Reuters: Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most “virtual private networks”, a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday.
Iran blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter
Iran passes three-month stop-gap budget as sanctions hit revenue
Reuters: Iran’s parliament has passed a three-month stop-gap budget while it debates President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s full-year spending proposals, delivered nearly 90 days late at a time when economic sanctions have cast doubt over future revenue.
Report: Blast injures several people in south Iran
AP: An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that an explosion has injured several people in a port in the south of the country.
The Iran lobby buys a friendly face for despotism
American Thinker: The funding of a significant pro-Iran lobby that funnels money to American universities was disclosed to the wider public for the first time during the U.S. Senate’s recent confirmation battle over Chuck Hagel’s successful nomination as secretary of defense.
The Iran-North Korea axis of proliferation
Forbs: Both Iran and North Korea are subject to a growing stack of sanctions with which the United Nations, since 2006, has been demanding an end to their illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The rise and fall of Iran in Arab and Muslim public opinion
Huffington Post: Policy discussions here in the U.S. about Iran and its nuclear program most often focus exclusively on Israeli concerns. Ignored are Arab and Muslim attitudes, especially those of Iran’s Arab and non-Arab Muslim neighbors.
Iran: Haven or prison for al Qaeda?
CNN: The arrest of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, who had been living in Iran for the past decade, has once again raised questions about whether the Iranian government is providing a haven or barrier to the terror group.
Iran-North Korea pact draws concern
Wall Street Journal: Obama administration officials are raising alarms about a scientific-cooperation pact between North Korea and Iran that officials said could advance the nuclear and missile programs of both countries.
Bin Laden son-in-law appears in New York on terror charge
Bloomberg: CIA officers located him after he arrived in Ankara with an Iranian passport and he asked Saudi Arabian diplomats to help his wife and children go to their country, according to the U.S. officials, who asked not to be named because intelligence matters are involved.
Qantas on defensive after jumbo ended up in Iran
AFP: Qantas says it took all reasonable precautions in selling aircraft after a report revealed that a jumbo jet once owned by the Australian carrier had ended up in Iran despite sanctions.
