Reuters: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday U.S. accusations that two Iranians planned to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington were “meaningless”, state TV reported.
Iran’s supreme leader calls U.S. accusations meaningless
To isolate Iran, U.S. presses inspectors on nuclear data
New York Times: President Obama is pressing United Nations nuclear inspectors to release classified intelligence information showing that Iran is designing and experimenting with nuclear weapons technology. The president’s push is part of a larger American effort to further isolate and increase pressure on Iran after accusing it of a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States.
Iran upholds sentence against filmmaker Panahi
AFP: A Tehran appeals court has upheld a six-year jail sentence and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against international award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his family told AFP on Saturday.
“Strong” IAEA report may pile pressure on Iran
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected to raise international pressure on Iran with a report next month likely to heighten suspicions about the Islamic state’s atomic ambitions, Western diplomats said on Friday.
U.S. says Tehran denial about contacts not truthful
Reuters: The United States held rare direct contacts with Iran over allegations that Tehran was behind an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador on U.S. soil, the State Department said on Friday, dismissing Iranian denials that any meeting had taken place.
Iran ‘most significant’ threat to world: Canada PM
AFP: Iran is the “most significant” threat to world peace and security, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday after the US accused Tehran of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Had plot worked, would US and Iran be at war?
AP: Had Iran’s alleged terror plot succeeded, the brazen assassination of a Saudi ambassador in Washington would have provoked American outrage and demands for immediate action far beyond what’s under consideration. It’s doubtful the attack would have sparked an all-out U.S.-Iran war.
Iran denies direct contact with US over alleged plot
AFP: Iran denied any direct contact with its arch-foe, the United States, over the alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, a day after Washington unveiled existence of such contacts, media reported on Friday.
Obama says Iran to face toughest possible sanctions
Reuters: President Barack Obama warned Iran on Thursday it would face the toughest possible sanctions for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, as Treasury officials eyed action against the Iranian central bank.
Iran’s Press TV accuses royal family of trying to take it off-air in UK
The Guardian: Iranian state broadcaster claims Ofcom agreed to ‘royal family’s demands’ over calls to revoke its broadcasting licence.
