San Francisco Chronicle: with growing talk of a pre-emptive attack by Israel to slow Iran’s suspected nuclear-weapons program, Iran has threatened that it would retaliate across the globe. And Iran’s easy access to the Western Hemisphere has U.S. officials particularly concerned.

AP: An Iranian pilot who guided an Iran Air Boeing passenger plane to a safe emergency landing last year despite broken front landing gear has launched a campaign to lift Western sanctions that restrict the import of civilian plane spare parts.

Reuters: It was in October 2006 that a senior executive at Standard Chartered in New York pressed the alarm bell over the bank’s dealings with Iranian customers.

UPI: At least 180 people were killed and 1,530 injured Saturday by two powerful earthquakes that destroyed villages in northwestern Iran, officials said.

AFP: Two strong quakes in quick succession struck towns and destroyed villages in northwest Iran, killing at least 87 people and injuring 600 on Saturday, officials said.

AFP: Fresh US sanctions aim to “expose and disrupt” links between Iran, Lebanon’s armed Hezbollah movement and Syria, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.

AFP: Iran has suspended until at least the end of the month visa-free entry for nationals of Turkey and eight other countries, citing its hosting of a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, the Mehr news agency reported Saturday.

Bloomber: Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) will comply with a New York Department of Financial Services demand that the bank hire an outside monitor to ensure compliance with U.S. anti-money laundering laws, according to a person familiar with the matter.