, Iran's IAEA envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said Tehran had no intention of quitting the 40-year-old pact. "We continue to be committed to the NPT," he told Reuters in Vienna.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Ahmadinejad slams U.S., says Israel 'doomed'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures at a press conference during his visit at the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on June 11, 2010. Ahmadinejad said that US President Barack Obama had made a 'big mistake' by pushing for UN sanctions, and 'blocked the way' to friendly ties with the Iranian people. Ahmadinejad was participating in 'Iran Day' at the World Expo. Photograph: AFP
Iran curbs do not bar missile deal -Russia
Iran opposition calls off anniversary demo
Defiant Iran rejects U.N. sanctions
SHANGHAI - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday Israel was "doomed" and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn after the UN agreed a fresh round of nuclear sanctions against his country.
Speaking during a visit to the World Expo in Shanghai, Ahmadinejad denounced the UN Security Council's sanctions resolution adopted Wednesday with Chinese and Russian backing as "worthless paper".
The firebrand leader accused global nuclear powers of "monopolising" atomic technology and said the new sanctions would "have no effect".
Ahmadinejad chose a visit to his country's national pavilion during "Iran Day" at the Shanghai Expo in preference to an appearance at a regional security summit in Uzbekistan attended by the Chinese and Russian leaders.
Presidents Hu Jintao of China and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia were in Tashkent Friday for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The SCO was set Friday to snub Iran's membership bid, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated, leaving Tehran increasingly isolated over its refusal to renounce uranium enrichment.
Ahmadinejad's visit to the Expo comes at a delicate time in Tehran's relations with its ally China, one of the five permanent veto-wielding members of the Security Council.
His government had earlier reacted furiously to China's decision to fall into line with the United States and other powers that accuse Iran of covertly trying to build nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad shied away from criticising China, which has emerged as Iran's closest trading partner.
"The main problem is the US administration, and we have no problem with others," he told reporters, accusing the United States of seeking to "swallow" the Middle East.
Swatting aside the US leader's offers of dialogue and rapprochement if Iran relents on its nuclear ambitions, Ahmadinejad said: "I think President Obama has made a big mistake... he knows the resolution will have no effect.
"Very soon he will come to understand he has not made the right choice and he has blocked the way to having friendly ties with the Iranian people."
The UN resolution expands an arms embargo and bars Iran from sensitive activities such as uranium mining.
It also authorises states to conduct high-seas inspections of vessels believed to be ferrying banned items for Iran and adds 40 entities to a list of people and groups subject to travel restrictions and financial sanctions.
Not for the first time, Ahmadinejad reserved his harshest rhetoric for Israel.
"It is clear the United States is not against nuclear bombs because they have a Zionist regime with nuclear bombs in the region," he said.
"They are trying to save the Zionist regime, but the Zionist regime will not survive. It is doomed."
Israel, which has the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear arsenal, regards Iran as its principal threat after repeated predictions by Ahmadinejad of the Jewish state's demise.
Israeli leaders have refused to rule out a resort to military action to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapons capability.
Ahmadinejad said the entire architecture of global power was built to keep out smaller states.
"We have always said the Security Council is a tool in the hands of the United States. It is not democratic, it is a tool of dictatorship," he said.
"Five powers have the veto right and the nuclear bombs and the monopoly and they want to monopolise nuclear energy for themselves," he added.
Russia appears to be taking a tougher line with Iran. Officials said Friday that Moscow would comply strictly with the new UN sanctions, and signalled that a deal to supply Iran with air-defence missiles was now off.
China has kept up a more emollient line on Iran. Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday that China "highly values relations with Iran and feels they are conducive to regional peace, stability and development."
Iran curbs do not bar missile deal -Russia
Iran opposition calls off anniversary demo
Defiant Iran rejects U.N. sanctions
SHANGHAI - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday Israel was "doomed" and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn after the UN agreed a fresh round of nuclear sanctions against his country.
Speaking during a visit to the World Expo in Shanghai, Ahmadinejad denounced the UN Security Council's sanctions resolution adopted Wednesday with Chinese and Russian backing as "worthless paper".
The firebrand leader accused global nuclear powers of "monopolising" atomic technology and said the new sanctions would "have no effect".
