Reuters: Iran has postponed until 2014 the planned start-up of a research reactor which Western experts say could potentially offer the Islamic Republic a second route to produce material for a nuclear bomb, a U.N. report showed.
Iran delays planned start-up of Arak nuclear reactor
Iran says Muslim world must hit back at Israel for Gaza
AFP: Islamic countries must close ranks and respond to Israel’s deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip, Iran’s Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday.
Iran reaches milestone at key nuclear plant
AFP: Iran is on the cusp of being able to triple output of nuclear material that, if further treated, could be used in the core of a bomb, a new UN atomic agency report showed.
U.S. ambivalence frustrates Iran
UPI: The U.S. government hasn’t been consistent with its policy regarding the possibility of engagement with the Islamic republic, an Iranian lawmaker said.
Iran’s first nuclear plant may have suffered new setback
Reuters: Iran unloaded nuclear fuel from its first atomic power plant last month, a United Nations report said on Friday, a few months after the Russian builder said the long-postponed reactor was operating at full capacity.
Hezbollah man wanted by US freed from Iraq custody
AP: Iraq freed a jailed Hezbollah commander wanted by the United States on Friday. U.S. forces held Daqduq for four years, handing him over to Iraqi authorities when American troops left Iraq. Meanwhile, Iran has seen its influence in the country grow.
Is Iran resorting to an insurance scam to keep oil exports flowing?
Forbes: Iran has lost all its European clients, and many habitual buyers have scaled down their dependence on its oil. This is due largely to European and U.S. sanctions on insurance and reinsurance for oil cargoes — which depend on Protection and Indemnity Coverage.
Signs mount of possible Israeli invasion of Gaza
AP: The onslaught has not deterred the militants from striking back with more than 400 rockets aimed at southern Israel. For the first time, they also unleashed the most powerful weapons in their arsenal — Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
Iranian man charged in military aircraft part scam
AP: An Iranian man has been indicted in New York on charges that he plotted to illegally export military and civilian aircraft parts from the United States to Iran.
Turkmen gas company says flows to Iran restored
Reuters: Turkmenistan has resumed gas supplies to Iran after a brief stoppage for repairs along a stretch of pipeline linking the two countries, the head of Turkmenistan’s state gas company told Reuters on Friday.
