Reuters: South Korea has pledged to the United States that it will cut imports of Iranian crude by 15 percent in the next six months to secure its next waiver to U.S. sanctions targeting Iran’s nuclear program, two sources told Reuters.
South Korea pledges 15 percent cut to Iran oil imports: sources
Iran criticises Doha decision to arm Syria rebels
AFP: Iran has denounced a decision by Western and Arab countries to send weapons to Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Iran sanctions: Foreign banks kick sand in Uncle Sam’s face
Forbes: Much of the most shocking evidence of America’s weakening position in the world these days gets swept under the rug in the mainstream press. We had another instance last week when a Japanese bank was found to have egregiously flouted the American-led financial embargo on Iran.
Georgia says it froze Iranians’ accounts
Wall Street Journal: The Georgian government froze approximately 150 bank accounts tied to Iranian businesses and individuals in order to comply with United Nations sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, officials in Tbilisi said.
French FM slams Iran, Hezbollah ‘meddling’ in Syria
AFP: Countries supporting Syria’s rebels demanded on Saturday that Iran and Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah stop meddling in the country’s civil war, French Foreign Minsister Laurent Fabius said.
Kerry calls for support to end Syria ‘imbalance’
AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that supporters of the Syrian opposition will step up military and other aid in a bid to end an “imbalance” on the ground in President Bashar al-Assad’s favour.
Albania accepts 71 Iran exiles from Iraq: UN
AFP: Seventy-one members of an exiled Iranian opposition group based at a camp near Baghdad have been relocated to Albania, the UN said Saturday, a week after the camp suffered deadly mortar attacks.
Iran Oil Ministry denies cyberattack
AP: An Iranian oil ministry official on Saturday denied a report published by a government agency that it had successfully blocked a cyberattack on an oil sector computer network.
Iran state TV lauds new president’s nuke stance
AP: Iran’s president-elect believes it’s possible to strike a deal that would allow the Islamic Republic to keep enriching uranium while assuring the West it will not produce a nuclear weapon.
China fuel oil imports climb to five-year high on Iran supplies
Bloomberg: China’s fuel oil imports surged to the highest level in five years last month as the country boosted purchases from Iran, customs data show.
