AP: The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he cannot guarantee that all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful unless Tehran provides more cooperation with his organization.
UN cannot guarantee all Iranian nuke work peaceful
Iran’s Central Bank to issue larger nanknotes, Donya says
Bloomberg: Iran’s Central Bank plans to issue banknotes with twice the value of the largest ones in circulation, Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing Majid Saniei, an official at the financial institution.
Kerry talks Syria, Iran in Saudi Arabia
AP: U.S. Secretary John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi and Gulf Arab officials expected to focus on the crisis in Syria and fears about Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran to start liquid gas plant on Kharg in 2014, Tehran Times says
Bloomberg: Iran plans to complete a 1.2 billion euro ($1.6 billion) natural gas liquid production plant on Kharg island by March 2014, the Tehran Times newspaper reported.
‘We mean it,’ Israel’s Barak tells Iran on nuclear arms
AFP: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Iran on Sunday that Israel would never allow Iranian leaders to develop a nuclear weapon, as he addressed a powerful US-Israel lobby.
Iran says building 3,000 advanced centrifuges
Reuters: Iran is building about 3,000 advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuges, Iranian media reported on Sunday, in a development likely to add to Western concerns about the Islamic state’s disputed nuclear program.
Foreign investment in Iran has reached $7 billion, Fars says
Bloomberg: Iran has attracted $7 billion in foreign investment in the current Iranian year ending March 20, Fars reported, citing Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar.
Iran says Syria’s Assad will fight 2014 election
AFP: Syria’s close ally Iran said on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad will take part in next year’s presidential election and that it is up to the Syrian people to choose their own leader.
Seized Chinese weapons raise concerns on Iran
New York Times: An Iranian dhow seized off the Yemeni coast was carrying sophisticated Chinese antiaircraft missiles, a development that could signal an escalation of Iran’s support to its Middle Eastern proxies, alarming other countries in the region and renewing a diplomatic challenge to the United States.
Iran blocks Russian news website
UPI: Iran’s culture ministry cut off Internet access to state-owned Russian news outlet Voice of Russia, the network said. Russian officials said there was no warning or reason given for blocking the outlet’s website.
