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US: Iran Missile Test Underscores Threat to Middle East, Europe

The United States says the reported test of a new Iranian ballistic missile underscores that country’s threat to the Middle East and Europe, including Russia, which has opposed a planned U.S. regional missile defense system. VOA’s David Gollust reports from the State Department that big-power diplomats are expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and missile activity Thursday in Paris.

The Bush administration says the Iranian missile test violates U.N. resolutions and other international obligations,and will likely be added to the agenda of Thursday’s meeting on Iran of the five permanent U.N. Security member countries and Germany, the P-Five-Plus-One.

Iran said it successfully tested a two-stage solid-fuel missile with a 2,000 kilometer range, ادامه مطلب …

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Iran: Ahmadinejad welcomes Obama change

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, saying Tehran “welcomes basic and fair changes in U.S. policies and conducts,” according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency on Thursday.
Relations between the United States and Iran have historically been chilly, and have been further strained in recent years over Iran’s nuclear program.

Tehran insists the program exists for peaceful purposes, but the United States and other Western nations are concerned by Iran’s refusal to halt uranium enrichment activities.

“I hope you will prefer real public interests and justice to the never-ending demands ادامه مطلب …

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