Reuters: Japan, South Korea and global ship insurers are lobbying EU officials to revise planned sanctions against Iran to allow Europe’s insurance market to continue to cover Iranian oil shipments to Asia, government and industry sources said.
Asia oil buyers urge EU to revise sanctions on Iran
Iranians offer gloomy outlook of nuclear talks
Washington Post: Prominent Iranian politicians and analysts are offering a gloomy assessment of upcoming nuclear talks with the United States and other world powers, insisting that Iran will not agree to any significant cuts to its nuclear program.
Parliamentarians condemn smear campaign by State Department official
PRNewswire: Parliamentary campaigners for the rights of the residents of Camp Ashraf wrote to Hillary Clinton expressing concern over the campaign to defame top US politicians who called on the US government to keep its promise.
US denies sending warning to Iran via Russia
AFP: The United States on Thursday denied a report that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told her Russian counterpart that upcoming talks on Iran’s nuclear program were a “last chance” to resolve the long-running standoff.
SWIFT to cut services for Iran firms blacklisted by EU
AFP: European Union nations agreed Thursday to ban financial transfers such as SWIFT payments to hundreds of Iranian firms and individuals blacklisted by the bloc over Tehran’s contested nuclear drive.
U.S. may sanction India over level of Iran-oil imports
Bloomberg: India has failed to reduce its purchases of Iranian oil, and if it doesn’t do so, President Barack Obama may be forced to impose sanctions on one of Asia’s most important nations, Obama administration officials said yesterday.
Iran backing Houthi rebels, U.S. claims
UPI: Iranian military forces are shipping light weapons to rebel groups in Yemen, a senior U.S. official claimed.
India police name Iranian suspects in Delhi attack
AFP: Three Iranians have been named by Indian police as suspects in an attack on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi, the first time Iran has been firmly linked to the bombing, reports said Thursday.
Assad emails show he took Iran’s advice, joked about reforms – Guardian
Reuters: Bashar al-Assad has taken advice from Iran on countering a revolt against his rule and joked about his promises of reform, according to a trove of e-mails taken from the personal accounts of the Syrian president and his wife, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan arrests 22 alleged Iran spies
UPI: Azerbaijani authorities have detained 22 individuals suspected of spying for Iran and other crimes, government officials said Wednesday.
