AFP: The trial of two Iranians charged with possession of explosives allegedly destined to be used in bomb attacks in Kenya began Monday in a Nairobi court.
Trial of Iranians on explosives charges starts in Nairobi
Iran returns sanction fight to Gulf shipping lanes
AP: When Pentagon officials announced plans to send U.S. Navy minesweepers and warships into the Gulf for exercises, they carefully tried to avoid framing it as a direct show of force against Iran. Tehran took care of that.
Iran: No plans to close strategic Strait of Hormuz
AP: A top Iranian naval commander said Monday that Tehran’s forces have full control over the Gulf’s strategic Strait of Hormuz, but have no plans to try to close the route for one-fifth of the world’s oil.
With Iran, deterrence won’t work
New York Daily News: Prof. Kenneth Waltz recently made this dangerously naive argument: “If Iran goes nuclear, Israel and Iran will deter each other, as nuclear powers always have . . . leading to a Middle East that is more stable than it is today.”
Iran’s “chicken crisis” is simmering political issue
Reuters: Earlier this month, Iran’s national police chief ventured boldly into what has become known as the country’s “chicken crisis.” The feathers haven’t stopped flying since.
Iran, Hezbollah plotted in more than 20 states: Israel
AFP: Israeli intelligence chiefs told the cabinet on Sunday that Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah had plotted attacks in more than 20 countries over the past two years, the prime minister’s office said.
Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief
Reuters: Iran has sent a new batch of enriched uranium to fuel a medical research reactor in its capital, the country’s nuclear chief said on Sunday, an indication Tehran is digging in as its standoff with world powers over the enrichment continues.
Holding Iran accountable for terrorist attacks
Washington Post: Using the territory of countries across the world, working sometimes through proxies like Lebanon’s Hezbollah and sometimes with its own forces, Tehran has been intentionally targeting not just diplomats of enemies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia but also civilians.
Iran introduces tiered exchange rates for imports
Reuters: Iran will introduce a three-tiered exchange rate system to purchase different classes of imports, state media reported on Saturday, in an indication that the government’s stores of hard currency are coming under pressure from Western sanctions.
The world’s leading sponsor of terror strikes again
Wall Street Journal: The suicide bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a local Bulgarian bus driver on Wednesday was shocking if all too familiar.
