UPI: The president of a South Carolina synthetic oil company faces charges for allegedly exporting goods to Iran, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
Businessman charged for exporting to Iran
Iran propping up Syria’s dwindling cash reserves
CNN: Syria’s president is quickly spending through his cash reserves as sanctions choke off many sources of funding, but the regime is getting help from Iran in bolstering finances, CNN has learned.
U.S. won’t ease oil sanctions at Iran nuclear talks
Bloomberg: U.S. negotiators headed to Baghdad for a second round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program won’t be giving Iran the relief it is seeking from oil and financial sanctions hobbling its economy, according to Obama administration officials.
UN nuclear chief seeks pact on wider Iran probes
AP: The head of the U.N. nuclear agency pushed Monday for a breakthrough pact with Iran to resume inspections into suspected secret atomic weapons work and possibly set in motion further dealmaking when envoys from Tehran and world powers gather later this week in Baghdad.
Azeris pressured by Iran to cut Israel, West ties, official says
Bloomberg: Iran is pressuring Azerbaijan to cut ties with Israel and Western nations as tensions mount over the Persian Gulf state’s nuclear program, an aide to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev’s said.
Iran’s Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film
AP: Abbas Kiarostami has found inspiration far from home. The Iranian director’s films are routinely banned in his home country, whose Islamist government has arrested or barred several younger filmmakers from working.
‘Reality check’ for Iran nuclear talks
CNN: Iran is set for nuclear talks Wednesday with members of the U.N. Security Council, and the Obama administration, as well as some Iranian and European Union officials, expressed optimism that a compromise will be reached.
Iran starts legal case against Reuters
AFP: Iranian authorities said on Monday they have formally started legal proceedings against the international news agency Reuters, after suspending its Tehran bureau over a report about female ninjas.
UN nuclear chief begins talks with Iranian officials
Reuters: United Nations nuclear chief Yukiya Amano started talks with senior Iranian officials on Monday, Iranian media reported, on his one-day visit to Tehran that diplomats say could lead to an agreement for further inspections of Iranian nuclear sites.
Bahrain condemns Iran’s Gulf ‘flagrant meddling’
AFP: The government of Bahrain condemned on Sunday Iran’s continued “flagrant meddling” in Gulf affairs after the Islamic republic slammed plans for union between the Shiite-majority kingdom and Saudi Arabia.
