Reuters: U.S. Senate aides were slated to meet on Tuesday to discuss the next steps for a new package of proposed oil- and banking-related sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran to abandon its nuclear program, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters.
US Senate looks for path forward on next Iran sanctions
US sympathizes with UAE in Iran island rift
AFP: The United States on Tuesday urged Iran to enter talks with the United Arab Emirates over Gulf territorial disputes as it criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for visiting a contested island.
Iran sanctions hitting Turkish economy, energy costs
Bloomberg: Turkey’s exports to Iran have fallen 20 percent this year and the cost of imported oil has soared after sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said.
Iran says Saudis can’t replace its oil supply in the long term
Wall Street Journal: Iran’s oil minister late Monday accused Saudi Arabia of trying to replace its oil, a policy he said will fail, as tensions lingers between the two rival producers despite a thaw in relations between Tehran and the West.
Iran’s president says country’s army will make the enemy regret any aggression against Tehran
Washington Post: Iran’s president says the country’s armed forces will make the enemy regret any act of aggression against Iran.
The most powerful weapon Obama can deploy against Iran
Fox News: To believe that the resumption of negotiations in Istanbul could — or ever will –avert Iranian nuclear breakout and a possible Middle East conflagration, is to believe in the triumph of hope over experience.
US rules out easing Iran sanctions
AFP: The United States on Monday ruled out Iran’s call for a lifting of sanctions, saying that the Islamic republic must first address concerns over its nuclear program in “concrete” ways.
Iran tightens grip on web in ‘soft war’ with West
AP: Iran calls it the “soft war” with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications.
Ottawa asks Iran to release Canadian on death row
AFP: Canada’s foreign minister on Monday called on Iran to halt the imminent execution of Canadian-Iranian Hamid Ghassemi-Shall and to release the man accused of espionage.
Iranian-Canadian ‘spy’ faces imminent execution, says family
The Guardian: An Iranian-Canadian man convicted of espionage and having links with an opposition group is facing imminent execution in Iran.
