Washington Post: While the United States and other Western powers hang back, and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar offer weak and poorly coordinated aid, Iran has mounted a concerted and escalating campaign to prop up the government. Iran has sent men as well as arms, cash and technical support.
Iran shows no hesitation about intervening in Syria
Clinton to take Iran opposition group off terror list
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to remove an Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, from a terror blacklist after 15 years, US lawmakers said Friday.
Iran may be behind cyber attacks aimed at U.S. banks
Bloomberg: Cyber attacks against U.S. banks in recent days may have been carried out by Iran’s government, Senator Joseph Lieberman said.
US rejects linking Iraq aid to Iranian overflights row
AFP: The United States said Thursday it did not support linking aid to Iraq to US demands for Baghdad to inspect Iranian planes flying over its territory for illicit arms shipments to the Syrian regime.
Iran attacked at U.N. Security Council over Syria aid
Reuters: Western members of the U.N. Security Council blasted Iran on Thursday for providing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with weapons to help him crush an 18-month-long uprising by rebels determined to topple his government.
US admiral says Mideast drills ensure stability
AP: Although the Navy says the maneuvers are purely defensive and not directed at any country, they are widely seen as a message to Iranian officials who have threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf.
Christians face arrest, persecution in Iran, U.N. experts say
Reuters: More than 300 Christians have been arrested since mid-2010 in Iran where churches operate in a climate of fear and Muslims who convert to Christianity face persecution, United Nations human rights investigators said on Thursday.
West warns Iran time running out for nuclear accord
AFP: The United States, Britain and France warned Iran on Thursday that time is running out for a negotiated settlement to the showdown on its nuclear program.
US lists 117 Iranian planes arming Syria’s Assad
AP: The Obama administration has identified 117 Iranian aircraft it says are ferrying weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Western report – Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraq
Reuters: Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid President Bashar al-Assad in his attempt to crush an 18-month uprising against his government, according to a Western intelligence report seen by Reuters.
