Posted on 02/27/2006 8:49:06 PM PST by DoctorZIn
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Monday, the IAEA will issue its Iran report.
- Times Online said the IAEA report will likely be tough on Iran.
So Russia & Iran cut a deal, sort of.
- The Financial Times reported that Iran said on Sunday that it had struck an agreement with Russia on its nuclear program. But failed to resolve the issue of whether Iran would desist from all controversial nuclear activities.
- CNN News reported that the head of Russia's nuclear agency, Sergei Kiriyenko, said the talks had further to go.
- The Jerusalem Post reminded us that while Iran's agreement to a Russian enrichment program would alleviate immediate fears that it was trying to manufacture nuclear weapons, but would not entirely eliminate it.
The Russian deal was designed to keep Iran from being referred to the UNSC.
- FOX News added that Moscow will insist on resolving the Iranian nuclear dispute within the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency.
Is the Russian Government split on Iran?
- DEBKAfile reported on a split among Russian leaders with President Vladimir Putin preferring to go along with the West, while Kirienko (who led the talks in Iran) leads a Kremlin faction that advocates breaking ranks with Washington and Europe.
And the Iranian Regime wants a guarantee.
- The Washington Post reported that Iran is seeking a guarantee that the US will not attack.
A peek inside Secret Nuclear Discussions in Iran.
- Rooz Online published some previously undisclosed discussions among the Iranian regime regarding in the Iran-EU Nuclear talks. A must read.
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- Telegraph reported that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, dismissed Iranian overtures to take over funding for the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
- Reuters reported that Iran is preparing to grant gas contracts to European firms: Total, Shell and Repsol.
- And finally, Reuters reported that more than 500 so-called protesters gathered outside the British Embassy in Tehran.
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2006/02/28 07:31 M 5.9 SOUTHERN IRAN Z= 57km 28.27N 56.81E
This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake IN SOUTHERN IRAN has occurred at:
28.27N 56.81E Depth 57km Tue Feb 28 07:31:08 2006 UTC
Time: Universal Time (UTC) Tue Feb 28 07:31:08 2006
Time Near Epicenter Tue Feb 28 11:01:08 2006
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Tue Feb 28 02:31:08 2006
Central Standard Time (CST) Tue Feb 28 01:31:08 2006
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Tue Feb 28 00:31:08 2006
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Mon Feb 27 23:31:08 2006
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Mon Feb 27 22:31:08 2006
Location with respect to nearby cities:
130 km (80 miles) NNE of Bandar-e Abbas, Iran (pop 273,000)
170 km (105 miles) SE of Sirjan, Iran
225 km (140 miles) S of Kerman, Iran
960 km (600 miles) SSE of TEHRAN, Iran
For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 353
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