USA Today: Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear bomb in as little as a month, according to a new estimate by one of the USA’s top nuclear experts.
Report: Iran may be month from a bomb
Kerry, Lew to brief U.S. senators on Iran nuclear talks
Reuters: Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will hold a briefing on Thursday on the status of nuclear talks with Iran for members of a U.S. Senate committee considering tough new sanctions on Tehran, Senate aides said on Friday.
Sanction side-step: Iranian oil flows back into China
Wall Street Journal: After a three-month break, China has resumed importing Iranian fuel oil, a practice that has helped it avoid U.S. sanctions designed to punish countries that import crude oil from Iran.
White House presses Senate to delay new Iran sanctions
Reuters: The White House hosted a meeting of aides to Senate committee leaders on Thursday seeking to persuade lawmakers to hold off on a package of tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior Senate aide said.
Top Iranian official to meet with UN nuke chief
AP: A top nuclear negotiator from Tehran will meet with the head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency next week just hours before agency experts sit down with Iranian counterparts to renew their push for access to sites.
For Pakistan, more twists and turns in long-running Iran gas saga
UPI: A $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan that supporters say would help the Islamabad government overcome crippling energy shortages, is under fire, even from Pakistanis, and it’s taking some interesting twists and turns.
Spate of Iran executions after Rouhani election alarms UN
Bloomberg: Iran’s government executed at least 82 people in the weeks after Hassan Rouhani was elected as president in June, according to a United Nations investigator. Rouhani’s government seeks relief from sanctions that have battered its economy.
US pastor home after being deported from Iran
AFP: A Christian US pastor arrived home Wednesday after being deported from Iran for staging a protest outside a Tehran prison, denouncing what he called the “belligerent” Islamic regime.
Kerry calls for action from Iran on nuclear issue
AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said “words are no substitute for actions” on the Iran nuclear issue and said it was too early to talk about easing sanctions on the country.
Senators want probe of contractor for possible Iran sanctions violations
Wall Street Journal: Two U.S. senators have requested that the Pentagon’s inspector general broadly investigate a contract awarded to a Dubai company that the lawmakers believe may have violated U.S. sanctions by using Iran as a route to ship goods to Afghanistan.
