AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged Iran to come up with new nuclear proposals, rebuffing Tehran’s position that the onus is now on foreign powers to unblock the long-running impasse.
Kerry urges new nuclear proposals from Iran
Iran’s Zarif seeks shift away from ‘lose-lose’ sanctions
Bloomberg: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he welcomes his country’s shift away from the diplomatic isolation and the sanctions weighing on his country’s economy. Zarif said initial diplomatic discussions about Iran’s nuclear-fuel production marked a “good beginning.”
Iran says major powers must make new nuclear proposals
AFP: Iran on Sunday called for fresh proposals from the major powers in talks on its nuclear programme set to resume next week, the first since the election of moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
Israel indicts suspected Iranian spy
Reuters: Israel on Sunday indicted a Belgian-Iranian man on charges of spying for Iran, saying he had been sent to the Jewish state to set up a business as a front for intelligence gathering.
Iran arrests 4 nuclear sabotage suspects
AP: Iran’s nuclear chief said Sunday that authorities arrested four workers in an alleged sabotage plot involving one of the country’s nuclear facilities, hinting that authorities were looking at suspected international links such as Israel.
Obama says Iran a year away from nuclear bomb
AFP: US President Barack Obama said in an interview released Saturday that Iran was “a year or more away” from getting a nuclear bomb, in a clear sign of discord with Israel.
Iran leader hints at disapproval over Obama call
AP: Iran’s top leader hinted Saturday that he disapproved of the phone call between Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama during the Iranian leader’s trip to New York last month, but he reiterated his crucial support for the president’s policy of outreach to the West.
To this tycoon, Iran sanctions were like gold
New York Times: He called himself the “economic basij,” a reference to Iran’s hard-line paramilitary organization and defender of the Islamic Revolution. He drove a black Mercedes 500 SL and wore a $30,000 watch, as befits a man who put his self-worth at $13.5 billion.
Like an ostrich, the UN buried its head in the sand on Camp Ashraf
The Hill: Those who know the security setting in and around Camp Ashraf would agree with me that it is impossible for an operation of this scale to take place without the direct involvement of the Iraqi security forces.
Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas
AP: An unmistakable sense of unease has been growing in capitals around the world as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled – shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting on sovereign deb.
