National Review Online – By Michael B. Mukasey, Tom Ridge, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and Frances Fragos Townsend: The material-support statute is fine; the designation is the problem.
MEK is not a terrorist group
Clinton urges Gulf states to maintain Iran sanctions
New York Times: The Obama administration is working to keep up the pressure on Iran from its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, despite new reports suggesting that a combination of sanctions and sabotage may have delayed by several years Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear bomb.
Pentagon must sharpen Iran strategy to counter arms buildup, Congress says
Bloomberg: Congress is demanding that the Pentagon prepare a “national military strategic plan” for countering Iran’s nuclear and conventional arms build-up, and to brief lawmakers on it.
Afghans strained by shortages as Iran tightens flow of fuel
New York Times: The price of fuel has risen sharply in parts of Afghanistan as an Iranian-imposed slowdown on tanker traffic at key border crossings has stretched into its second month, Afghan officials say.
Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
AFP: Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.
Jet crashes in north Iran as it tries to land
New York Times: An Iranian airplane carrying more than 100 passengers crashed as it tried to make an emergency landing in heavy snow and fog, killing at least 70 people, official news agencies reported.
Foreign woman held on Iran border released: report
Reuters: Iranian border guards have released a woman they were holding who, according to some reports, was suspected of being a U.S. spy, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Sunday.
Iran nuclear talks set for Jan 21-22: Turkey
AFP: Talks between world powers and Iran on its disputed nuclear programme will take place in Istanbul on January 21 and 22, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday, local media reported.
Iran says it can produce its own nuclear fuel
AFP: Atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi declared in a report on Saturday that Iran is now capable of making its own nuclear fuel plates and rods, technology the West says the Islamic republic does not possess.
London protests at ‘attack’ on Iran exiles at Iraq camp
BBC: Demonstrators have gathered outside the Iranian Embassy in London to protest at what they claim was an attack on Iranian exiles in Iraq.
