AP: In a show-and-tell based on secret intelligence, the U.N. atomic agency shared satellite images, letters and diagrams with 35 nations Friday as it sought to underpin its case that Iran apparently worked secretly on developing a nuclear weapon.
IAEA shows Iran nuke program intel to 35 nations
Bahrain says Iran-linked terror plot uncovered
AP: Bahrain says a terrorist cell plotting attacks against the Gulf kingdom has been uncovered by security officials in neighboring Qatar and that the four suspects have links to Iran.
Iran seeks OPEC cuts, Arab members unlikely to agree
Reuters: OPEC president Iran threw down the gauntlet to the Gulf Arab oil producers on Friday, asking them to reduce output back to pre-Libya crisis volumes, making agreement on output policy at OPEC’s December meeting more difficult.
Iran exile group claims blast hits missile base
AP: An Iranian exile group claimed Saturday that a blast near Tehran hit a missile base run by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, disputing the Iranian government’s account that it occurred at an ammunition depot.
Huge military base blast kills Guards commander, 16 others
AFP: A massive explosion at a Revolutionary Guards base just west of the Iranian capital on Saturday killed 17 members of the elite force, including a top commander, officials said, revising the toll down from 27.
Greece turns to Iranian oil as default fears deter trade
Reuters: Greece is relying on Iran for most of its oil as traders pull the plug on supplies and banks refuse to provide financing for fear that Athens will default on its debt.
Clinton urges China to put pressure on Iran
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China to use its influence to raise pressure on Iran after new charges that the Tehran regime is pursuing nuclear weapons, officials said.
White House says IAEA report on Iran ‘very alarming’
Reuters: The White House said on Thursday that this week’s International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran’s nuclear program was “very alarming” and said it would continue to pressure Tehran to “change its behavior.”
IAEA, Iran spar over bomb work allegations
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog showed letters and satellite images on Friday as part of evidence pointing to military dimensions to Iran’s atomic activities, diplomats said, but Tehran’s envoy dismissed it as “lousy” intelligence work.
U.S. plans bomb sales in Gulf to counter Iran
Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration has quietly drawn up plans to provide a key Persian Gulf ally with thousands of advanced “bunker-buster” bombs and other munitions, part of a stepped-up U.S. effort to build a regional coalition to counter Iran.
