Wall Street Journal: Eni SpA, Italy’s biggest oil and natural gas company by volume, said Tuesday its activities in Iran may face U.S. sanctions against investments in the Islamic republic, and they could be material.
Eni says its Iran activities could lead to U.S. sanctions
Iran says 37 killed in earthquake in south
AP: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.
The cat-and-mouse nuclear game with Tehran
The Hill: News headlines about the latest round of nuclear negotiations with Iran repeat what has sadly become too prosaic: botched diplomacy, growing pessimism, and a looming war.
Iran opens new uranium production facility, mines
AFP: Iran, under global sanctions for its controversial nuclear programme, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines, state television said.
U.S. Senators seeking tougher economic sanctions on Iran
Bloomberg: A group of U.S. lawmakers is proposing to intensify the economic pressure on Iran over its disputed nuclear program by drafting the harshest penalties to date on a nation whose income from oil exports has been cut in half by sanctions since 2011.
Iran may have continued weapons research after 2003, IAEA chief says
Washington Post: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Monday that his agency cannot rule out the possibility that Iran was actively seeking nuclear weapons technology, citing intelligence on suspicious research by Iranian scientists that occurred as recently as a few years ago.
Stalled talks with Iran over nukes boost sanctions
AP: The failure of negotiations between six world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program has jumpstarted the congressional push for even tougher sanctions aimed at crippling the economy in Tehran.
Clueless on North Korea, paralyzed on Iran
Washington Post: In the wake of the Benghazi attacks it was U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. On Sunday in the midst of the North Koreans’ show of bombast it was senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer’s turn. Pfeiffer merely appeared clueless; far worse he revealed that the administration he serves is entirely hapless.
American Christian suffering in Iranian jail without proper medical care, attorneys say
Fox News: The Iranian-American Christian pastor jailed in Iran for his faith again has been denied bail as he awaits proper medical treatment for serious injuries and internal bleeding sustained from brutal prison beatings, according to the family’s attorneys.
Iraq says inspects Syria-bound Iranian aircraft, finds no arms
Reuters: Iraq on Monday searched an Iranian aircraft on route to Syria but found only medical equipment onboard, in the first inspection since Washington urged Baghdad to help stop Tehran flying arms to Syria, authorities said.
