Reuters: A Hong Kong-based firm that attempted to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator has much closer ties to China’s Huawei Technologies than was previously known, corporate records show.
Huawei CFO linked to firm that offered HP gear to Iran
Iran crude oil exports rise to highest since EU sanctions
Reuters: Iran’s crude oil exports in December leapt to their highest level since European Union sanctions took effect last July, analysts and shipping sources said, as strong Chinese demand and tanker fleet expansion helped the OPEC member dodge sanctions.
Afghan army fuel sales may have broken Iran sanctions
AFP: US funds may have served to buy fuel for Afghan security forces from Iran in direct contravention of America’s economic sanctions on Tehran, a US watchdog warned Wednesday.
Argentina says Iranians to be questioned in bombing probe
AFP: Iran’s defense minister will be questioned by an Argentine judge as part of an agreement to investigate a deadly 1994 attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish center, Argentina said Wednesday.
MPs urge Britain to cut ties with Iran and support regime change
News Blaze: A group of cross-Party MPs on Tuesday urged the British government to cut ties with the Iranian government and support the democratic opposition to bring about regime change.
Hagel: Window closing on Iran and diplomacy
AP: Chuck Hagel says the “window is closing” on Iran and the possibility of diplomacy if it continues to ignore international demands to end pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
Iran Zoroastrians celebrate ancient feast of fire
AP: Followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh — an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest from Muslims.
Report: Iran, Hezbollah terror threat rising
AP: Iran’s elite Quds Force and Hezbollah militants are learning from a series of botched terror attacks over the past two years and pose a growing threat to the U.S. and other Western targets as well as Israel, a prominent counterterrorism expert says.
Iranian $40-mn platform unit sinks in Gulf
AFP: A $40 million engineering structure belonging to Iran’s South Pars gas field to be used in offshore platforms sank into the Gulf as it was being installed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Families of servicemen killed in attack to get Iran money
Reuters: The families of 17 U.S. servicemen killed in a 1996 bombing in Saudi Arabia linked to Iran can collect damages from Iran-funded accounts at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