Ahmadinejad chose a visit to his country's national pavilion during "Iran Day" at the Shanghai Expo in preference to an appearance at a regional security summit in Uzbekistan attended by the Chinese and Russian leaders.
Presidents Hu Jintao of China and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia were in Tashkent Friday for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The SCO was set Friday to snub Iran's membership bid, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated, leaving Tehran increasingly isolated over its refusal to renounce uranium enrichment.
Ahmadinejad's visit to the Expo comes at a delicate time in Tehran's relations with its ally China, one of the five permanent veto-wielding members of the Security Council.
His government had earlier reacted furiously to China's decision to fall into line with the United States and other powers that accuse Iran of covertly trying to build nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad shied away from criticising China, which has emerged as Iran's closest trading partner.
"The main problem is the US administration, and we have no problem with others," he told reporters, accusing the United States of seeking to "swallow" the Middle East.
Swatting aside the US leader's offers of dialogue and rapprochement if Iran relents on its nuclear ambitions, Ahmadinejad said: "I think President Obama has made a big mistake... he knows the resolution will have no effect.
"Very soon he will come to understand he has not made the right choice and he has blocked the way to having friendly ties with the Iranian people."
The UN resolution expands an arms embargo and bars Iran from sensitive activities such as uranium mining.
It also authorises states to conduct high-seas inspections of vessels believed to be ferrying banned items for Iran and adds 40 entities to a list of people and groups subject to travel restrictions and financial sanctions.
Not for the first time, Ahmadinejad reserved his harshest rhetoric for Israel.
"It is clear the United States is not against nuclear bombs because they have a Zionist regime with nuclear bombs in the region," he said.
"They are trying to save the Zionist regime, but the Zionist regime will not survive. It is doomed."
Israel, which has the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear arsenal, regards Iran as its principal threat after repeated predictions by Ahmadinejad of the Jewish state's demise.
Israeli leaders have refused to rule out a resort to military action to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapons capability.
Ahmadinejad said the entire architecture of global power was built to keep out smaller states.
"We have always said the Security Council is a tool in the hands of the United States. It is not democratic, it is a tool of dictatorship," he said.
"Five powers have the veto right and the nuclear bombs and the monopoly and they want to monopolise nuclear energy for themselves," he added.
Russia appears to be taking a tougher line with Iran. Officials said Friday that Moscow would comply strictly with the new UN sanctions, and signalled that a deal to supply Iran with air-defence missiles was now off.
China has kept up a more emollient line on Iran. Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday that China "highly values relations with Iran and feels they are conducive to regional peace, stability and development."
Friday, June 4, 2010
Israel accused of indiscriminate killings
Belgian activist Isnasni Kenza (R) and an unidentified British activist flash the V sign and hold up the British flag at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on June 3, 2010 after being deported by Israel two days after a deadly naval raid by Israeli forces. Photograph: AFP
Hundreds of Gazans use opened Egyptian gate
Unrepentant Israel expels aid fleet activists
ISTANBUL - Hundreds of Turkish activists from the Gaza aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos returned home to a heroes' welcome Thursday and their leaders accused Israel of carrying out indiscriminate killings.
Organisers of the aid fleet also said the toll of nine dead given by Israel was too low. Facing major protests over Monday's raid, Israel meanwhile rejected a UN Human Rights Council move to set up an international inquiry into the raid.
About 1,000 people, some chanting anti-Israeli slogans, packed Istanbul airport in the middle of the night to greet planes that brought back 466 activists and nine bodies from Israel.
Another plane carrying 31 Greek activists three French nationals and an American flew into Athens.
The dead were eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin, Anatolia news agency reported. It quoted forensic experts as saying all had been shot.
Bulent Yildirim, head of the Islamic charity which spearheaded the campaign to break the Gaza blockade, charged that Israeli soldiers had killed activists indiscriminately when they stormed the Mavi Marmara.
All the dead were on the the Turkish ferry which led six ships trying to get aid to the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Yildirim highlighted the death of one journalist on the ship named Cevdet. "He was just taking pictures. He was shot at from no more than a metre and his brain exploded ... one of our friends was shot even after he had surrendered," Yildirim, who heads the Foundation of Humanitarian Relief (IHH), told reporters at Istanbul airport.
"They killed whoever they laid hands on. They even threw some of our friends into the sea."
Yildirim said the activists attacked the Israeli forces with iron bars "in self defence", adding that they also seized the soldiers' weapons but threw them in the sea rather than using them.
