AP: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says the United States could “break Iran within a year” if allies worked together on a strategy instead of focusing on specific tactics.
Gingrich: Cutting off gasoline would contain Iran
Obama aide says Iran’s leaders are feeling the strain of sanctions
New York Times: A day after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, President Obama’s national security adviser argued Tuesday that the administration’s pressure campaign had left Iran’s leaders economically strained, diplomatically isolated and rent by internal divisions.
Canada laments cracks in Iran, Syria sanctions
AFP: Canada’s top diplomat on Tuesday lamented cracks in the West’s imposing of sanctions on Syria and Iran while also urging Russia and China to get onboard.
EU urges Iraq to allow more time for Ashraf solution
Reuters: The European Union urged Iraq on Tuesday to allow time for the United Nations to determine the status of residents of a camp of Iranian dissidents that Baghdad has threatened to deport by the year-end.
UK severs ties with Iranian banks
BBC: The UK has imposed new sanctions against Iran which will cut off all financial ties with Iranian banks.
Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran
AFP: Canada announced new sanctions against Iran on Monday that target “virtually all transactions” including with its central bank to pressure Tehran amid renewed suspicion over its nuclear program.
A glance at new sanctions imposed on Iran
AP: The Obama administration announced a new set of sanctions against Iran on Monday in an effort to apply greater pressure to get Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.
Brent oil up above $107 on new Iran sanctions
Reuters: Brent crude rose above $107 a barrel on Tuesday as fresh sanctions on Iran, and the prospect of possible military action, offset persistent worries about the health of Western economies and their fuel demand.
US, Britain, Canada team up on new Iran sanctions
AP: Thwarted internationally, the Obama administration cobbled together a new set of best-available sanctions against Iran on Monday that underlined its limited capacity to force Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dare Israel to attack
AFP: Iran dares Israel to attack, because the retaliation would send the Jewish state to “the dustbin of history,” a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said, according to the Fars news agency Monday.
