AP: Iran’s official news agency says tycoon Babak Zanjani has been arrested over corruption charges. The U.S. has blacklisted him for allegedly attempting to evade economic sanctions against Iran.
Report: Iranian tycoon arrested
Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks
AFP: Closed-door talks resumed Monday between Iran and world powers on implementing a landmark deal to rein in Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme in exchange for easing sanctions.
Oman stands in U.S.’s corner on Iran deal
Wall Street Journal: Washington has gained a little-known ally in its bid to win crucial Arab support for curbing Iran’s nuclear program: Oman, a small kingdom that is expanding its role on the Middle East’s diplomatic stage.
Iran again plays the U.S. for a fool
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. is following the same path it did under the Clinton administration when it negotiated with North Korea on nuclear weapons.
Saudi to give Lebanon $3B to strengthen army
AP: Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen the country’s armed forces and purchase weapons from France, Lebanon’s president said Sunday, calling it the biggest grant ever for the nation’s military.
Syria committed to Iran attending peace talks
AFP: Syria is committed to its key regional ally Iran attending a planned peace conference next month to which it has yet to be invited, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Sunday.
Officials: Iran talks hit bump over enrichment
AP: Iran is taking steps to improve its ability to speed up uranium enrichment that could delay implementation of a nuclear deal with six world powers because Tehran’s moves are opposed by the United States and its allies.
Rockets rain down on the 3,000 defenceless refugees in Camp Liberty in Baghdad
Struan Stevenson MEP: At least three more people have been killed and dozens wounded in the most recent of a series of barbarous and well-planned attacks, orchestrated by the regime of Nouri al-Maliki acting certainly on the instructions of the mullahs in Tehran.
US sends Hellfire missiles to Iraq
AP: The U.S. has sent Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to Iraq’s air forces, which is using them in an ongoing campaign against the country’s branch of al-Qaida, officials in Washington and Baghdad said Thursday.
Iranian dissidents say rockets hit their Baghdad camp, kill three
Reuters: A camp of Iranian dissidents in the Iraqi capital was hit by rockets on Thursday in an attack the group said killed at least two people and seriously wounded several others.