Israel has said the commandos opened fire after they came under attack.
Sydney Morning Herald journalist Paul McGeough told his newspaper from Turkey that Israeli commando boats had circled the flotilla like "hyenas hunting animals in the night" before his colleague was shot with a stun gun.
Yildirim said the death toll was higher than announced. "We were given the bodies of nine martyrs, but we have a longer list. There are missing people. Our doctors handed over 38 injured, on our return they (the Israelis) said there were only 21 injured."
He vowed to organize bigger convoys if Israel does not end its blockade of Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist movement Hamas.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said officials were drawing up lists to verify that all the activists were deported and vowed to hold Israel to account.
The returning activists included between 50 and 55 foreigners.
Three other planes brought 19 wounded activists to Ankara. A prosecutor was to question them for accounts of the bloody raid.
Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Oguz Celikkol, who was recalled after Monday's raid, also returned to Turkey Thursday, Anatolia news agency said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the activists as "violent supporters of terrorism", charging that Israeli forces were "stabbed, they were clubbed, they were fired upon" as they stormed the boat.
"This was not a love boat. This was a hate boat. These weren't pacifists. These weren't peace activists," he said.
The UN Human Rights Council said Wednesday it would set up an independent international probe into Israel's interception of the ships.
Israel rejected the move. "The authority of this council, which once again is working stubbornly against Israel, has reached rock bottom," said foreign ministry spokesman Ygal Palmor.
Organisers say another ship is heading towards Gaza despite the risk of more violence.
The Rachel Corrie, carrying building supplies along with Irish and Malaysian activists, is in the Mediterranean. Organisers say it could arrive off Gaza on Saturday.
Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin urged Israel to let the ship through, while UN chief Ban Ki-moon renewed his call for Israel to lift its Gaza blockade.
The UN secretary-general also said Israel should provide a "full and detailed account" of the commando raid.
Israeli officials said 682 people from 42 countries were on the six ships that tried to break the blockade.
Seven activists wounded in the clashes remained in an Israeli hospital, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said. An Irishman and two women from Australia and Italy remained in Israel "for technical reasons," he added, without elaborating.
Hundreds of Gazans use opened Egyptian gate
Unrepentant Israel expels aid fleet activists
ISTANBUL - Hundreds of Turkish activists from the Gaza aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos returned home to a heroes' welcome Thursday and their leaders accused Israel of carrying out indiscriminate killings.
Organisers of the aid fleet also said the toll of nine dead given by Israel was too low. Facing major protests over Monday's raid, Israel meanwhile rejected a UN Human Rights Council move to set up an international inquiry into the raid.
About 1,000 people, some chanting anti-Israeli slogans, packed Istanbul airport in the middle of the night to greet planes that brought back 466 activists and nine bodies from Israel.
Another plane carrying 31 Greek activists three French nationals and an American flew into Athens.
The dead were eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin, Anatolia news agency reported. It quoted forensic experts as saying all had been shot.
Bulent Yildirim, head of the Islamic charity which spearheaded the campaign to break the Gaza blockade, charged that Israeli soldiers had killed activists indiscriminately when they stormed the Mavi Marmara.
All the dead were on the the Turkish ferry which led six ships trying to get aid to the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Yildirim highlighted the death of one journalist on the ship named Cevdet. "He was just taking pictures. He was shot at from no more than a metre and his brain exploded ... one of our friends was shot even after he had surrendered," Yildirim, who heads the Foundation of Humanitarian Relief (IHH), told reporters at Istanbul airport.
"They killed whoever they laid hands on. They even threw some of our friends into the sea."
Yildirim said the activists attacked the Israeli forces with iron bars "in self defence", adding that they also seized the soldiers' weapons but threw them in the sea rather than using them.
Israel has said the commandos opened fire after they came under attack.
Sydney Morning Herald journalist Paul McGeough told his newspaper from Turkey that Israeli commando boats had circled the flotilla like "hyenas hunting animals in the night" before his colleague was shot with a stun gun.
Yildirim said the death toll was higher than announced. "We were given the bodies of nine martyrs, but we have a longer list. There are missing people. Our doctors handed over 38 injured, on our return they (the Israelis) said there were only 21 injured."
