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.
U.S. plans bomb sales in Gulf to counter Iran
EU mulls new sanctions against defiant Iran
Reuters: The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a U.N. agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said on Thursday.
Russia ‘ready to build new reactors’ in Iran
AFP: Russia is ready to build more nuclear reactors in Iran, its nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday despite renewed fears that Tehran is seeking to produce nuclear weapons.
China says sanctions no “fundamental” answer on Iran
Reuters: China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that sanctions cannot “fundamentally” resolve the Iran nuclear dispute, after Western leaders urged expanded sanctions against Iran over a U.N. watchdog report that Tehran has worked to design atom bombs.
US defense chief cautions against strike on Iran
AFP: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday warned of the risks from any military strike on Iran, saying it could have a “serious impact” on the region without halting Tehran’s nuclear program.
I won’t let Iran get nukes
Wall Street Journal – By Mitt Romney: The International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report this week makes clear what I and others have been warning about for too long: Iran is making rapid headway toward its goal of obtaining nuclear weapons.
Germany: U.N. report reinforces Iran nuclear worries
Reuters: The German government said on Wednesday that a U.N. nuclear watchdog’s findings that Iran had worked on the design of an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research reinforced concerns about the country’s nuclear program.
Iran bails two ‘BBC collaborators’: report
AFP: Two Iranian film-makers detained in September for collaborating with the BBC Persian service were released on bail on Wednesday, the ISNA news agency reported.
Options for Iran oil sanctions face economic risks
AP: With Iran angrily defiant about a U.N. report accusing it of developing nuclear weapons, Western powers and allies faced complicated questions Wednesday on how to further tighten pressure on the oil giant without shaking the fragile world economy.
Full text of latest IAEA report on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Nov. 09 – Click here to see the latest IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear activities. The report, released on Tuesday, states that Tehran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research.
