AP: The U.S. and Europe want to deprive Iran of the oil income it needs to run its government and, most importantly, fund what they believe is an effort to build a nuclear weapon. Their efforts are entering a new phase this week.
Q&A: New sanctions targeting Iranian oil
Iranian game tries to revive Rushdie fatwa
Wall Street Journal: Watching India-born British novelist Salman Rushdie dodge bullets, tackle a gang of assassins and battle for survival will be a common sight, if an Iranian student organization has its way.
US exempts China, Singapore from Iran sanctions
AFP: The United States exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies were united in pressuring Tehran.
Iran to ‘reconsider’ ties if S. Korea cuts oil imports
AFP: Iran will reconsider its ties with South Korea if the Asian nation halts imports of Iranian oil from Sunday, as Seoul has said it will be forced to do because of EU sanctions.
Officials slam Iran on anti-Semitic statement
AP: International officials have condemned statements made by Iran’s vice president at a U.N.-sponsored drug conference in Tehran where he blamed Jews for the international drug trade.
Officials slam Iran on anti-Semitic statement
AP: International officials have condemned statements made by Iran’s vice president at a U.N.-sponsored drug conference in Tehran where he blamed Jews for the international drug trade.
Iraq’s commitment to US mission questioned in Congress
Reuters: Iraq questions the continued presence of large numbers of Americans on its soil, U.S. lawmakers were warned on Thursday, even as the State Department plans to shrink the size of its mission by almost a third over the next 16 months.
Dissident warnings from Iran
Huffington Post: Two dissenting Iranian religious figures — an imprisoned cleric and an exiled spiritual Sufi — have issued messages to the world condemning the Iranian theocratic authorities and calling on all religious believers to assist Iranians against the governing hierarchy.
Britain condemns Iranian’s comments
UKPA: Britain has condemned as anti-semitic remarks made by Iran’s vice-president Mohammad-Reza Rahimi at a UN conference in Tehran.
U.S. faces deadline to sanction China over Iran
CNN: The United States faces a deadline Thursday of deciding whether to issue a waiver to China and other purchasers of Iranian oil, or move to cut them off from the U.S. financial system as punishment for not reducing their purchases of Iranian crude by significant amounts.
