* Iran University of Science and Technology

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April 15, 2013

* [Iran] Iranophobia or real fears of Bushehr nuclear power plant?, Dalga Khatinoglu, Trend News Agency

* [Iran] Ahmadinejad says Iran does not need atomic bomb, AFP Google

* [Iran] Iran's Ahmadinejad due to visit uranium-producing Niger, Abdoulaye Massalatchi in and Fredrik Dahl, Reuters

* [npp-Iran-Bushehr] Preparatory work for Bushehr's energy startup in final stage, Trend News Agency

* [npp-Iran-Bushehr] No radiation leak at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant: official, Xinhua News

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March 4, 2013

* [Iran-HEU-isotope production] P5+1 reportedly offers to let #Iran keep #HEU to fuel reactor used to produce medical isotopes, Commodity Online India (thanx @coquipharma)

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March 1, 2013

* [Iran-US] Iran sees chance to improve ties with U.S. minister, Reuters (via CSIS poniblogger)
Iran's foreign minister said he sees a chance to improve ties with the United States, despite a longrunning standoff with major powers over his country's disputed nuclear program.

* [Iran-sanctions] Sanction-Hit Iran Fears Unrest as New Elections Near, Ria Novosti (a CSIS poniblogger top story)
Last October, after the Iranian rial lost half its value against the dollar in the space of a week, hundreds of Tehrans bazaaris, or small merchants, took to the streets chanting, Death to this hypocrite government!

* [Iran-missiles] Chinese trader accused of busting Iran missile embargo, Reuters (a CSIS poniblogger top story)
A Chinese businessman indicted in the United States over sales of missile parts to Iran is still making millions of dollars from the trade, say security officials who monitor compliance with Western and U.N. sanctions.

* [Iran-US] Is the U.S. kowtowing to Iran in nuclear talks?, Washington Post editorial (via CSIS poniblogger)
THE MOST interesting public result of the latest talks with Iran on its nuclear program was the claim by Tehrans chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, that the new negotiating proposal from the United States and five partners was a possible turning point in what has been nearly a decade of fruitless diplomacy. Those cheery words, and the Iranians quick agreement to two follow-up meetings in the next five weeks, raised the question of whether the regime is positioning itself to strike a deal that would freeze the most dangerous elements of its nuclear work in exchange for an easing of the sanctions that are choking its economy.

* [Iran-Israel-US] Senators push vote for US to help Israel in attacking Iran, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-n-rights] Iran's nuclear rights must be recognized: deputy chief nuclear negotiator, Tehran Times (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Anti-Iran sanctions undermine security in Middle East: Analyst, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran nuclear talks show progress: Western diplomat, Tehran Times (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran reasserts readiness to allay N-woes, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Almaty talks, tangible progress: China, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] 'Result of Iran-P5+1 talks, positive', Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran hopeful about future of P5+1 talks, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] 'NPT only basis for Iran-P5+1 talks', Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran-P5+1 talks to pay off if West changes policy: Iran MP, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran] Again, Seeking War with Iran, Consortium News (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran] Comment : Barring Iran from entering the nuclear club - Rehan Khan, Pakistan Daily Times (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran] No compromise on Iran nuclear issue: Iran cleric, Press TV (thanx Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran] Iran sees chance to improve ties with U.S.: minister, Michael Shields, Reuters (thanx Nevada state ANP)

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January 20, 2013

* [Iran-wardrums] Obama to take first of two oaths of office Sunday, Stephen Collinson, Agence France Presse
... the US confrontation with Iran is fast headed to a critical point with the specter of military action becoming ever more real, the longer diplomacy over Tehran's nuclear program is stuck in neutral.

