Reuters: The United States slapped financial sanctions on Thursday on a Greek businessman it says secretly operated a shipping network on behalf of the Iranian government to get around international sanctions on the country’s sale of oil.
U.S. imposes sanctions on covert Iran oil-shipping network
Pentagon: Iranian plane pursued US spy drone
AP: An Iranian fighter jet approached a U.S. surveillance drone over the Persian Gulf but broke off its pursuit after the pilot of a U.S. escort plane radioed a verbal warning, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Obama says Iran a year away from nuclear weapon
AP: Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon and the United States remains committed to doing everything in its power to prevent that from happening, President Barack Obama said in an exclusive interview aired Thursday on Israeli TV.
Time to save Iranian exiles in Iraq before more lives are wasted
UPI: The international community should act to prevent a catastrophe and ensure that the story of the residents of Camp Liberty in Iraq does not go down as tragedy.
Ten years on, Iraq haunts US response to Syria, Iran
AFP: Ten years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the searing memory of what became a deeply unpopular war has made Washington policy makers reluctant to use even limited force in Syria or Iran.
Wounded Iranian dies in Iraq, says group in exile
AP: A spokesman says a member of an Iranian opposition group exiled in Iraq has died of injuries sustained in an attack last month on their camp near Baghdad.
Iran steps up weapons lifeline to Syria’s Assad – envoys
Reuters: Iran has significantly stepped up military support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in recent months, solidifying its position alongside Russia as the government’s lifeline in an increasingly sectarian civil war, Western diplomats said.
Iran oil exports seen rising by IEA even as sanctions widen
Bloomberg: Iranian oil shipments advanced 13 percent last month even as the U.S. implemented new sanctions against the Persian Gulf country, according to the International Energy Agency.
Iran, Russia, Vatican threaten to derail U.N. women’s rights appeal
Reuters: An “unholy alliance” of Iran, Russia, the Vatican and others is threatening to derail a U.N. declaration urging an end to violence against women and girls by objecting to language on sexual, reproductive and gay rights, some U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.
Iran exiles: Policy too soft
Arkansas Online: Houshang Nazarali and a dozen other Arkansans rallied on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the United States to take a tougher stand against Iran and prevent the Muslim theocracy from obtaining nuclear weapons.
