AFP: The UN atomic agency’s dogged focus on the Parchin military site in its probe into Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons work is putting Tehran in a tight spot ahead of hugely important talks with world powers.
UN atomic agency pressures Iran over Parchin site
Clash with Iran could see use of huge, new U.S. bomb
Reuters: A 30,000-pound (13,600-kg) bunker buster bomb designed to smash through some 200 feet (65 metres) of concrete before exploding is a “great weapon” that could be used by U.S. forces in a clash with Iran over its nuclear program, an Air Force general said on Thursday.
India on diplomatic tightrope as traders head to Iran
AFP: A 70-member Indian trade delegation headed to Iran on Friday to explore “huge” commercial opportunities created by US-led sanctions against the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear plans.
US military could hit Iran harder than Israel: Panetta
AFP: A US military attack on Iran would do more damage than a strike carried out by Israeli forces, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday in an interview.
World powers stress diplomacy in Iran standoff
AP: Three days of protracted negotiations held under the specter of war highlighted the diplomatic difficulties ahead for nations intent on ensuring that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons.
Iran may be cleaning up nuke work
AP: Satellite images of an Iranian military facility appear to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at the site, indicating an attempted cleanup of radioactive traces possibly left by tests of a nuclear-weapon trigger, diplomats told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Mitsubishi waiting for Japan’s guidance on Iranian oil contract
Bloomberg: Mitsubishi Corp. (8058), Japan’s biggest trading company, is among crude oil buyers waiting for the government to decide whether the Asian country needs to cut imports from Iran.
‘Iran is not telling us everything,’ U.N. atomic agency chief says
CNN: Iran is not open about its nuclear program, but it should be, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Wednesday.
US demands ‘actions’ from Iran in nuclear talks
AFP: The United States Wednesday rebuffed an Iranian warning that new nuclear talks would fail if they were used to exert pressure, demanding assurances Tehran was not building an atomic bomb.
Iran: U.N. report blasts human rights offenses
New York Times: A United Nations investigator of Iran’s human rights record castigated its government for what he called evidence of “a striking pattern of violations of fundamental human rights guaranteed under international law.”
