Reuters: The next talks between six global powers and Iran on its nuclear program are likely to be delayed until February, a diplomat said on Friday, after European officials accused Tehran of stalling on fixing a time and place for a meeting.
Iranian nuclear talks face further delay
US diplomat chides Iran for ‘unhelpful role’ on Syria
AFP: The US ambassador to Syria on Friday criticised Iran’s “unhelpful” role in the Syrian conflict and appealed for more from Russia to help the refugees fleeing their war-torn homeland.
Iran has capacity to quadruple enrichment at Fordo, aide says
Bloomberg: Iran would be able to quadruple the enrichment of 20 percent uranium at its Fordo facility by using all the centrifuges installed there, a European diplomat said.
Iraqi troops ‘kill four protesters in Fallujah’
AFP: Four anti-government protesters were killed and 19 wounded when the Iraqi army opened fire on Friday, apparently to disperse demonstrators, in a mostly Sunni town west of Baghdad, officials said.
Samsung Total strikes Iran oil deal, lured by cheap fuel – sources
Reuters: South Korea’s Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co has revived a contract to buy Iranian oil after a year’s hiatus, as thin margins in plastics make the cheap fuel from Iran hard to resist, people familiar with the deal said on Friday.
IAEA to Israel: Iran nuclear row must be resolved peacefully
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief has underlined to Israel’s president the need to resolve differences with Iran diplomatically, Yukiya Amano’s office said on Friday, rather than war as Israeli leaders have mooted.
Israel talks of military option as Kissinger warns over Iran
AFP: Israeli officials said Thursday that military action against Iran needed to stay on the table, as former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned of a crisis over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in the “very foreseeable future”.
Christian pastor held in Iran missing from jail, says family
Fox News: Iranian jailers turned away the family of an American pastor on trial Iran for his Christian family, telling them Saeed Abedini is not in the infamous Tehran prison where he’s been held for several months.
Kerry: ‘Do what we must’ to stop Iran on nukes
AP: Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of state, said Thursday that the United States will “do what we must” to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon even as he signaled that diplomacy remains a viable option with Tehran.
Iran may hand staple-food coupons to help poor, Mehr says
Bloomberg: Iran’s government may distribute staple foods to 17 million of the country’s poorest people before the Iranian year ends on March 20, Mehr reported, citing an unidentified Commerce Ministry official.
