Reuters: Germany believes a new U.N. resolution imposing sanctions against Iran is needed and has invited other major powers to a meeting next Tuesday in Berlin to discuss the matter, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Germany urges new Iran sanctions, talks set
Biggest Bahrain bank freezes Iran business-sources
Reuters: Bahrain’s largest lender by market value, Ahli United Bank, has suspended business with Iran, yielding to U.S. pressure to isolate Tehran over its nuclear programme, two sources familiar with the matter said.
German Chancellor: Pressure still on Iran to stop enriching uranium
VOA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Iran still must be pressured to stop enriching uranium, despite a recent U.S. intelligence report that said Tehran halted a secret nuclear weapons program in 2003.
Firm suspected of unauthorised exports to Iran
Swissinfo: The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that a company in canton Zug has been charged with illegally exporting goods to Iran.
Big powers to meet in Berlin on Iran
Reuters: Foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will meet next week in Berlin to discuss possible further sanctions against Iran, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Iran gas company managers to be lashed for bribery
Reuters: An Iranian court sentenced three state gas company managers to 10 years in jail and 74 lashes each for taking bribes totalling 23 billion rials ($2.45 million), the judiciary said on Tuesday.
Amnesty urges Iran to end grotesque practice of stoning
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 15 A prominent international human rights organisations on Tuesday urged Iran to abolish the grotesque and unacceptable practice of stoning.
Amnesty urges Iran to end grotesque practice of stoning
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 15 A prominent international human rights organisations on Tuesday urged Iran to abolish the grotesque and unacceptable practice of stoning.
U.S. uses probe to pressure Iran
Wall Street Journal: As tensions between the U.S. and Iran persist, Washington and its allies are using an investigation into a 1994 terrorist attack in Argentina to maintain pressure on the Iranian regime.
Iran uses euro open credit lines to buy fuel-source
Reuters: Iran is using open credit lines settled in euros to finance fuel imports after some international banks stopped guaranteeing its deals due to U.S. pressure, an oil industry source said on Monday.
