Bloomberg: Europe’s sanctions on insurance for Iranian oil shipments won’t be lifted or suspended as Asian importers look to governments to cover cargoes.
EU says ban on insuring Iranian oil will proceed as planned
Iran, 6 powers both need success at nuclear talks
AP: Iran and six world powers resume nuclear talks Monday, and Western diplomats say that if there is no progress no follow-up meeting is likely to be scheduled.
Iran moving closer to acquiring nuclear arms
Al Arabiya: From the Parchin nuclear reactor to obtaining plutonium, Iran is moving closer and closer to producing nuclear weapons.
Iran’s economic pain deepens as new nuclear talks begin
Washington Post: As Iran prepares for a fresh round of nuclear talks Monday, the country is facing an unprecedented tide of bad economic news, led by sharply falling petroleum exports.
Iran’s new plan
Boston Herald: An admiral in Iran’s Navy says it has taken steps to design and build nuclear-powered submarines. This is one more sign that Iran seeks to build nuclear weapons.
Pinched and griping in Iran
New York Times: Western sanctions have succeeded in another way: Most blame for economic distress is directed at Iran’s own leaders, and discontent appears to be growing with the entire political system.
Ahmadinejad says ready for ‘positive step’ at nuclear talks
AFP: Iran is ready to make a “positive step” at talks in Moscow on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, adding that he hoped for progress at next week’s crucial meeting.
In Moscow, Iran to face critical choice in the latest round of nclear talks
New York Times: Less than two weeks after its diplomats meet on Monday with those of the United States and five other major powers in Moscow, Iran faces the imposition of a potentially crippling European oil embargo and American banking sanctions.
Negotiating a nuclear bomb
Washington Post: As the ebbs and flows of diplomacy with Iran once more fixate official Washington, a subtle shift is emerging in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear calculus.
Romney: Obama fears Israeli attack on Iran more than Iran nukes
Los Angeles Times: In hawkish remarks that drew cheers from an audience of religious conservatives, Mitt Romney accused President Obama on Saturday of being more afraid that Israel might attack Iran than that Iran will develop a nuclear weapon.
