Wall Street Journal: Bombings in capital cities, kidnappings, trade in drugs and guns—Iranian exports, all. Now Tehran wants nukes. Mysteriously marked ammunition kills countless Africans in civil wars. Conspirators plot to blow up a crowded cafe and an embassy in Washington, D.C.
Iran’s global business is Murder Inc.
Death toll in Iran exile camp attack rises to seven
AFP: The death toll from a weekend mortar and rocket attack on an Iranian exiles’ camp in Iraq rose Tuesday to seven, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, or the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) said.
U.S. imposes sanctions on Venezuela’s Cavim Arms Company
Bloomberg: The U.S. imposed sanctions on a state-owned Venezuelan weapons company after it traded with Iran, North Korea or Syria, the State Department said in a statement posted on its website.
Iran denies officials to be quizzed over Argentina bomb
Reuters: Iran denied on Tuesday it had agreed to allow international investigators to question Tehran officials over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires as part of a plan to form a truth commission.
Berlin fest unveils Iran director’s cry for freedom
AFP: The 63rd Berlinale premiered Tuesday the latest film by banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, a haunting lament about crushing state oppression and a tribute to the resilience of the creative drive.
Small Russian banks help Iran’s oil exports: minister
Reuters: Small Russian banks are participating in schemes to finance Iranian oil exports, which are the target of U.S. and European sanctions against Tehran, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.
U.S. funds may have bought Iranian oil
UPI: The Afghan National Army may have used U.S. funds to buy fuel from Iran in violation of Western economic sanctions, a military audit has found.
Iran keeps door open to military site inspections
AP: Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s demands to revisit a military site where Tehran is suspected of conducting nuclear-related experiments are still on the table.
U.N. nuclear watchdog says it will work for Iran deal
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday it would seek in talks in Iran this week to bridge differences that have prevented it restarting an investigation into the Islamic state’s atomic activities.
China denounces US sanctions against companies
AP: China on Tuesday denounced U.S. sanctions against a leading state arms maker and other companies over alleged illicit dealings with North Korea, Syria and Iran.
