AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew to Abu Dhabi on Thursday seeking support from oil-rich Gulf allies for tough sanctions on Tehran, drawing an angry response from Iran's hardline president.
Gates turns to Gulf allies in drive for Iran sanctions
2 multinationals pull back from Iran
New York Times: Royal Dutch Shell and Ingersoll-Rand this week became the latest major corporations to announce they would cease or cut back business operations in Iran.
Report: Iran sentences professor to 6 years
AP: An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, local media reported Thursday.
Shell stops selling gasoline to Iran
AP: Royal Dutch Shell Plc said Wednesday it has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the latest company to cease business with a country that is increasingly targeted by U.S.-encouraged sanctions.
US defence chief Gates in Saudi for talks on Iran
AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew into the Saudi capital on Wednesday for talks expected to focus on Iran's nuclear programme and Washington's push for tough sanctions against Tehran.
Britain’s Tories call for U.N. arms embargo on Iran
Reuters: The Conservatives, favourites to win an election due in weeks, said on Wednesday they would back a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and a ban on oil and gas investment if Tehran remains defiant over its nuclear plans.
Iran leader: US playing `game’ in Afghanistan
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists that it helped to create.
Iranian parliament rejects Ahmadinejad subsidy cut
Reuters: Iran's parliament on Tuesday blocked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plan to phase out subsidies on food and energy by approving only half of the savings requested by the government, news agencies reported.
Three years on, US presses Iran to help find ex-agent
AFP: The US State Department on Tuesday reiterated its call for Iran to help locate Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who went missing on an island in the Gulf three years ago.
U.S. raises concern about Iranian “dictatorship”
Reuters: Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is concerned that Iran is becoming more of a military dictatorship and insisted that Tehran will not be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon.
