AKI: New York prosecutors will present formal charges against one of Italy's largest banks, Intesa Sanpaolo, which is allegedly among at least 10 major Western banks to have illegally handled funds for Iran and concealed Iranian transactions routed through the United States.
US: Italian bank may face charges over illegal Iranian payments
Iran wants OPEC “solution” to low oil prices-IRNA
Reuters: Iran, OPEC's second-biggest producer, said a "solution" to lift oil prices would be proposed at a meeting of the group later this month, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Source in Iran views Obama’s chopper blueprints
AP: The Navy is investigating how an unauthorized user in Iran gained online access to blueprints and other information about a helicopter in President Barack Obama's fleet.
Afghan officials say seized weapons made in Iran
RFE/RL: Afghan officials say weapons seized in a depot in western Afghanistan today were manufactured in Iran.
Clinton doubts Iran will respond to overtures
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is "doubtful" that Iran will respond to U.S. overtures of engagement when they are made, said a senior State Department official on Monday.
Russian foreign minister: US should talk to Iran
AP: Russia's foreign minister on Monday urged the United States to talk to Iran and staked out a tough position before talks expected this year on a new nuclear arms control treaty, Russian news agencies reported.
UN nuclear watchdog begins key talks on Iran, Syria
AFP: The UN atomic watchdog sat down to a key meeting here Monday to discuss its investigations into alleged illicit nuclear work by both Iran and Syria.
U.S. says Iran has material for an atomic bomb
New York Times: The United States now believes that Iran has amassed enough uranium that with further purification could be used to build an atomic bomb, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff declared Sunday
Israel to focus on Iran threat in talks with Clinton
AFP: Israel will focus on Iran in talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her first official visit this week, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Rebuilding Gaza pits Hamas against Abbas as Iran, U.S. clash
Bloomberg: At a Feb. 1 ceremony amid the rubble of a bombed-out mosque in the Gaza Strip, Hamas activists handed out cash payments of 4,000 euros ($5,100) to hundreds of Palestinians whose homes were destroyed during the 22-day war with Israel.
