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Iran on Saturday played down G8 concerns about its crackdown on protests after the June presidential election and its nuclear programme, saying it is working on a package to address international issues.
After a half-year of extending patient feelers to Iran, President Barack Obama has set a timeline — warning Tehran it must show willingness to negotiate an end to its nuclear program by September or face consequences.
Iran is preparing a new package of "political, security and international" issues to offer the West, Reuters reported Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki as saying Saturday.
President Barack Obama has set a timeline — warning Tehran it must show willingness to negotiate an end to its nuclear program by September or face consequences.
Text of President Barack Obama's news conference on Friday in L'Aquila, Italy, as provided by the White House:
There is no doubt that the time is right for our President to assert the importance of working through global cooperation to achieve the mutally-desirable goal of planetary survival.
[*] OBAMA: Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. I apologize for being a little bit late. Good afternoon. We have just concluded the final session of what has been a highly productive summit here in L'Aquila. And before I discuss what we've achieved these past three days, I'd like to take a m...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that Libya's renunciation of weapons of mass destruction offered an "important lesson" amid fears over North Korea and Iran's nuclear ambitions.
US President Barack Obama cranked up pressure on Iran by saying Friday world leaders were "appalled" at post-poll violence and would not stand idly by while Iran builds a nuclear weapon.
Iran's foreign minister is downplaying a Group of Eight declaration against his country's crackdown on post-election demonstrators and its pursuit of a suspected nuclear weapons program.
G8 leaders will not wait "indefinitely" to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, US President Barack Obama said after a summit of the world's richest nations in Italy Friday.
President Obama argued Friday that the Group of Eight nations had sent a clear message to Iran: The world will not "wait indefinitely" and allow the country to build nuclear weapons.
L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he will soon propose sweeping changes to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that would require states suspected of seeking to build nuclear weapons to prove that they are not.
President Barack Obama said Friday the international community is "not going to just wait indefinitely" for Iran to renounce an interest in developing nuclear weapons.
President Barack Obama says the United States and Russia must show they're "fulfilling their commitments" to lead global efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Britain could reduce its nuclear arsenal as part of a global disarmament deal to persuade Iran and North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions.
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