AFP: Looking to break Tehran's nuclear defiance, 25 US Senators on Tuesday unveiled legislation giving President Barack Obama unprecedented powers to punish firms that export gasoline to Iran.
US senators seek broader Iran sanctions
Senators push for business sanctions
Washington Times: Nearly two dozen senators will introduce legislation Tuesday threatening punishment of foreign companies that provide gasoline and other refined petroleum products to Iran.
Iran denies U.S.-born reporter on hunger strike
Reuters: Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday a U.S.-born journalist jailed for espionage was in good health and not on a hunger strike, but Roxana Saberi's father said she was "frail and weak" after refusing food for a week.
Iran’s new target: Egypt
Wall Street Journal: On April 8, Egypt announced it had uncovered a Hezbollah cell operating inside its borders. This startling pronouncement offers a rare insight into the way Iran and its proxies are manipulating Middle East politics.
US Senators target Iran’s gasoline imports
AFP: US Senators have crafted legislation aimed at choking off Iran's gasoline imports to break its defiance of global demands to freeze its suspect nuclear program, their offices said Monday.
Dems, GOP seek tougher action on Iran
UPI: U.S. congressional Democrats joined Republicans in calling for tougher action against Iran, with two bills seeking sanctions in the works in the two chambers.
Trio in aircraft parts export trial
Press Association: Three men, including a father and son, are due to stand trial charged with illegally exporting aircraft components to Iran.
U.S. seeks to assure Arabs on Iran
Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is dispatching its point man on Iran, Dennis Ross, to the Middle East this week in an effort to win greater Arab support for Washington's engagement strategy toward Tehran, U.S. officials said.
Father: US journalist jailed in Iran ‘very weak’
AP: The father of an American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. says his daughter is "very weak" after seven days on a hunger strike.
Iran preparing response to nuclear talks offer
New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran promised on Sunday that he would make “public as soon as possible” his country’s response to an Obama administration offer of talks with Iran and other nations about Tehran’s nuclear program, but an administration official reacted with skepticism.
