AFP: An Iranian-Pakistani consortium will start work next week on a much delayed $7.5 billion gas pipeline from Pakistan to Iran that has aroused strong US opposition, Pakistani officials said on Friday.
Iran-Pakistan pipeline work to begin March 11: officials
Glencore bartered with firm linked to Iran nuclear program
Reuters: Commodities giant Glencore supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that has provided aluminum to Iran’s nuclear program, intelligence and diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Iran steps up arrests, torture, executions: U.N.
Reuters: Iran has stepped up executions of prisoners including juveniles as well as arrests of dissidents who are often tortured in jail, sometimes to death, the United Nations reported on Thursday.
Iran exiles demand UN guarantee safety in Iraq
AFP: The United Nations must guarantee the safety of 3,000 Iranian opposition members in Iraq who have come under armed attack there, their leader said Thursday.
Iran nuclear talks
Reuters: Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers this week were more constructive and positive than in the past, but Iran’s willingness to negotiate seriously will not become clear until an April meeting, a senior Western diplomat said on Thursday.
Is Iran outsourcing its nuclear program to North Korea?
Fox News: Is it possible Iran has paid for and outsourced their nuclear program to North Korea? One leading expert say yes. And Iran might be providing their best nuclear scientist as well.
Argentine congress approves Iran bombing probe
AP: Argentina’s congress approved a treaty with Iran on Thursday aimed at breaking a stalemate in the investigation of the South American country’s worst terrorist attack.
Iran upbeat on nuclear talks, West still wary
Reuters: Iran was upbeat on Wednesday after talks with world powers about its nuclear work ended with an agreement to meet again, but Western officials said it had yet to take concrete steps to ease their fears about its atomic ambitions.
US lawmakers introduce new Iran sanctions bill
AFP: US lawmakers were introducing legislation Wednesday that would tighten sanctions on Iran, even as Tehran agreed to future talks with world powers over its contested nuclear drive.
After Kazakhstan talks, is Iran for real?
Bloomberg: At the end of multi-party talks today about its nuclear program, Iran’s chief negotiator Saeed Jalili called the two-day session in Kazakhstan a “turning point.” Did he mean it, or was he stretching out negotiations to buy time for the expansion of Iran’s capacity to build nuclear arms?
