UPI: Sanctions against Iran must remain unless it ends its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to tell President Obama Monday. The two leaders are to meet in the White House Oval Office at 11:15 a.m. EDT.
Netanyahu expected to press Obama to keep Iran sanctions in place
Uneasy Gulf states weigh US-Iran overtures
AP: Lost in the blizzard of attention on Iran’s cautious openings to the U.S. was another bit of noteworthy outreach by President Hassan Rouhani: Sending greetings to Saudi Arabia’s king and appealing for more cooperation between the two regional rivals.
Oman looks beyond Iran sanctions for gas lifeline
Reuters: If Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s dream of reaching a deal with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program in six months comes true, Oman, an important intermediary in the dispute, could be a big winner.
Iran nuclear deal could be reached in months: Kerry
AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday a deal with Iran could be brokered within months if Tehran proves that its nuclear program was not being used to build atomic weapons.
Israel says it caught Iranian spy with photos of U.S. embassy
Reuters: Israel disclosed on Sunday the arrest of an Iranian-Belgian citizen on suspicion of spying for Iran, saying he had photographed the U.S. embassy and intended to establish business ties in the Jewish state as a cover for espionage.
Netanyahu heads to US to challenge Iranian charm blitz
AFP: Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu left for New York early Sunday in a bid to challenge perceptions that Iran under its new president poses less of a nuclear threat than before. On Monday Netanyahu will meet US President Barack Obama at the White House.
Iran: More needed than Obama call for full ties
AP: Iran sought Sunday to calm hard-line worries over groundbreaking exchanges with Washington, saying a single phone conversation between the American and Iran presidents is not a sign that relations with will be quickly restored.
Argentina says Iran committed to probing 1994 bombing
Reuters: Iran has approved a deal with Argentina to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that courts in the South American country accuse Tehran of sponsoring, Argentine official state news service Telam said.
Obama and Iran’s Rouhani hold historic phone call
AFP: US President Barack Obama and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone Friday in the historic, first direct contact between leaders of their estranged nations since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Newly appointed SRSG for Iraq takes office in Baghdad
Iran Focus: According to UNAMI website the newly appointed Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Nickolay Mladenov, arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday and assumed his responsibilities as the Head of UNAMI.
