msnbc.com | Watchdog Finds Evidence That Iran Worked on Nuclear Triggers New York Times The world's global nuclear inspection agency, frustrated by Iran's refusal to answer questions, revealed for the first time on Tuesday that it possesses evidence that Tehran has conducted work on a highly ... Iran Nuclear Work Advances While UN Scrutinizes New Weapon Plans IAEA has new info on alleged nuclear weapons work by Iran Iran 'nuclear weapon' tip-off alarms UN |
Reuters | US hits more foreign firms with Iran sanctions CBS News (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration hit seven foreign companies Tuesday, including Venezuela's state-owned oil company and an Israeli shipping firm, with sanctions for doing business with Iran that helps fund its nuclear program. ... New US sanctions target Iran's refined petroleum imports for first time US sanctions Venezuelan oil giant for Iran trade US Widens Sanctions on Iran Amid Nuclear Impasse |
CBS News | Subpoena Issued to Writer In CIA-Iran Leak Case New York Times The chapter details an effort by the CIA in 2000 to disrupt Iran's nuclear program by sending a former Russian scientist to give it blueprints for a nuclear triggering device with a hidden design flaw. Mr. Risen portrayed the operation as botched, ... Department of Justice Subpoenas a New York Times Reporter DoJ seeks to force scribe's testimony |
Ha'aretz | US imposes sanctions on 7 firms it says are helping Iran acquire petroleum ... Washington Post The Obama administration stepped up a year-long pressure campaign to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions by imposing sanctions Tuesday on seven foreign companies it says are illegally helping Iran acquire gasoline and other refined petroleum ... Iran shipping companies face more sanctions heat Israel company sanctioned by US for ties to Iran Israeli company on US Iran sanctions list |
Reuters | Gas leak, not sabotage, caused blast at Iran oil refinery, state media say Los Angeles Times Iran's industrial sector has long been riddled with deadly accidents, from train and plane crashes to troubles at petrochemical facilities. The government also is seeking to put down an uprising in the southwest by the country's ethnic Arab minority, ... Political Problems Mounting For Iran's Ahmadinejad Ahmadinejad Backs Out of Key Role at OPEC Abadan, Iran Refinery Explosion Kills One During President's Visit |
MEMRI (blog) | Gates Urges Iraq to Let US Troops Stay Longer Wall Street Journal Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Iraq to host US troops beyond the end of the year to maintain stability and keep Iran at bay, echoing the growing concerns of US military officials that the government in Baghdad ... Gates Sees Iran as Factor in Troop Withdrawal From Iraq Iraq, Iran sign natural gas agreement Iraq Threat Assessment |
Fox News | Analysis: Why did Germany give in to Iran? Jerusalem Post What prompted the German government to shutter a main financial conduit for German businesses and Iran's economy? According to the EU statement, “EIH has played a key role in assisting a number of Iranian banks with alternative options for completing ... EU Will Sanction Iran-Owned Bank Iran Rejects New Sanctions by EU Iran is a reliable energy provider for China: FM |
Fox News | Hunger strike under way in support of hikers Montgomery Newspapers The mother of Josh Fattal, an Elkins Park native who has been detained in Iran since 2009 on espionage charges, has helped arrange a “rolling hunger strike” in a gesture of support for her son and his friend who is also being held. ... Muhammad Ali Joins Calls For Release of US Citizens Held in Iran For Families of Hikers Held in Iran, 21 Sleepless Months Muhammad Ali Supports Calls For Iran To Free US Hikers |
AFP | At AIPAC, effort to shift focus back to agenda: Iran, foreign aid, Capitol ... Jewish Telegraphic Agency After the bickering last week between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, AIPAC leaders were keen to focus on what they had hoped would be the headline-makers for this conference: Yanking the public's attention back to Iran ... Speaker Boehner Reaffirms US Support for “Safe and Secure Israel,” Calls for ... AIPAC: Kohr Points to Danger of 'Arab Spring' |
The Guardian | Lars Von Trier Apoloizes For Hitler Comments After Iran Defends Him The FABlife Iran, please stay in the minivan. You are embarrassing Lars von Trier. In a bizarre twist to the whole Lars von Trier Hitler controversy, Iranian Vice Minister of Culture Javad Shamaqdari apperently sent a letter to the Cannes film festival accusing ... Iran condemns Cannes von Trier ban In Odd Twist, Iran Slams Cannes Over Von Trier Ban Iran Stands Up for Von Trier's Nazi Jokes, Against 'Fascist Behavior' |