New York Times: European countries are planning to offer new incentives to Iran if it agrees to halt its uranium enrichment program, European diplomats said Monday.
Europeans plan incentives, as Iran says sanctions wont halt nuclear program
U.S. Treasury asking emirates to help pressure Iran
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury’s top sanctions official is traveling to major Middle East financial centers this week to build support for its campaign to increase international pressure on Iran and combat terrorist financing.
Major powers meet in Washington to tackle Iran
Reuters: Major powers began talks in Washington on Monday to agree on strategy to tackle Iran’s nuclear plans, including a third round of U.N. sanctions and inducements to get Tehran to drop its sensitive atomic work.
Major powers begin Iran nuclear talks in Washington
AFP: Representatives from six major powers began talks in Washington Monday to consider new sanctions aimed at convincing Iran to halt sensitive uranium enrichment work, a State Department spokesman said.
Iran won’t comply with proposed UN nuclear demands, envoy says
Bloomberg: Iran won’t suspend uranium enrichment as demanded in a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution set for a vote this week, Iran’s ambassador said today.
France and Gulf allies in war games amid Iran tensions
Reuters: Forces from France, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar began their first joint war games on Monday in the Gulf amid lingering tensions between Iran and the West.
Libya may not back new Iran sanctions resolution
Reuters: Libya’s U.N. ambassador said on Monday he doubted his country, which sits on the Security Council, could support in its current form a proposed sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program.
Website boss detained over Khomeini grandson attack
Reuters: A court detained the head of a banned conservative-run Web site which had accused a grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of betraying the legacy of the founder of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
IAEA hears Iran nuclear weapons work went on beyond 2003
AFP: Documentation presented Monday to the governors of the UN’s nuclear watchdog suggests Iran continued nuclear weapons work beyond the 2003 date cited in a recent US intelligence report, diplomats said.
20 students arrested during protest in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25 – Twenty students have been arrested at the Industrial University of Shahrood, northern Iran, in the course of a protest which has entered its sixth day, Iran Focus has learnt.
