AP: U.S. officials say a drone that crashed inside Iran over the weekend was one of a fleet of stealth aircraft that have spied on Iran for years from a U.S. air base in Afghanistan.

Washington Post: Congress is trying to use a little-known certification requirement for ships and drilling rigs as a lever to squeeze Iran’s trade with the rest of the world.

CNN: Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement are risking their future ties with Syria by supporting embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad now, the head of a leading Syrian opposition group says.

AFP: US senators who crafted tough new sanctions legislation targeting Iran urged their colleagues on Tuesday to resist White House efforts to water it down ahead of a final vote expected this month.

AP: U.S. military officials said Monday they are concerned that Tehran may have an opportunity to acquire information about the classified surveillance drone program after one of the stealthy aircraft crashed in Iran while patrolling in western Afghanistan.

AFP: Australia expanded sanctions against Iran to restrict business with the country’s petroleum and financial sectors as concern mounts over Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme.

Fox News: Iran appears to be in possession of one of America’s most sophisticated weapons, a super-secret spy plane whose stealth technology is the same as the drone used to monitor the compound during the raid that killed Usama bin Laden, U.S. military sources told Fox News on Monday.

Reuters: International schools in Iran have shut their doors after hardline students stormed the British embassy last week, stoking ordinary Iranians’ fears that foreigners are about to pull out of the Islamic Republic ahead of a U.S. or Israeli-led attack.

Reuters: The European Union is becoming skeptical about slapping sanctions on imports of Iranian oil, diplomats and traders say, as awareness grows that the embargo could damage its own economy without doing much to undercut to Iran’s oil revenues.

AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Monday underlined Tehran’s objections to international forces retaining a presence in neighbouring Afghanistan after NATO combat troops pull out in 2014.