AFP: The United States on Tuesday offered assistance to Iran and Pakistan after a massive earthquake near their border, despite Washington’s tense relationship with Tehran.
US ready to help quake-hit Iran, Pakistan
Iran quake shows recklessness of nuclear program
Bloomberg: Iran suffered a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake this morning — one more demonstration of why the country’s nuclear program is an albatross it should shed.
Iranian leader steers clear of talking uranium in Niger
AFP: The leaders of Iran and Niger on Tuesday said they had engaged in “fruitful” discussions but had not talked about uranium during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two-day visit to the world’s fourth-largest uranium producer.
Iran says may need more heavily enriched uranium
AP: Iran’s nuclear chief is saying the country may need to obtain uranium enriched to a higher percentage than what it currently produces.
Tremors from Iran quake kill 13 in Pakistan: officials
Reuters: At least 13 people were killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday when the region was struck by tremors from an earthquake that was centered in neighboring Iran, Pakistani officials said.
Iran: Quake kills at least 40 near Pakistan border
AP: A major earthquake described as the strongest to hit Iran in more than half a century flattened homes and offices Tuesday near Iran’s border with Pakistan, killing at least 40 people in the sparsely populated region and swaying skyscrapers and buildings as far away as New Delhi.
Israel capable of attacking Iran on own: army chief
AFP: Israel’s army is capable of attacking Iran on its own without foreign support, Chief of Staff Benny Gantz told public radio on the 65th anniversary of the Jewish state’s foundation.
Iran says it test-fires new land-to-sea missile in Gulf
Reuters: Iran test-fired a new land-to-sea ballistic missile in the Gulf, a senior official said on Tuesday, days before an annual ceremony meant to showcase its military muscle at a time of rising tension with the West over its nuclear activity.
Iran’s cartoonists find new lines of expression
CNN: In 2003, former newspaper editor Ali Reza Eshraghi made a mistake that cost him his freedom: he published a cartoon. The sketch in question, a drawing from 1937 depicting U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court.
A mysterious Iranian-run factory in Germany
Washington Post: For years, mystery surrounded an Iranian-controlled factory tucked away in this town of 70,000 in Germany’s industrial west. The plant manufactured high-pressure gas tanks, but its managers seemed uninterested in making a profit.
