New York Times: Iran appears to have installed a few hundred more centrifuges at its deep underground site known as Fordow, thus enhancing its ability to produce uranium enriched to 20 percent, a purity that can be converted relatively quickly to bomb-grade fuel.
Iran’s nuclear quest
Visit by Egypt’s Morsi to Iran reflects foreign policy shift
Washington Post: A decision by Egypt’s new president to travel to Tehran for a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement this week reflects a major foreign policy shift for the Arab world’s most populous nation, after decades of subservience to Washington.
Iran said to send troops to bolster Syria
Wall Street Journal: Iran is sending commanders from its elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and hundreds of foot soldiers to Syria, according to current and former members of the corps.
Lord Maginnis: Freedom or oppression – defining responsibility
Epolitix: Writing for PoliticsHome, Lord Maginnis calls on the US to remove the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran from the Foreign Terrorist Organisation list.
Report: Iran could open military site to visits
AP: Iran could allow representatives from nonaligned nations to visit a military site that the U.N. nuclear watchdog suspects has housed nuclear experiments.
Gaza PM Haniya won’t attend Tehran NAM summit
AFP: Gaza’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya will not attend an upcoming Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, Taher al-Nunu, a spokesman for the Hamas government, said on Sunday.
Egypt defends Syria contact group that includes Iran
AFP: Egypt on Sunday defended its idea of forming a regional contact group on Syria which would include Iran, a staunch Damascus ally, insisting that Tehran could “be part of the solution” to the Syrian crisis.
Iran to show atomic sites at Tehran Non-Aligned summit
Bloomberg: Iran will allow officials from the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement to visit nuclear facilities during a summit in Tehran this month, the Foreign Ministry said.
Iran seeks Non-Aligned support in nuclear showdown
AFP: Non-Aligned Movement leaders should take a stand against Western sanctions at a Tehran summit later this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday, adding that many NAM members backed Iran’s nuclear programme.
UniCredit unit HVB probed over Iran sanctions
Reuters: U.S. authorities are investigating UniCredit’s (CRDI.MI) German unit HVB as part of a global crackdown on possible violations of sanctions on Iran that has already cost Standard Chartered (STAN.L) a hefty settlement.
