Iran Focus: International sanctions imposed on Iran have seriously impacted various sectors of Iranian economy, according to a confidential internal report submitted to senior government officials in December 2011.
Iran economy hit hard by sanctions
U.S. envoy says Iran working to destabilize Yemen: report
Reuters: Iran is working with southern secessionists in Yemen to expand its influence and destabilize the strategic region around the Straits of Hormuz, the U.S. envoy to Yemen was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Top UN official accused of tricking thousands into ‘concentration camp’
Sunday Telegraph: In 2011, Kobler joined with Maliki and the Iranians in playing a terrible trick on those remaining in Ashraf, telling them that, if they came to a former US base near Baghdad, Camp Liberty, they could then move on to a new life in other countries.
Confronting Iran — again
Los Angeles Times: Some time in the coming months, probably this spring, there will be another crisis over Iran’s nuclear program. The White House may use Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing to emphasize a tougher stance toward Tehran.
Two airlines suspend Iran flights as economy weakens
Reuters: Two European airlines said on Saturday they were halting services to Iran, a sign of the crumbling purchasing power of Iranians as their economy buckles under the weight of Western sanctions.
Iran should help people cope with economic duress, Etemaad says
Bloomberg: Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani said government officials should take steps to offset economic hardships, Etemaad newspaper reported.
Netanyahu denies wasting money on Iran attack plans
Reuters: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed allegations by predecessor Ehud Olmert that he wasted billions of dollars preparing for a strike on Iran that did not take place.
KLM to cease flights to Iran in April
AP: KLM says the company will cancel its flights to Iran as of April, leaving Germany’s Lufthansa as the sole Western European-based carrier offering services to Tehran.
A trail of bullet casings leads from Africa’s wars back to Iran
New York Times: A British arms researcher surveying ammunition used by government forces and civilian militias in 2006 found Kalashnikov rifle cartridges he had not seen before. When the investigators’ breakthrough came, it carried a surprise. The manufacturer was not one of Africa’s usual suspects. It was Iran.
Imprisoned American pastor tells family of death threats, torture in Iran
Fox News: An American pastor who has been imprisoned in his native Iran because of his Christian faith has been threatened with death, according to his family.
