AP: Turkey has said it is investigating whether another country, possibly Iran, was involved in an explosion that killed nine people near Syria earlier this week.
Turkey Probes Possible Iran Link in Bombing
Nuke agency forms special Iran team
AP: The U.N. nuclear agency is forming a special Iran team as it seeks to add muscle to a probe of suspicions that Tehran worked secretly on atomic arms, diplomats tell The Associated Press.
Iran expands nuclear capacity underground: sources
Reuters: Iran has installed many more uranium enrichment machines in an underground bunker, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, potentially paving the way for a significant expansion of work the West fears is ultimately aimed at making nuclear bombs.
Iran curbs drive rice exporter to Africa: Corporate India
Bloomberg: KRBL Ltd. (KRB), India’s biggest basmati rice exporter, plans to seek new markets in Africa to counter international sanctions against Iran and revive profit amid sliding grain prices.
Iran leader calls for ‘economy of resistance’
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the government Thursday to adopt an “economy of resistance” to confront crippling sanctions slapped by the West on Tehran over its nuclear drive.
Israel warns NAM delegates of Iran propaganda ‘trap’
AFP: Israel on Thursday warned UN chief Ban Ki-moon and other world leaders not to fall into an Iranian propaganda “trap” when they attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran next week.
Iran ships up to 2 million barrels of fuel oil bound for Singapore
Reuters: Iran has started moving nearly two million barrels of fuel oil to Singapore in the first such shipment since June, according to an Iran-based port source and Reuters shipping data on Thursday.
North Korea’s nominal state head to visit Iran
AP: North Korea says its nominal head of state will visit Iran to attend an international summit next week.
US cites Iran, Syria in carrier deployment
AFP: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the United States was preparing for “threats” from Iran and Syria’s turmoil as an aircraft carrier headed to the region ahead of schedule.
Former UN human rights chief in Baghdad Tahar Boumedra: Why I Quit the UN in Iraq
The Hill: This is a shameful story of hiding the truth and looking the other way when we knew there were violations: of complicity with wrongdoers, and neglect of human rights and humanitarian responsibilities.