* [Iran] Obamas hope for 2nd term focus on Asia could suffer because of US budget problems, Matthew Pennington (AP writer), The Washington Post, Jan 19, 2013
pressure could mount to take military action over Iran's nuclear program

Sept 1, 2012

* [Iran-n-weapons program] Iran May Be Pushing to Nuke Threshold, AP Analysis
* nuclear.com info nugget: Iran could be shaping its nuclear ambitions in Japan's 'threshold' mold
* tweetable: Iran's denials about nuclear weapons program have a distinctly hollow ring to those paying attention
* tweetable: Iran is enriching uranium far beyond what's needed for their lone energy reactor
* tweetable: Iran is expanding its nuclear fuel labs in a virtually attack-proof underground site
* tweetable: Iran leaders repeatedly say that Israel will be destroyed
* tweetable: Iran is actively supporting militancy in the region
* tweetable: Japan has all the parts for nuclear weapon, but they're not pieced together
* tweetable: Iran - who's who: Iran's police chief - Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam - attended Nonaligned Movement summit
* tweetable: Iran - who's who: Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Ali Asghar Soltanieh
* tweetable: Iran - who's who: Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani

July 2, 2012

Iran - Sanctions ratchet up

On Sunday, an EU ban on the purchase of Iranian oil took effect, days after new U.S. sanctions prohibited the worlds banks from completing oil transactions with Iranian banks. Iran acknowledged that the measures were taking a toll, saying it has stockpiled goods and hard currency to help cushion the economy.

Source: Nasser Karimi (AP), "Iran says it wants 'win-win' in nuclear talks; Standoff - Tehran warns that without a compromise, the only other choice is confrontation", The Salt Lake Tribune, July 2, 2012

Iran - legislature includes 100 who support draft bill to shut down the Strait of Hormuz

The Islamic Republic initially responded to the sanctions by threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway through which about one-fifth of the worlds oil is shipped. Officials appeared Sunday to back off from that threat, which roiled international oil markets at the time.

But the Iranian parliaments committee on national security and foreign policy drafted a bill calling for Tehran to block the strait to tankers shipping oil to countries that support the sanctions, a lawmaker said Monday.

Ebrahim Aghamohammadi, who is a committee member, told the official IRNA news agency the bill will soon be discussed in parliament, and said that some 100 lawmakers have already expressed supported for the draft legislation.

Source: Nasser Karimi (AP), "Iran says it wants 'win-win' in nuclear talks; Standoff - Tehran warns that without a compromise, the only other choice is confrontation", The Salt Lake Tribune, July 2, 2012

June 24, 2012

* [Iran] Iran nuclear bomb could bring military balance of power, expert says, Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz (blog), thanx @nuclearnewsbot
Developing a hopeful approach about the future benefits of a nuclear bomb seems like a serious exaggeration.

* [Iran] Show must go: Iran to face P5+1 in Istanbul again, thanx @CustosDivini

* [Iran] New ideas needed in Iran nuke deadlock: analysts, Simon Sturdee, AFP Google (via Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran] Iran will strongly confront possible attacks: IRGC cmdr., Press TV (via Nevada state ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] After Moscow nuclear talks, Netanyahu has even less faith world will stop Iran, thanx @CustosDivini

* [Iran-Venezuela] Venezuela supplies Iran with F-16 #Chavez #Israel #nuclear, thanx @CustosDivini

* [Iran-Venezuela] Ahmadinejad Meets With Chavez as Nuclear Talks in Moscow Falter #Venezuela #Iran #news, thanx @CustosDivini

* [Iran-sanctions-oil] EU sanctions won't affect Iran's oil industry: oil minister, Xinhua News (via Nevada state ANP)

June 23, 2012

* [Iran] Iran opposition head says West must end appeasement, John Irish and Sunaina Karkarey, Reuters
* Maryam Rajavi: "Western countries lost this decade by providing all sorts of incentives to the Mullahs - a decade of appeasement and fruitless negotiations... Stopping the Mullahs' nuclear threat is possible only through changing (its) dictatorial regime," she said. "If one is not interested in handing the bomb to the Mullahs, one should side with the Iranian people's resistance to topple the regime."

