AP: President Barack Obama says Iran’s nuclear program continues to pose a threat, and that he and the president of France want the international community to keep pressuring Iran to come clean about its intentions.
Obama: Iran nuclear program poses continued threat
Iran seen as evasive, legalistic at UN rights panel
Reuters: Iran avoided the most difficult questions at a long-awaited appearance before the U.N. Human Rights Committee, members said on Thursday, with Iranian officials failing to respond or hiding behind long-winded legalese.
Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest over US ‘threats’
AFP: Iran made a formal protest Thursday over military experts’ remarks to a US Congressional committee last week urging the targeted assassination of members of its elite Quds Force military special operations unit.
UK draws up plan ‘to join U.S. if it attacks Iran’ amid growing tensions in the Middle East
Daily Mail: Britain is developing contingency plans for military action against Iran amid rising tensions in the Middle East, it was claimed last night.
ANALYSIS – Russia, China may blunt Western pressure on Iran
Reuters: Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.
Iran economy minister survives vote over fraud case
AFP: Iranian Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini survived an impeachment vote in parliament on Tuesday after being accused of lax oversight of the banking sector in relation to the biggest fraud in the Islamic republic’s history.
Iran says oil over $100 a barrel is good
Reuters: Iran is happy with current oil prices above $100 a barrel, its oil minister said on Tuesday, despite warnings from the West on the impact on the world economy and a preference for softer prices from fellow OPEC producers in the Gulf.
Iranian football players suspended over “goosing”
Reuters: Iran’s football federation has suspended two players from the top team involved in an “inappropriate” goal celebration, the ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran wants Bahrain as its ‘crown jewel’: Bahrain FM
AFP: Bahrain’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Iran of eyeing the Gulf monarchy as “the crown jewel” in a campaign to penetrate the Gulf, and called for Arab support in confronting Tehran, according to official Egyptian media.
US dismisses Iranian letter as a ‘rant’
AFP: The United States on Tuesday dismissed as “a rant” an Iranian letter to Washington over allegations of an Iranian plot to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington.
