Reuters: Iran resumed exports of natural gas to Turkey on Sunday after an interval of around three weeks, a senior official at Botas, Turkey’s state pipeline company, told Reuters.
Iran resumes gas exports to Turkey
Another Iran resolution
Washington Post – Editorial: After U.S. intelligence agencies reported last month that Iran had suspended a covert nuclear weapons program, it seemed possible that the principal impact would be to kill the Bush administration’s diplomatic campaign to stop Tehran’s accelerating — and only nominally civilian — work on uranium enrichment.
Iran’s FM questions UN resolution
BBC: Manouchehr Mottaki has urged major world powers to exercise restraint over a new UN resolution aimed at tightening sanctions against Iran.
Iran says it could attack US bases
AP: Iran’s top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran.
Anger in Iran after law student dies in custody
Daily Telegraph: The death of a student in the custody of Iranian intelligence officers has provoked outrage among opponents of the regime, who claim it is part of a concerted crackdown on dissent in the run-up to parliamentary elections.
Draft of new Iran sanctions restricts cargo and travel
New York Times: A new Security Council resolution on Irans nuclear program will propose restrictions on cargo to and from Iran, travel bans and asset freezes for people involved in the program and monitoring of Iranian financial institutions, according to a draft text circulated Friday.
Iranian: Normal ties to U.S. impossible
AP: Iran’s foreign minister on Friday urged the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to “correct their past mistakes” and draw up a a resolution ending council involvement in his country’s nuclear affairs.
Nearly all nuclear fuel now delivered by Russia to Iran: report
AFP: Russia delivered the seventh out of eight consignments of fuel for Iran’s first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
TEXT-Key excerpts from Iran sanctions proposal
Reuters: Following are key excerpts from “elements” of a third round of sanctions circulated to the U.N. Security Council on Friday.
U.N. considering Iran sanctions
Los Angeles Times: The Security Council on Friday began to consider tougher sanctions on Iran that were agreed to by six major powers, including a travel ban on officials involved in the country’s nuclear and missile programs, a halt to trade in sensitive nuclear technology and “vigilance” on transactions with two banks.
