Bloomberg: Standard Chartered Plc may have to pay as much as three times more than the $340 million it was fined by a New York regulator to settle all the probes by regulators into its transactions for Iranian clients.
Standard Chartered seen paying $1 billion to end probes
Germany makes arrests over Iran nuclear embargo violations
Bloomber: German authorities arrested three men charged with violating sanctions against Iran by delivering parts bound for a nuclear reactor in the Islamic republic.
Blast at Syrian army HQ as U.S. accuses Iran on Syrian militia
Bloomberg: A bomb exploded close to Syria’s army headquarters, sending a column of black smoke over the capital Damascus, as the U.S. accused Iran of training a new militia to ease pressure on Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Iran says US quake aid was not in ‘good faith’
AFP: Iran said on Wednesday it rejected a US offer of aid for survivors of twin deadly earthquakes that struck villages in its northwest on the weekend because it was not made in “good faith.”
Pentagon: Iran building, training militia in Syria
AP: U.S. defense officials are accusing Iran of increased meddling in Syria, including efforts to bolster its flagging armed forces, who are weary after 18 months of war.
Possible war with Iran could be month-long affair: Israel minister
Reuters: War with Iran would probably turn into a month-long conflict on various fronts with missile strikes on Israeli cities and some 500 dead, Israel’s civil defense minister said in an interview published on Wednesday.
NY regulator says bank settles Iran money probe
AP: New York’s financial regulator says his agency has reached a $340 million settlement with Standard Chartered Bank over allegations it schemed with the Iranian government to launder $250 billion from 2001 to 2007.
Israeli opposition to Iran military strike declining, poll shows
Bloomberg: Israeli opposition to a military strike aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear program is declining as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steps up warnings that the country faces a potential threat to its existence.
Iran finds more bodies after quake, public criticism
Reuters: Rescue workers in Iran on Tuesday recovered more bodies three days after two powerful earthquakes struck the northwest of the country, killing more than 300 people, but officials played down reports that casualty numbers may still sharply rise.
Iran seeks action against cyberattacks
UPI: Iran aims to bring the issue of cyberattacksm allegedly conducted by foreign governmentsm to the attention of international arbiters, an official said.
