AFP: US justice officials on Tuesday charged four Singaporeans and one Iranian with fraudulently exporting radio equipment to Iran that subsequently ended up in roadside bombs in Iraq.
US charges Singaporeans for selling Iran bomb parts
Iran arrests nine more people in $2.6 billion bank-fraud case
Bloomberg: Iran’s judiciary said it has arrested nine more people in connection with a $2.6 billion banking fraud, the biggest in the country’s history.
China may invest in Iran LNG plant construction, official says
Bloomberg: Iran is in talks with a Chinese group that may finance construction of a liquefied natural gas plant in the port town of Assaluyeh, state-run Press TV reported, citing the head of the nation’s maiden LNG project.
Iran displays divisions after charge of U.S. plot
Wall Street Journal: Iranian officials have delivered conflicting responses to U.S. allegations that Tehran plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Washington, in a new sign of a split among Iran’s decision makers.
5 people, 4 companies indicted in Iran exports
AP: Five people and four companies have been indicted for allegedly plotting to export 6,000 radio control devices to Iran, including 16 of the items that were found in improvised explosive devices in Iraq, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Arraignment in NY in plot to kill Saudi ambassador
AP: A U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
Iraq can deal with Iran-backed militants: Panetta
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed confidence Sunday that Iraq would be able to deal with any threat from Iran-backed militants, even after America completely withdraws its troops this year.
EU threatens Iran with new sanctions over nuclear drive
AFP: The European Union warned Iran on Sunday that it risks new sanctions if it fails to return to international talks aimed at easing concerns about its disputed nuclear programme.
AP Exclusive: Note shows big power split over Iran
AP: Russia and China are urging the chief U.N nuclear inspector to scrap or delay U.S.-backed plans to reveal intelligence on Iran’s alleged nuclear arms experiments, in a bluntly worded confidential document obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
U.S., Europe plan talks on sanctioning Iran’s central bank
Wall Street Journal: U.S. and European officials this week will discuss ways to target Iran’s central bank, a possible response to Iran’s alleged plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington, senior U.S. officials said.
