2011/02/28

Iran in secret uranium talks with Zimbabwe

The Associated Press news agency (AP) have revealed that they acquired an intelligence report Tuesday that shows Zimbabwe is a key focus in Iran’s covert global search for uranium, to sustain its controversial nuclear programme. thezimbabwean


Iran Courting Pariah Leaders in Uranium Search

Iran is expanding its covert global effort to obtain uranium, according to a new intelligence report from an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member nation. The Associated Press reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly expressed interest in Zimbabwe’s uranium supplies since visiting the country in April and meeting with President Robert Mugabe. bigpeace


Iran threatens Olympic boycott over logo design

Iran has threatened to boycott the London 2012 Olympics unless organisers agree to change the design of the logo.

The Iranian government has lodged a formal protest with the International Olympic Committee over the four-year-old logo, claiming that it must be changed since it spells out the word 'Zion'. yahoo

Note: "It's not the first time that the logo has been at the centre of an unusual complaint: it has been heavily criticised ever since first being unveiled in 2007, and has been compared to everything from a swastika to a stylised image of two people making love." *

* two british gays making sex (not love).