* [Iran-wardrums] How not to write an analysis piece on a possible war with Iran, Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz
* A report published on the Business Insider website, saying Israel and the U.S. are preparing for a strike against Iran, contains nothing exclusive, no new information, and is riddled with gross inaccuracies

* [cyberwar-Stuxnet] Killing Stuxnet: Powerful cyberweapon to shut down Sunday, Mark Clayton, The Christian Science Monitor
deep inside Stuxnet's labyrinth of software code are a few lines that will soon order the program to stop working altogether in a pre-programmed, belated and ultimately unsuccessful bid to prevent it from being detected and deciphered, say computer forensic experts who have examined the program's code.

* [Iran-Israel] Israeli strike on Iran would end Jewish state  Irans top brass, RT (Russia Today)
Brigadier General Mostafa Izadi, deputy chief of staff of Iran's armed forces: If Israel goes from threats to military actions, "it is Israel who will be destroyed."

* [Iran-Pakistan] Pakistani MP dismisses pressure on Irans peaceful N-program, IRNA
Malik Shakeel Awan of Pakistan Muslim League  Nawaz: "There is no other view to that Iran is pursuing a peaceful nuclear program"

* [Iran] Iran #nuclear - "a decade of appeasement and fruitless negotiations", sez leader of Iranian opposition-exile group NCRI, thanx @nuclearcom

* [Iran] British Foreign Secretary William Hague alleges that Iran has carried out secret tests of missiles capable of delivering a nuclear charge, Sandy Agustian, 'my islam is peace' blog, thanx @SoNuke

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran enriching uranium at fast pace despite Stuxnet: experts #IAEA, thanx @CustosDivini

* [Iran-Israel] After Moscow nuclear talks, Netanyahu has even less faith world will stop Iran, Haaretz, thanx @nuclearnewsbot

January 25, 2012

* [Iran-assassination-UK] UK's Hague questioned over Iran assasination, Press TV

* [Iran-China] Iran-China trade soars to top $45 bn: report, AFP Google

* [Iran-EU-Belarus] Belarus censures EU sanctions on Iran, Press TV

* [Iran-Israel] 'Israel lies about Iran to escape crimes', Press TV

* [Iran-Japan] Japan urges diplomacy on Iran N-issue, Press TV

* [Iran-oil-EU-Israel] Israel hails EU embargo on Iran's oil, Press TV

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'EU in for severe crisis due to Iran ban', Press TV

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'EU will suffer most from Iran oil ban', Press TV

* [Iran-oil-EU] Iran Considers Preemptive Ban of Oil Sales to Europe, Mehr Says, Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg

* [Iran-oil-EU] Iran dismisses 'irrational' EU oil ban, has other markets, Platts

* [Iran-oil-EU] Statoil exempted from EU ban on Iran oil, Press TV

* [Iran-oil-Russia] Iran oil ban jeopardizes market: Russia, Press TV

* [Iran-oil] IMF warns over risk of Iran oil price shock, BBC News

* [Iran-oil] IMF: halt in Iran oil could push crude up 30 percent, Lesley Wroughton and Timothy Gardner, Reuters

* [Iran-Russia-Turkey] Russia, Turkey call for resumption of talks on Iran's nuclear program, Xinhua News

* [Iran-Russia] Russia urges early renewal of Iran talks, Press TV

* [Iran-sanctions-EU] News Analysis: Will EU sanctions bring Iran to heel?, Xinhua News

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Even without Hormuz blockade, Iran has options, Peter Apps, Reuters

* [Iran-UK] Britain in war and peace with Iran, Press TV

* [Iran-US] 'Obama anti-Iran threats, propaganda', Press TV

* [Iran-US] Frustrated US rambles on Iran: Gary Sick?, Press TV

* [Iran-US] Obama: No options off table on Iran nuclear program, Laura MacInnis, Reuters

* [Iran-wardrums] 'EU sanctions pretext for Iran war', Interview with Ralph Schoenman, Press TV

* [Iran] Iran won't move toward nuclear weapon in 2012: ISIS report, Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball, Reuters

