Eye On Iran: Iranian Official: We're Month Away from Joining 'Nuclear Club'

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories Ynet News: "Iranian Atomic Energy deputy chief Behzat Sultani said Tuesday that the Islamic Republic will join the 'nuclear club' within one month and added, "No country will consider attacking it after that." He provided no further details. Sultani added that 70% of the Arak nuclear reactor has been completed." http://bit.ly/dgWrD7 Dow Jones: "Daimler AG's Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said Wednesday the German auto maker will divest its 30% stake in Iranian Diesel Engine Manufacturing as part of a wider review of its business relationships with the country. 'In view of the current political situation we have...extensively reassessed this business relationship,' Mr. Zetsche told shareholders at Daimler's annual general meeting." http://bit.ly/anwZAG WP:"In what looks like a strong, budding friendship, China is increasingly buying Iranian oil and gas, participating in Iranian infrastructure projects, and selling vast amounts of exports to Iran while warning the West against tougher sanctions over the country's nuclear program." http://bit.ly/ceYVMQ Nuclear Program AFP: "Iran has so far produced five kilograms of 20 percent enriched uranium, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday, in defiance of world powers who want Tehran to end the controversial nuclear work. Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent from February 9 following an order from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Salehi." http://bit.ly/ckBknS NYT:"He issued a specific warning to Iran, which was not represented at the conference, saying that after four years of failed efforts on sanctions, the penalties he was trying to win at the United Nations Security Council had to be significant enough to get the attention of the Iranian leadership." http://nyti.ms/dxMeQo LAT:"China insisted Tuesday that it has not shifted its approach on Iran's nuclear program, despite White House claims on Monday that Beijing had become more open to sanctions on Tehran. Jiang Yu, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Beijing that 'China has always believed that sanctions and pressure cannot fundamentally resolve the issue' of concern about Iran's nuclear program, according to the official New China News Agency." http://bit.ly/9W8z7W AFP:"Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will fly to New York next month to attend a Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review meeting, a top official said on Wednesday. 'The foreign minister of our country, along with a delegation of experts, will attend this meeting in New York and present the views of the Islamic republic,' deputy foreign minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh told reporters." http://bit.ly/bmUMTf Radio Farda:"World leaders have discussed the possibility of fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States is pushing for strong and timely sanctions that have consequences." http://bit.ly/bCyHIT CBS News:"CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer sat down recently in Tehran for a rare interview with the chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi. Below is a full transcript of the interview." http://bit.ly/aV0UfC Human Rights Radio Farda: "Iranian bloggers supporting the opposition movement have launched a new campaign aimed at publicizing the plight of the lesser-known prisoners who have been jailed in the postelection unrest." http://bit.ly/aejEfK Foreign Affairs AFP:"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Barack Obama to follow Tehran's example in fighting terrorism in a letter sent to his US counterpart, the Iranian leader's office said on Wednesday. 'Questions like the attack on Afghanistan, the expansion of instability and insecurity in the region and America's backing for terrorism were raised in the letter,' said Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, the Iranian presidency's chief of staff. 'The president has also asked Obama to learn from Iran on how to combat terrorism,' Mashaie said." http://bit.ly/bzpFor Radio Farda:"Iran has submitted a letter to the United Nations in which it questions the 'intent' of Washington's new nuclear policy and says it contains threats of nuclear attack against Iran. The official IRNA news agency says the letter was delivered by Iran's envoy to the UN, Mohammad Khazai." http://bit.ly/c2JxaK Opinion Steve Clemons in Politico:"And, by bringing together 47 key leaders, Obama is signaling to all stakeholders that a nuclear crisis with Iran and other potential breakout states would undermine the global commons. Yet he is not vilifying Iran or its leaders. He is not making the same "axis of evil" mistake President George W. Bush did. Instead, Obama is showing the benign and constructive side of U.S. power to other great states like India, China, Brazil and Russia. He is also inviting Iran to get in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and get back into a club that matters - where Iran could be respected for adopting a sensible course." http://bit.ly/9iZ8SY Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. 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