Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration plans to use an upcoming United Nations report to rally international support for significantly ratcheting up economic and diplomatic pressure against Iran, senior administration officials said Thursday.
U.S. set to raise pressure on Iran
U.S., UK, France ratchet up pressure on Iran
Reuters: The United States, Britain and France turned up the pressure on Tehran on Thursday ahead of next week’s release of a keenly awaited U.N. report that may offer new details about the military side of Iran’s nuclear program.
Iraq may revise year-end deadline for Iranian camp
Reuters: The Iraqi government may extend a year-end deadline for more than 3,000 residents of an Iranian dissident camp to leave Iraq if a quick solution is found to resolve the issue of where they should go, a Baghdad government advisor said on Thursday.
What’s next for Iran?
Fox News: On Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved harsher penalties against Iran, citing the regime’s plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador on American soil.
UK ‘will keep pressure on Iran’ – Nick Clegg
BBC: The UK will work to “exert constant, increasing pressure” on Iran over its nuclear programme, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
Obama: Iran nuclear program poses continued threat
AP: President Barack Obama says Iran’s nuclear program continues to pose a threat, and that he and the president of France want the international community to keep pressuring Iran to come clean about its intentions.
Iran seen as evasive, legalistic at UN rights panel
Reuters: Iran avoided the most difficult questions at a long-awaited appearance before the U.N. Human Rights Committee, members said on Thursday, with Iranian officials failing to respond or hiding behind long-winded legalese.
Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest over US ‘threats’
AFP: Iran made a formal protest Thursday over military experts’ remarks to a US Congressional committee last week urging the targeted assassination of members of its elite Quds Force military special operations unit.
UK draws up plan ‘to join U.S. if it attacks Iran’ amid growing tensions in the Middle East
Daily Mail: Britain is developing contingency plans for military action against Iran amid rising tensions in the Middle East, it was claimed last night.
ANALYSIS – Russia, China may blunt Western pressure on Iran
Reuters: Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.
