ABC News: Iran has increasingly become one of the Obama administration’s top talking points in the case for military action against Syria. “Iran is hoping you look the other way,” Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today.
Iran is key to Obama’s case for Syria strikes
Attacking refugees in Camp Ashraf a crime against humanity
Scoop: European Parliament Vice President: Attacking defenceless refugees in Camp Ashraf by Iraqi forces is a crime against humanity. Catherine Ashton must resign and Martin Kobler held responsible for his collaboration with criminal regimes.
American Friends of the MEK write to John Kerry
PR Newswire: Members of the American Friends of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK), a group comprised of thirteen former senior government officials and military officers, have written an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in reaction to Sunday’s attack on Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
US inaction would embolden Iran, N.Korea: Kerry
AFP: Failure to take military action against Syria would send a dangerous signal to Iran, North Korea and other US foes, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. “Iran is hoping you look the other way,” Kerry told lawmakers.
Obama told to ‘up his game’ to persuade congress on Syria
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama and his aides are meeting resistance from multiple directions as they seek congressional backing for military action against Syria, and a prominent critic told the president to “up his game.”
Western dithering on Syria could hit credibility: observers
AFP: The West’s inaction days after threats to launch punitive action against Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack could badly damage its credibility in tackling other global flashpoints, observers say.
UN, Iraq probe deaths of 52 Iran exiles at camp
AFP: A UN team visited a camp housing Iranian exiles north of the Iraqi capital on Monday as investigators tried to establish how 52 members of the anti-Tehran group died over the weekend.
Rupee’s plunge prompts refiner to embrace Iran: Corporate India helps
Bloomberg: India is increasing imports of crude oil from Iran as policy makers risk flouting U.S. trade sanctions in their scramble to halt the slump in the rupee. India’s biggest buyer of Iranian crude plans to buy five cargoes of 85,000 metric tons each this month.
Iran releases six Slovak paragliders held for spying
AFP: Iran has released six of eight Slovak paragliders held since May for alleged spying, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Sunday. “Negotiations with Iran were very correct and led to the release of six out of eight Slovak citizens,” Fico told journalists.
Iranian exiles report deaths in Iraq camp
AP: Deadly violence erupted at a contentious Iranian exile camp inside Iraq early Sunday, leaving international observers scrambling to determine the cause of the bloodshed and the number of casualties.
