AFP: The United States said Tuesday that a new report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reinforces US concerns about Iran’s nuclear program.
UN report underscores concerns about Iran nuclear plans: US
Lebanese banks must comply with Iran sanctions, Salameh says
Bloomberg: Lebanese banks will have to comply with stricter sanctions by the United Nations, the U.S. and the European Union on Iran, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said.
EU calls ‘barbaric’ plans to stone Iranian woman
AP: The European Union has condemned the death sentence by stoning for a widowed Iranian woman convicted of adultery.
South Korea to close Iranian bank branch
Wall Street Journal: South Korea will move to temporarily close the local branch of an Iranian bank as part of its effort to join United Nations sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, according to people familiar with the matter.
China urges Iran and IAEA to cooperate
Reuters: China called on Iran on Tuesday to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency which said the Islamic Republic was hampering its work in the country by barring some of its inspectors.
U.S. sanctions Iranian-owned bank in Germany
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it designated an Iranian-owned bank in Germany as facilitating Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons, a move that effectively prevents the firm from doing business with international financial institutions.
Iran says petrol self-sufficiency achieved
AFP: Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said on Tuesday that Iran has attained self-sufficiency in producing petrol, a commodity targeted by world powers in new sanctions imposed against Tehran.
Iran audit body slams subsidy plan, privatisation work
AFP: Iran’s main audit body has slammed the government’s plan to scrap subsidies from later this month and its policy of privatising state firms, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
The elephant in the Oval Office
Fox News: As Oval Office speeches go, it wasn’t much. Even so, we will look back on President Obama’s speech announcing the end of the Iraq War as one of great significance. Not because of what he said, but because of what he didn’t say. He didn’t talk about the elephant in the room – IRAN.
U.N. report says Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium
Washington Post: Iran is steadily stockpiling enriched uranium, even in the face of toughened international sanctions, according to a U.N. inspection report that raises new concerns about the ability to monitor parts of the nation’s nuclear program that could be used to make a bomb.
