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IAEA reports no progress on access to Iran nuclear facilities - Los Angeles Times Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:45:58 GMT

The West Australian

IAEA reports no progress on access to Iran nuclear facilities
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency acknowledged Thursday that inspectors had made no progress in a yearlong effort to determine whether Iran had conducted research needed to build an atomic bomb. Inspectors ...
UN nuclear chief: Alleged weapons testing site was probably sanitized by IranWashington Post
Senate letter urges Obama to toughen demands on Iran nuclear dealAl-Monitor

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New Iran sanctions measure to 'lock up' oil earnings-US official - Reuters Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:31:24 GMT

Economic Times

New Iran sanctions measure to 'lock up' oil earnings-US official
Reuters
Buyers must hold payments for Iran oil starting Feb 6. * Funds can be used only for permissible bilateral trade. * Provision to shackle Iran's oil revenues-Treasury's Cohen. By Roberta Rampton. WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The United States has ...
US set to extend waivers on Iran oil sanctionsMiamiHerald.com (registration)
Exclusive - US seen extending Iran sanction waiversReuters UK
US seen extending Iran sanction waivers to IndiaEconomic Times
Aviation Week -Pakistan Daily Times
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Not the 'Wild West': Talking Cyber Ops at Iran's Backdoor - ABC News Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:04:36 GMT

ABC News

Not the 'Wild West': Talking Cyber Ops at Iran's Backdoor
ABC News
Robert Clark, the operational attorney for U.S. Cyber Command, stood in a grand ballroom with gold flaked ceilings and sparkling chandeliers to address an audience that included men in flowing white robes and veiled women and tried to hammer home a ...

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Iran Oil Export Delays Seen Worsening as Sanctions Hinder Trade - Bloomberg Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:20:38 GMT

Iran Oil Export Delays Seen Worsening as Sanctions Hinder Trade
Bloomberg
Iran is reliant on NITC ships because EU sanctions imposed in July barred about 95 percent of the global tanker fleet from carrying the nation's crude. NITC has renamed vessels, switched their flag states and signaled inaccurate information about where ...

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What Can Washington Do About Iran? - Mother Jones Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:55:16 GMT

Mother Jones

What Can Washington Do About Iran?
Mother Jones
Despite all the fear, loathing, threats, and lies in that billionaire's circus of a campaign season, Americans were nonetheless offered virtually nothing substantial about Iran, although its (non-existent) WMDs were relentlessly hawked as the top US ...
About that US Drone Allegedly Captured by IranTIME
Nuclear Deal with Iran May Hinge on European Sanctions ReliefAl-Monitor
Iran says it has evidence of captured US drone, countering Navy's claims that ...New York Daily News
Pravda -Wizbang (blog)
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Standard Chartered to Pay Additional $330 Million in Iran Settlement - Wall Street Journal Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:08:03 GMT

New York Times

Standard Chartered to Pay Additional $330 Million in Iran Settlement
Wall Street Journal
LONDON—Standard Chartered PLC said it expects to pay an additional $330 million to settle with U.S. authorities over past transactions with Iranian clients that may have violated U.S. sanctions, putting its total bill at around $670 million.
StanChart to pay $330m Iran settlementFinancial Times
Standard Chartered to Pay $330 Million to Settle Iran Money Transfer ClaimsNew York Times
Standard Chartered sees $330m Iran settlementBBC News
Fox Business -Sky News -Voice of America (blog)
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Death Toll in Latest Iran Quake Rises to 6 - ABC News Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:04:29 GMT

Saudi Gazette

Death Toll in Latest Iran Quake Rises to 6
ABC News
Iran's state TV says the death toll from an earthquake near the border with Afghanistan has risen to six. The report also says 14 people were injured in the 5.5-magnitude quake that hit South Khorasan province late Wednesday. Thursday's TV broadcast ...
Iran Earthquake: Six Dead As Buildings FlattenedSky News
Quake toll rises to six in eastern IranSaudi Gazette
8 dead in quake in eastern IranKuwait Times
Washington Post -Earthquake Report
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Lure of illegal profits from Iran ensnares SC businessman - McClatchy Washington Bureau Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:19:31 GMT

Lure of illegal profits from Iran ensnares SC businessman
McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The shadowy world of illicit trade with Iran could come into sharper focus with a North Charleston, S.C., businessman's guilty plea to charges surrounding illegal exports to the Middle Eastern country. Businessman Markos Baghdasarian's ...

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A Victorious Hunger Strike - Daily Beast Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:50:34 GMT

Daily Beast

A Victorious Hunger Strike
Daily Beast
For 49 days, jailed Iranian human-rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh went on a life-threatening hunger strike. Her goal: to force Iranian authorities to stop harassing her family and remove a travel ban on her 12-year-old daughter. Drinking nothing but ...
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Jailed Iran lawyer 'ends hunger strike'BBC News
Lawmaker: Iran Dissident Ends Her Hunger StrikeABC News
IRAN: Attorney Sotoudeh stops hunger strike as daughter's travel is allowedWNN - Women News Network

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Standard Chartered sees $330 million Iran fine, profit hit - Reuters Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:49:35 GMT

Standard Chartered sees $330 million Iran fine, profit hit
Reuters
HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered expects to pay $330 million to settle a case with U.S. regulators for breaking sanctions on Iran, the Asian-focused bank said on Thursday, a second such penalty which could almost wipe out its profit ...