Aggressive Acts By Iran Signal Pressure On Its Leadership -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — A string of aggressive gestures by Iran this week — assassination attempts on Israelis living abroad that were attributed to Tehran, renewed posturing over its nuclear program and fresh threats of economic retaliation — suggest that Iranian leaders are responding frantically, and with increasing unpredictability, to the tightening of sanctions by the West.
As investigators unearthed new evidence implicating Iran in the attacks this week in Thailand, India and Georgia, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran announced Wednesday what he said was his country’s latest nuclear advance, and Iran’s Oil Ministry threatened to pre-empt a European oil embargo by cutting off sales to six countries there.
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More News On International Skepticism Of Iran's Nuclear Proposals
US Dismisses Iranian Nuclear Advancement Claims as 'Hype' -- Voice of America
Israeli official: Iran embellishes nuclear gains -- USA Today/AP
Iran proposes restart to nuclear talks -- CBS/AP
Iran says has "new initiatives" for talks with powers -- Reuters
Iran seeks new talks with powers, vague on nuclear issue -- DNA
Iran nuclear claim met by skepticism -- L.A. Times
World press unimpressed by Iran's nuclear achievements -- BBC
Does Iran's nuclear announcement spell defiance or desire to talk? -- Elise Labott, CNN
Zakaria: A history lesson could deter Iran -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN
My Comment: Links to terror attacks in Georgia/India/Thailand, cutting off internet access, editorials on the Iranian President fighting for his "political life", there is 'something' happening in Iran's political elite .... my guess is that it is because of fears over a repeat of this, hence the drive to change the agenda and to focus the Iranian public on international events and crisis.
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