He vowed to organize bigger convoys if Israel does not end its blockade of Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist movement Hamas.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said officials were drawing up lists to verify that all the activists were deported and vowed to hold Israel to account.
The returning activists included between 50 and 55 foreigners.
Three other planes brought 19 wounded activists to Ankara. A prosecutor was to question them for accounts of the bloody raid.
Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Oguz Celikkol, who was recalled after Monday's raid, also returned to Turkey Thursday, Anatolia news agency said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the activists as "violent supporters of terrorism", charging that Israeli forces were "stabbed, they were clubbed, they were fired upon" as they stormed the boat.
"This was not a love boat. This was a hate boat. These weren't pacifists. These weren't peace activists," he said.
The UN Human Rights Council said Wednesday it would set up an independent international probe into Israel's interception of the ships.
Israel rejected the move. "The authority of this council, which once again is working stubbornly against Israel, has reached rock bottom," said foreign ministry spokesman Ygal Palmor.
Organisers say another ship is heading towards Gaza despite the risk of more violence.
The Rachel Corrie, carrying building supplies along with Irish and Malaysian activists, is in the Mediterranean. Organisers say it could arrive off Gaza on Saturday.
Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin urged Israel to let the ship through, while UN chief Ban Ki-moon renewed his call for Israel to lift its Gaza blockade.
The UN secretary-general also said Israel should provide a "full and detailed account" of the commando raid.
Israeli officials said 682 people from 42 countries were on the six ships that tried to break the blockade.
Seven activists wounded in the clashes remained in an Israeli hospital, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said. An Irishman and two women from Australia and Italy remained in Israel "for technical reasons," he added, without elaborating.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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in reference to: YouTube - googletoolbarhelp's Channel (view on Google Sidewiki)U.N. urges probe on Israel flotilla raid
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council called Tuesday for an impartial investigation into the Israeli attack against a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the immediate release of all civilians.
The statement, which came at the end of an emergency session that lasted more than 12 hours, condemned "those acts which resulted in the loss of at least 10 civilians and many wounded."
"The Security Council took note of the statement of the UN Secretary General on the need to have a full investigation into the matter and it calls for a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards," the statement said.
Israeli commandos carried out the raid in international waters on a convoy of vessels with activists from a variety of countries bringing food and medical supplies to Gaza.
The Security Council requested the immediate release of all ships and civilians held by Israel. Israeli public radio earlier reported that Israel would hold 480 of the activists and expel 48 others.
"The Council urges Israel to permit full consular access, to allow the countries concerned to retrieve their deceased and wounded immediately and to ensure the delivery of the humanitarian assistance from the convoy to its destination," it said.
In the statement, Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller, the council's current president, said the council reiterated its grave concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which it said was "not sustainable."
It stressed the need for "sustained and regular flow of goods and people to Gaza as well as unimpeded provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza."
Emphasizing that the only viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was a two state solution, the statement expressed concern that the incident occurred at a time when indirect talks were underway between the sides.
It urged the parties "to act with restraint, avoiding any unilateral and provocative actions, and all international partners to promote an atmosphere of cooperation between the parties and throughout the region."
The statement, which came at the end of an emergency session that lasted more than 12 hours, condemned "those acts which resulted in the loss of at least 10 civilians and many wounded."
"The Security Council took note of the statement of the UN Secretary General on the need to have a full investigation into the matter and it calls for a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards," the statement said.
Israeli commandos carried out the raid in international waters on a convoy of vessels with activists from a variety of countries bringing food and medical supplies to Gaza.
The Security Council requested the immediate release of all ships and civilians held by Israel. Israeli public radio earlier reported that Israel would hold 480 of the activists and expel 48 others.
"The Council urges Israel to permit full consular access, to allow the countries concerned to retrieve their deceased and wounded immediately and to ensure the delivery of the humanitarian assistance from the convoy to its destination," it said.
In the statement, Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller, the council's current president, said the council reiterated its grave concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which it said was "not sustainable."
It stressed the need for "sustained and regular flow of goods and people to Gaza as well as unimpeded provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza."
Emphasizing that the only viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was a two state solution, the statement expressed concern that the incident occurred at a time when indirect talks were underway between the sides.
It urged the parties "to act with restraint, avoiding any unilateral and provocative actions, and all international partners to promote an atmosphere of cooperation between the parties and throughout the region."
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