Reuters: The German government is increasing pressure on companies to curb business with Iran and even tried to stop a business conference attended by the Islamic Republic's oil minister, Handelsblatt daily said on Thursday.
Germany pressures firms to limit Iran trade-report
Report: Foreign analysts cite Iran bomb progress
AP: Congressional investigators say some foreign intelligence analysts believe U.S. intelligence is underestimating Iran's progress toward designing a nuclear warhead before Tehran halted its program in 2003.
Merkel links Mideast, Iranian nuclear issue
AFP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that progress in the Middle East peace process would boost the chances of the West ending its standoff with Iran over its disputed nuclear programme.
Morgenthau: Iran threat ‘deadly serious’ to U.S.
FOX News: Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday that he has uncovered a pervasive system of fraud designed to let Iran's banks skirt U.S. and international sanctions.
Israel would not ask U.S. before hitting Iran
Reuters: When he first got word of Israel's sneak attack on the Iraqi atomic reactor in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan privately shrugged it off, telling his national security adviser: "Boys will be boys!"
US no longer wants Iranian ‘regime change:’ Kerry
AFP: The United States no longer seeks "regime change" in Iran and Tehran should respond accordingly by heeding global demands it freeze its suspect nuclear program, a top US senator said Wednesday.
AL concerns over Iran’s shelling on Iraqi Kurd villages
Xinhua: The Arab League (AL) expressed Wednesday its concerns about the Iran's shelling on Kurd villages in northern Iraq.
Iran defies ban to stone man to death for adultery… but repentant woman wins reprieve
Daily Mail: A man found guilty of adultery has been stoned to death in Iran, despite a moratorium on such executions.
Blair says resolving Mideast conflict critical to curbing Iran
Bloomberg: Middle East envoy Tony Blair said resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would remove a toxic barrier between the West and Islamic nations and help deal with the nuclear threat from Iran.
Iran seeks German investment in its energy sector
Reuters: Iran's oil minister told German energy companies they were welcome to invest in the Islamic Republic, which he said could become a major supplier of natural gas to Europe, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday.
