AP: Iran’s parliamentary speaker has called Israel a “barking dog” that won’t dare attack the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program.
Iran parliament speaker says Israel won’t attack
India not to tax rupee payments for Iranian oil
Reuters: India has exempted payment in rupees for oil imports from Iran from hefty local taxes, a move that would help refiners settle some of their oil trade with the sanctions-hit country if the current mechanism through Turkey folds under fresh sanctions.
Simin Daneshvar, eminent Iranian author, dies at 90
New York Times: Simin Daneshvar, who was the most potent surviving symbol of the vibrancy of 20th-century literature in Iran, died on March 8 in Tehran. She was 90. Relatives, who confirmed the death, said she had had influenza.
India links Delhi blast on Israeli to Thai attack
AP: Indian police say a bomb attack that wounded an Israeli diplomat’s wife in New Delhi last month is connected to a suspected plot to attack Israeli targets in Bangkok that was blamed on a group of Iranian men.
Israelis laugh about Iran nukes, government threat
AP: The threat of Iranian nuclear weapons and a possible Israeli military strike are not the usual ingredients of comedy.
Iran’s censors tighten grip
Wall Street Journal: Iran hasn’t been shy about its bids to monitor, filter and block content on the Internet. Now it has taken the next leap, turning online censorship into an institution.
EU faces deepening dilemma over Iran
UPI: EU diplomats face a deepening dilemma over Iran’s disputed nuclear program as they try to avert an Israeli strike on the country.
India issues arrest warrants for 3 Iranian suspects in bombing
CNN: India has issued arrests warrants for three Iranians suspected of involvement in last month’s bombing of an Israeli Embassy car in New Delhi, authorities said Friday.
Asia oil buyers urge EU to revise sanctions on Iran
Reuters: Japan, South Korea and global ship insurers are lobbying EU officials to revise planned sanctions against Iran to allow Europe’s insurance market to continue to cover Iranian oil shipments to Asia, government and industry sources said.
Iranians offer gloomy outlook of nuclear talks
Washington Post: Prominent Iranian politicians and analysts are offering a gloomy assessment of upcoming nuclear talks with the United States and other world powers, insisting that Iran will not agree to any significant cuts to its nuclear program.
