Chicago Sun-Times: In the Netherlands last week, President Barack Obama confessed a fear: “I continue to be much more concerned, when it comes to our security, with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan.”
Obama’s wishful thinking about Iran nuclear threat
Iran names 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage-taker its UN envoy
Bloomberg: Iran has named a member of the militant group that held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days to be its next ambassador to the United Nations. The Iranian government has applied for a U.S. visa for Hamid Aboutalebi.
Iran ‘destabilising actions’ source of concern: US
AFP: Iran and its “destabilising actions” in the Middle East remain a source of concern for Washington despite progress in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme, a top US official said Friday.
Iran plans to replace U.N. ambassador in New York
Reuters: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has selected a new ambassador to represent Tehran at the United Nations, Hamid Abutalebi, a veteran diplomat who has held key European postings in the past, Iranian sources said.
Iran heads for 5th month of oil exports above sanctions limit
World Bulletin: Iran’s oil exports have stayed above levels allowed under Western sanctions for a fifth month, according to sources who track tanker movements, in a further sign that a deal to ease some restrictions is helping Tehran sell more crude.
U.N. Extends term of human rights monitor, angering Iran
New York Times: The Iran government’s effort to portray a kinder and gentler image was frustrated on Friday by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which voted to extend the term of a monitor scorned by Tehran.
N.Y. Tower in suit tied to Iran is forfeited, judge rules
Bloomberg: A 36-story New York City office tower must be forfeited by its co-owner, Assa Corp., because the company acted as a front for Iran in violation of the U.S. embargo and federal money-laundering laws, a judge said.
Iran-backed terrorist cell infiltrated Turkish gov’t at highest level: leaks
Today’s Zaman: Ali Fuat Yılmazer, former chief of the Istanbul Police Department’s intelligence unit, has claimed that Iran-linked notorious terrorist organization Tawhid-Salam has penetrated deep into the Turkish government.
Iran Freedom Committee: UN Security Council must consider Iran’s rights violations
PoliticsHome: More than 110 members of both Houses of Parliament including former Ministers and religious leaders supported a statement about the Iranian women’s struggle for freedom and gender equality.
Museum items can’t be seized to pay Iran judgment
AP: Survivors of a 1997 terrorist bombing blamed partly on Iran can’t seize thousands of relics from U.S. museums to pay a $412 million judgment against the Iranian government, a federal judge in Chicago ruled Friday.
