Reuters: World powers are making progress in narrowing their differences on how to respond to a U.N. watchdog report that aired intelligence suggesting Iran has worked on designing a nuclear weapon, Western diplomats said on Wednesday.
Powers make “progress” on IAEA Iran resolution
Iran calls for hand cutting for Arab nations ‘meddling’ in Syria
Bloomberg: Iran sees Arab nations ‘meddling’’ in Syria in order to replace President Bashar al-Assad with a government that is “submissive” to Israel, according to an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Pentagon’s new bunker busters not for Iran
Bloomberg: The U.S. military doesn’t have Iran or any particular country in mind as it buys 20 of Boeing Co. (BA)’s new 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs, the Defense Department spokesman said today.
Don’t abandon Iran opposition
Boston Herald: The just-released International Atomic Energy Agency report on the Iranian nuclear weapons program should be the final warning to the West: Iran must be dealt with now, before its advanced nuclear weapons program is operational, and while the United States still has viable options for changing the regime in Tehran.
Back the Iranian opposition
Baltimore Sun: Stop calling MEK a terrorist group and let Iranians transform their own country
Tensions mounting for Iranian exiles fearful of another massacre
Epoch Times: High-profile former officials tell Secretary Clinton to take the MEK off the terrorist list
US mulling action against Iran central bank
AFP: The United States is weighing new sanctions aimed at Iran’s central bank but must tread carefully to avoid handing Tehran unintended gains or alienating young Iranians, US officials said Tuesday.
EU ministers support more sanctions on Iran
Reuters: European Union foreign ministers spoke out in favour of tougher sanctions against Iran on Monday, but ruled out any military action for now.
Iran increases prison term for traveling to Israel
AP: Iranians traveling to Israel could go to prison for up to five years instead of only three months, after Iran’s parliament revised an existing ban for such trips.
Iran ‘influenced’ Iraq over US troops’ exit
BBC: Iran influenced Baghdad’s decision to refuse to allow the US to keep troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year, a senior adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC.
