Reuters: Iran has started using extra machines installed this year to enrich nuclear material to higher levels more efficiently, in violation of United Nations sanctions, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Monday.
Iran boosts nuclear enrichment efficiency -IAEA
AP Interview: German: Iran fears latest sanctions
AP: A German lawmaker says Iranian officials he met in Tehran fear a severe blow to the country’s international trade from the latest round of U.N. sanctions.
Iranian small business squeezed by Ahmadinejad’s policies
RFE/RL: Even as the latest UN, U.S., and European Union sanctions against Iran create new hardships for the country’s economy, most Iranians outside the government seem to place the blame for the situation on President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s uncompromising policies.
Iran slaps 20-year jail terms on seven Bahais
AFP: Iran has sentenced seven leading members of its Bahai religious minority to 20-year jail terms, French and US members of the faith told AFP on Monday.
Iran puts LNG ambitions on hold amid sanctions
Reuters: Iran has put multi-billion dollar plans to create a liquefied natural gas industry on hold, the government has said, as new sanctions against Tehran’s nuclear programme start to bite in crucial economic areas.
Iran says it won’t give up nuke program despite US
AP: An Iranian official says Americans “must be dreaming” if they think they can intimidate Tehran into giving up its nuclear program.
Iran’s Islamic Azad University opens branch in Afghan capital
Bloomberg: Iran’s Islamic Azad University, which has more than 400 locations, has opened a branch in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Ahmadinejad under fire from Iran judiciary chief
AFP: Iran’s judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani has hit out at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for criticising a court verdict against the former head of state news agency IRNA, media reports said Monday.
U.S. and EU fail to isolate Iran
Los Angeles Times: Efforts by the United States and its European allies to build a united front to halt Iran’s nuclear program are facing increasingly bold resistance from China, Russia, India and Turkey, which are rushing to boost their economies by seizing investment opportunities in defiance of sanctions imposed by the West.
Embassy Row: EUROPEAN ALERT
Washington Times: European lawmakers are warning President Obamathat his failure to remove an exiled Iranian opposition group from the U.S. terrorist blacklist gives the brutal Iranian regime an excuse to execute domestic dissidents and pursue nuclear weapons.
