UPI: Iran appears to have developed a system for identifying computer users on a network designed to block surveillance, a member of the Tor Project says.
Iran gets one-up on online dissdent?
Interests of Saudi Arabia and Iran collide, with the U.S. in the middle
New York Times: The brutal crackdown in Bahrain poses the greatest Middle East democracy dilemma yet to the Obama administration, deepening a rift with its most important Arab ally, Saudi Arabia, while potentially strengthening the influence of its biggest nemesis, Iran.
Malaysia: Ship with illegal cargo was Iran-bound
AP: Malaysian police say a ship smuggling equipment that possibly could be used to make nuclear weapons had been headed to Iran.
Gulf Air cancels Iran, Iraq flights as Bahrain unrest escalates
Bloomberg: Gulf Air, Bahrain’s state-owned carrier, canceled all flights to and from Iran and Iraq and temporarily shut sales offices in the capital city of Manama, as the Gulf state declared a state of emergency.
Iran sends rocket, capsule into space: IRNA
AFP: Iran has launched a rocket into space carrying a test capsule designed to house an animal, the official IRNA news agency said Thursday, amid Western concerns over Tehran’s scientific advances.
US Senator: Iran seeks nuclear weapons
AFP: An influential US Senator said Wednesday after a closed-door, classified intelligence briefing on Iran that Tehran is working “seriously” to develop nuclear weapons.
Diplomats say new Iran weapons materials seized
AFP: South Korea and Singapore have intercepted suspected nuclear and weapons materials bound for Iran that breach UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic, diplomats said Thursday.
Iran recalls ambassador from Bahrain: reports
Reuters: Iran has recalled its ambassador from Bahrain in protest against the killing of Shi’ite Muslim demonstrators in the island state, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday.
Italy 2010 Iran oil import jumps despite sanctions
Reuters: Italy’s import of crude oil from Iran, a major supplier, jumped 80.6 percent in 2010, despite tightening international sanctions against Tehran, data from Italy’s industry group Unione Petrolifera (UP) showed.
Fourteen killed in Iran prison violence
Reuters: Fourteen prisoners were killed and 33 injured in an incident at an Iranian jail Wednesday, that state TV said was a brawl among inmates but which one news agency said was a foiled escape attempt.
