AP: The Obama administration announced a new set of sanctions against Iran on Monday in an effort to apply greater pressure to get Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.
A glance at new sanctions imposed on Iran
Brent oil up above $107 on new Iran sanctions
Reuters: Brent crude rose above $107 a barrel on Tuesday as fresh sanctions on Iran, and the prospect of possible military action, offset persistent worries about the health of Western economies and their fuel demand.
US, Britain, Canada team up on new Iran sanctions
AP: Thwarted internationally, the Obama administration cobbled together a new set of best-available sanctions against Iran on Monday that underlined its limited capacity to force Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dare Israel to attack
AFP: Iran dares Israel to attack, because the retaliation would send the Jewish state to “the dustbin of history,” a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said, according to the Fars news agency Monday.
U.S. cautions Iraq to curb Iran forays
Wall Street Journal: Weeks before the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the commander of American forces here urged the Iraqi government to keep fighting extremists, especially the Iran-backed militias he said threaten to form a state within a state.
United States and its allies expand sanctions on Iran
New York Times: Major Western powers took significant steps on Monday to cut Iran off from the international financial system, announcing coordinated sanctions aimed at its central bank and commercial banks. The measures, a response to a recent United Nations report warning about Iran’s nuclear activities, tighten the vise on Iran but still fall short of a blanket cutoff.
EU reaches deal on new Iran sanctions-diplomats
Reuters: European Union governments agreed in principle on Tuesday to extend sanctions against Iran by adding some 200 names to a target list of people and entities in an effort to add pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme, diplomats said.
Iran may have sent Libya shells for chemical weapons
Washington Post: The Obama administration is investigating whether Iran supplied the Libyan government of Moammar Gaddafi with hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons that Libya kept secret for decades, U.S. officials said.
Record for UN vote on Iran, N. Korea, Myanmar
AFP: Record numbers of countries voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning human rights abuses in Iran, North Korea and Myanmar.
France urges Iran oil purchase freeze, sanctions
Reuters: France called for new sanctions on an “unprecedented scale” against Iran on Monday in response to Tehran’s nuclear programme, urging world powers to halt purchases of Iranian oil and freeze its central bank assets.
