AP: A Princeton-educated man convicted of violating the Iran trade embargo after his family sent him millions of dollars is to be sentenced by a federal judge in New York.
Engineer to be sentenced for Iran embargo charge
Iran says to push ahead with new enrichment plants
Reuters: Iran will push ahead with a major expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity, its nuclear chief said on Monday, despite international sanctions meant to force the Islamic Republic to curb its nuclear programme.
France: Europe looking to save Iranian death sentence woman
AFP: France and its European allies are looking for a way to work together to save an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death for adultery, the French foreign ministry said Monday.
Golf president Christopher Tappin ‘sold missile parts’
BBC: A golf club president from London is battling extradition to the US over claims he sold batteries for surface-to-air missiles to Iran.
Sanctions not affecting gasoline supply: Iran official
AFP: Iran is not having any problems procuring gasoline, a top official said on Monday, despite sanctions by the United States and European Union targetting refined petroleum imports.
U.S. urges vigilance in sanctions on Iran shipping
Reuters: All governments should step up their vigilance against dealings with Iran’s shipping sector, a senior U.S. official said Monday, describing it as a “critical lifeline for Iran’s proliferation and evasion.”
Four Iranian pilgrims on bus among five killed in Iraq bomb
AFP: A car bomb killed four Iranian Shiite pilgrims and an Iraqi citizen travelling on a bus northeast of Baghdad on Monday with women among nine others wounded, a police commander said.
Iran sets timetable for third uranium plant
AFP: Iran is to start building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signed a new law Monday binding Tehran to pursue the controversial work of refining uranium to 20 percent.
Iran satellite launch delayed
AFP: The launch of a new Iranian satellite has been pushed back by months as it is still undergoing development.
Iraq weighs new post to help form government
Wall Street Journal: Senior Iraqi politicians involved in forming a new government said they are weighing the creation of a new federal position that could break the nearly-six-month logjam over which faction gets the coveted premiership.
