PRNewswire: French senators representing several political parties united today in support Iranian dissidents and in opposition to Iran’s meddling in regional crises, notably Syria and Iraq.
French Senators express support for Iranian Resistance
Financing death: Iran’s ‘War on Drugs’
UPI: This controversial drug control program, financed both bilaterally and via the UNODC, has enabled the regime in Tehran to carry out a “killing spree of staggering proportions” as Amnesty International puts it.
Eni’s Recchi interested in seeing Iran open up as sanctions end
Bloomberg: Giuseppe Recchi, chairman of Italy’s biggest energy company Eni SpA (ENI), said he’d be interested in seeing Iran open up to investment following years of sanctions.
Khamenei’s business empire gains from Iran sanctions relief
Reuters: One of the chief beneficiaries of this week’s easing of Iranian sanctions is the country’s ruler – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei controls a massive business empire known as Setad.
House to probe Iran deal
The Hill: Two House panels will examine the details of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran next week amid pressure from Congress to slap new sanctions on the country.
Iran oil exports seen little changed by IEA amid sanctions deal
Bloomberg: Importers of Iranian crude kept purchases little changed in December, the month after world powers agreed to relax some sanctions against the Persian Gulf state as part of an accord to curb its nuclear program, the International Energy Agency said.
Engineer charged with trying to send Iran U.S. fighter jet secrets
Reuters: A former engineer for defense contractors has been indicted on charges that he tried to send Iran secret details on the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 joint strike fighter program, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut said on Tuesday.
Wife of American pastor detained in Iran wants Obama’s attention
TheBlaze: Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen who has been trapped in the brutal Iranian prison system for more than a year, is planning to stage a peaceful protest outside the White House on March 8.
Syria’s Assad accused of boosting al-Qaeda with secret oil deals
The Telegraph: The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has funded and co-operated with al-Qaeda in a complex double game even as the terrorists fight Damascus, according to new allegations by Western intelligence agencies, rebels and al-Qaeda defectors.
UN defends Iran exclusion from Syria talks
AFP: The United Nations on Tuesday strongly defended Iran’s exclusion from Syria peace talks after criticism from Russia and the Tehran government.
