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Iran is pressuring its oil customers to start paying in currencies other than U.S. dollars and many have begun to comply, oil executives here say.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/27/business/euros.php


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Moscow urges the United States to avoid escalating tensions around Iran over its nuclear program as it could lead to a "clash of civilizations," the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070327/62693395.html


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Russia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday sharply criticized the U.S. for what it called over-reliance on force and warned Washington against military action against Iran.

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Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070327/62697703.html


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The U.S. Navy today began its largest demonstration of force in the Persian Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by a pair of aircraft carriers and backed by warplanes flying simulated attack maneuvers off the coast of Iran.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4664203.html


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"We have informed the Iranian brothers ... that we are not party to its conflict with the United States and will not allow our territories to be used for any military, security or spy activities against it."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27163479.htm


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Many adults in the United States believe their country should not become involved in a military conflict with Iran, according to a poll by Harris Interactive. 50 per cent of respondents are opposed to bombing Iran if it is proven that the Islamic country is helping the Shiites in Iraq.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/15185


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Neue Sanktionen gegen Iran beschlossen

Der UN-Sicherheitsrat hat am Wochenende die Sanktionen gegen den Iran verschärft. Die neue Resolution 1747 sieht ein Waffenembargo, Einfrieren von Auslandsgeldern und Reisebeschränkungen vor. Der Iran soll innerhalb von 60 Tagen seine Urananreicherung einstellen. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel betonte beim Treffen der europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs in Berlin, dass die EU weiterhin offen bleibe für Verhandlungen. "Wenn der Iran zum Pfad der Völkergemeinschaft zurückkehrt, dann sind wir natürlich auch bereit, dem Iran sehr große Angebote zu machen", sagte Merkel am 25. März. Der iranische Außenminister, Manuschehr Mottaki, sagte, das iranische Parlament sei bereit, das Zusatzprotokoll des Nicht-Verbreitungsvertrages zu ratifizieren. Zahlreiche Berichte deuten auf baldige Luftangriffe des Westens hin.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15621

Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New American Foundation, and a Middle East specialist who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and on the staff of the National Security Council, said he believed that Iran was supplying munitions to Shiite militias. But Mr. Leverett said the threat to American troops from Sunni insurgents, who draw on Syria and Saudi Arabia for money and other logistical support, was "orders of magnitude" greater than that from Shiites, and he contended that the Bush administration's public emphasis on the EFP's was part of a larger administration strategy to blame Iran "for the failure of the American project in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032707C.shtml



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