The Hill: Two House panels will examine the details of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran next week amid pressure from Congress to slap new sanctions on the country.
House to probe Iran deal
Iran oil exports seen little changed by IEA amid sanctions deal
Bloomberg: Importers of Iranian crude kept purchases little changed in December, the month after world powers agreed to relax some sanctions against the Persian Gulf state as part of an accord to curb its nuclear program, the International Energy Agency said.
Engineer charged with trying to send Iran U.S. fighter jet secrets
Reuters: A former engineer for defense contractors has been indicted on charges that he tried to send Iran secret details on the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 joint strike fighter program, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut said on Tuesday.
Wife of American pastor detained in Iran wants Obama’s attention
TheBlaze: Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen who has been trapped in the brutal Iranian prison system for more than a year, is planning to stage a peaceful protest outside the White House on March 8.
Syria’s Assad accused of boosting al-Qaeda with secret oil deals
The Telegraph: The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has funded and co-operated with al-Qaeda in a complex double game even as the terrorists fight Damascus, according to new allegations by Western intelligence agencies, rebels and al-Qaeda defectors.
UN defends Iran exclusion from Syria talks
AFP: The United Nations on Tuesday strongly defended Iran’s exclusion from Syria peace talks after criticism from Russia and the Tehran government.
Stiffen the penalties on Iranian non-compliance
The Hill: There is increasing congressional irritation with a White House so determined to clinch an agreement with Tehran’s mullahs that they are wiling to risk the broader peace.
UN withdraws its invitation for Iran to join Syria peace talks
Bloomberg: The United Nations rescinded its invitation for Iran to join this week’s peace talks on Syria in Switzerland in an attempt to sustain the effort to end a war that’s killed more than 100,000 people.
US eases sanctions as Iran starts halting nuclear program
AFP: The United States Monday approved a waiver to ease sanctions on Iran, its part of an international deal after the Islamic republic began imposing curbs on its suspect nuclear program.
Syria opposition threatens talks boycott over Iran invite
AFP: A furious Syrian opposition threatened Monday to pull out of this week’s peace conference and the United States issued a warning after the United Nations invited Iran to the talks.
