Ross Calloway: Iran Timeline

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:11:44 GMT

Rice Says Time Is Running Out for Iran To Suspend Enrichment. The United States is willing to give European Union negotiator Javier Solana a bit more time to pursue negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program before pushing for U.N. Security Council sanctions, but Iranâ€™s time is running out, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. â€œIt is important in keeping a coalition together to -- if people want to explore something that doesn't move you very far off course -- to go ahead and explore it,â€ Rice tells journalists. [US State Dept - Washington File]

The French Re-Re-Resolve

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:55:06 GMT

There's no grandstanding like French grandstanding.

Iran's Response, No 'Doomsday' for Brian Ross

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:08:11 GMT

Iran's reply is, let's talk. It wasn't, OK, we'll stop refining uranium. Meanwhile, the talk & delay game that Saddam pulled off for years in the United Nations, is now engaged in Iran. Like Hezbollah, Iran is in building and re-arming mode, which is apparently the U.N.'s preferred method of negotiations. Especially when the offending party, Iran, calls the UN Security Council's so-called deadline of August 31, 2006 for Iran to stop enriching uranium as 'illegal' and 'worthless.' Starting from there, Iran can drag this out for years as long as they are calling the shots.

Iran Will Give It's Answer On Tuesday, 8/22/06

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:58:32 GMT

Highlighting just how ineffective and impotent Kofi Annan and his United Nations are, he pulls out all the diplomatic stops to get Iran to agree to halt it's uranium enrichment program. The U.N. ignores its own resolutions when they don't work, 1559, so it comes down to 'pretty please with a cherry on top.' Says Kofi: "I appeal to the government of Iran to seize this historic opportunity ... Iran's reply, I trust will be positive."

Is Iran Preparing For August 22nd This Way?

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:18:32 GMT

Satellite Blackout in Tehran.

Iran Says Yes To Talks And No To Stopping Nuclear Program

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:36:37 GMT

Iran modifies the stall-proceed diplomacy slightly. As Iran continues it's nuclear enrichment program, they begin to hint at maybe some sort of negotiated settlement, but doesn't like preconditions. Preconditions like stopping the program now and then we'll talk.

"Being attacked by a U.N. nation is always a hoot"

Thu, 25 May 2006 05:59:34 GMT

Comic for 24 May 2006. [Wizard of Id]

Target Acquired, Iran Chooses Supporting Terrorists

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:16:58 GMT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad publicly rejected an appeal from U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei yesterday, saying Iran will not retreat "one iota" on its uranium enrichment. Sounds like negotiations are over, at least as far as Ahmadinejad is concerned. Iran also said it would help finance the militant Palestinian government, Hamas, who along with 600 other militant Muslims promised never to recognize Israel. Question now is, how long will it take to come to the realization that diplomacy has failed?

Iran Extends An Enriched Middle Finger

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:34:49 GMT

Two weeks after the UN warns Iran not to enrich uranium, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has 'good news' for the world regarding Iran's nuclear program. "I am officially announcing that Iran has joined the group of those countries which have nuclear technology. This is the result of the Iranian nation's resistance," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a televised address.

U.N. Security Council Unanimous On Iran's Nuclear Program

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:06:25 GMT

The dance begins. The United Nations Security Council today agreed on a statement Wednesday demanding that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, setting the stage for the first action by the U.N. to stop Tehran from enriching uranium, something that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has made his country's mission. Remember Ahmadinejad had also threatened war if the U.N. would impose any kind of sanctions.