BBC: US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says UN sanctions have hit Iran hard and created a rift between the country’s supreme leader and president.
Gates says Iran leadership rift over nuclear sanctions
Stuxnet study suggests Iran enrichment aim: experts
Reuters: New research on the Stuxnet worm shows definitively it was made to target the kind of equipment used in uranium enrichment, deepening suspicions its aim is to sabotage Tehran’s suspected nuclear arms program, experts say.
Iran spy charges for Germans over Ashtiani stoning case
BBC: Iran has charged two Germans with spying after they interviewed the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, reports say.
Iran woman with stoning sentence shown on state TV
AP: Iranian state television has broadcast a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in which she calls herself a “sinner.”
Nigeria reports Iran arms seizure to U.N.
Reuters: Nigeria has reported the seizure of an illegal arms shipment from Iran intercepted by its secret service in Lagos last month to the U.N. Security Council, Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Monday.
UK Rhum gas field shuts due to EU sanctions on Iran
Reuters: BP has suspended production at Britain’s North Sea Rhum gas field due to European Union (EU) sanction against Iran, the operator said on Tuesday.
Iran security agents strike French diplomats: ministry
AFP: Iranian security agents struck French diplomats in scuffles at a Tehran embassy residence, prompting France to summon Iran’s ambassador and complain of “unacceptable violence”, officials said Tuesday.
Analysis: Are Iran nuclear talks doomed to fail again?
Reuters: Iran is likely to stick to a stalling strategy toward world powers, seeking to blunt their pressure to curb its uranium enrichment drive without making any major concessions over work the West fears has military aims.
China, Russia urge Iran to show nuclear plans peaceful
Reuters: The foreign ministers of China, Russia and India urged Iran on Monday to prove to the world that its nuclear ambitions are peaceful, and urged a return to talks.
Iran developing long-range radar, upgraded missile defense
CNN: Iran’s military is working to exponentially boost the range and numbers of its radar systems as part of a series of stepped-up defense measures, state-run media reports.
