Eye On Iran: Iran Angrily Defends Nuclear Program

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories NYT: "The United States and Iran used the United Nations General Assembly's famous green marble podium on Monday to trade punches over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, adding sudden drama to the normally staid opening of the international conference to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty." http://nyti.ms/9Mikcy AP: "In the second military show in less than a month, Iran will hold a new set of maneuvers in the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Iranian media reported on Tuesday." http://bit.ly/aBHE1v Reuters: "Iran is challenging U.S. naval power in the Middle East with an array of offensive and defensive weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday. 'Iran is combining ballistic and cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, mines, and swarming speedboats in order to challenge our naval power in that region,' Gates told a conference of U.S. Navy advocates outside Washington." http://bit.ly/d4fsYw Nuclear Program AP: "The White House says Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech Monday at the United Nations was full of 'wild accusations.' Spokesman Robert Gibbs says Ahmadinejad's speech was predictable in failing to speak about the obligations his country hasn't lived up to in dealing with its nuclear program. Gibbs says Iran is becoming further isolated in the world community." http://bit.ly/dhynmw CS Monitor: "The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) came into force 40 years ago to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. From May 3-28, the NPT's signatories are gathering in New York to review the treaty. The exercise, which takes place every five years, will pit Iran against Western powers suspicious of Tehran's nuclear ambitions." http://bit.ly/ba5eK4 Domestic Politics LA Times: "Videos of weekend clashes over labor issues show opposition vitality" http://bit.ly/9b11qN Foreign Affairs ABC News: "The rare Persian leopard is one of two that Iran recently gifted to Russia in exchange for two Amur, or Siberian, Tigers. Putin was on hand to open an enclosure for Russia's new cats, the second of which was too ill to come out, according to Russia Today." http://bit.ly/ar9HvZ Reuters: "Iran has invited North Korean's leader Kim Jong-il to visit the Islamic republic to further economic ties, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. 'The invitation was made during a trip by the deputy foreign minister in charge of Asian and Oceanic affairs (Mohammad Ali Fatollahi),' foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters at a weekly press briefing in response to a question." http://bit.ly/93PPt4 Opinion WSJ Editorial Board: "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should get out more. We mean that without irony. The Iranian President spoke yesterday in New York at the start of the U.N. conference reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and nothing could have done more to expose the folly of relying on arms control to maintain global security." http://bit.ly/b2BFPb The Times Editorial Board: "For President Ahmadinejad, the review conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty that opened in New York yesterday is a golden opportunity to divert the world's attention from Iran's many treaty violations, hijack the conference with ringing attacks on the United States and its allies and frustrate the world's attempt to control the spread of nuclear weapons with his customary bombast, mendacity and political guile." http://bit.ly/bFzH7m Bret Stephens in WSJ: "These are strange days for New York City's finest. Over the weekend, they deployed in force to find the terrorist who tried to bomb Times Square. Yesterday, they deployed in force to protect the terrorist who is president of Iran. One of these guys works in propane, fireworks and gasoline; the other guy in enriched uranium, polonium triggers and ballistic missiles." http://bit.ly/aX2C2F Anne Applebaum in WP: "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad campaigned in Uganda and Zimbabwe. Behind the scenes, his flunkies twisted arms and offered favors. For weeks, feelers were sent out to all kinds of unlikely allies. What was the diplomatic prize at stake? Nothing less than a seat on the United Nations council on human rights." http://bit.ly/coBxkl Radio Farda Q&A with Henry Sokolski: "On the eve of this year's review, Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Washington-based Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, spoke about this and other key issues with RFE/RL correspondent Nikola Krastev." http://bit.ly/bOTfLN 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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