January 24, 2012

* [Iran-assassination-Israel] Mossad kills Iranian scientists: Poll, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA-US] U.S. urges Iran to comply with IAEA team, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'Unprecedented' EU Sanctions on Iran a Farce, Rick Moran, FrontPage Magazine (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'EU oil embargo on Iran will backfire', Interview with Carol Turner, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'EU embargo targets ordinary Iranians', Interview with Mohammad Marandi, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'EU ban on Iran oil, political game', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India to pay for Iran's oil in gold, Rediff (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iranian oil ban may result in 'race for the bomb', BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Oil Trades Near $100 on Speculation Iran Will Respond to European Embargo, Ben Sharples, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iran will not accept these sanctions - it will respond, Tom Rogan, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'Sanctions reinforce Iran's resolve', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Iran sanctions, provocation for war', Interview with Jeff Gates, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran escalation 'could see UK forces sent to Gulf', BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] NZ disarmament expert: Western anti-Iran claims are a deception, Bob Rigg, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China-Israel] Israel's deputy PM welcomes China's Middle East policy, Xinhua (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Monday that he welcomes China's policy on the Iranian nuclear issue and Israeli-Palestinian peace process, saying that Beijing is contributing to the stability of the Middle East and the world order

* [Iran-IAEA-US] US asks Iran to cooperate with IAEA, Press Trust of India (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
The US has asked Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency when their inspectors visit the country, even as Tehran threatened to close down the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation of oil sanctions.

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA aims to resolve "substantive issues" in Iran, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog Monday confirmed plans for a January 29-31 visit to Iran and said its main objective was to "resolve all outstanding substantive issues," referring to suspicions of military dimensions to the Iranian atomic energy program.

* [Iran-oil-EU] Iran slams EU oil embargo, warns could hit U.S., SINA (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
Iran accused Europeans on Monday of waging "psychological warfare" after the EU banned imports of Iranian oil, and President Barack Obama said Washington would impose more sanctions to address the "serious threat presented by Iran's nuclear program."

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Iran sanctions: Ministers adopt Iran oil imports ban, BBC News (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
European Union foreign ministers have formally adopted an "unprecedented" oil embargo against Iran over its nuclear programme, banning all new oil contracts with the country.

* [Iran-sanctions-EU-US] Europe, U.S. impose new Iran sanctions but repeat offer for talks, Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
Even as they tightened the financial screws on Iran with new sanctions on Monday, the United States and its European allies reiterated their readiness to resume talks with Tehran on curbing what they suspect is a secret nuclear weapons development program.

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] US carrier in Gulf after passing Strait of Hormuz, AFP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has passed through the Strait of Hormuz and is now in the Gulf, the Pentagon said, after Tehran threatened to close the strategic shipping route.

* [Iran-talks] Bid for Iran nuclear talks confronts old snags, Brian Murphy, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran] Sabotage, bombings, sanctions: A growing web of pressure over Iran, Josh Levs, CNN (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran] Foreign Policy: Stop The Madness, Yousaf Butt (FAS), NPR (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran] Iran nuclear weapons threat escalates, Colin Rubenstein, Jakarta Post (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

January 23, 2012

* [Iran-EU-talks] France, Germany, Britain urge Iran to talk "seriously", Yann Le Guernigou and John Irish, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] EU to draw sanctions on Iranian central bank, oil exports, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] Iran Urged to Negotiate as Europe Agrees on New Sanctions, Stephen Castle And Alan Cowell, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] EU states agree gradual ban on Iran oil, sanctions on central bank (Update 2), Justyna Pawlak and David Brunnstrom, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] Factbox: EU sanctions against Iran, Justyna Pawlak, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] Key UN nuclear visit will be test for Iran, James Blitz, Tom Burgis, Joshua Chaffin and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Financial Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA: Iran visit to resolve key issues, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] Tougher EU sanctions on Iran 'important': Israel, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU holds talks on Iran oil embargo, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU imposes sanctions on Iran oil, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] Hague terms Iran oil embargo legitimate, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] What will be the impact of the EU ban on Iranian oil?, Jonathan Marcus, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India drawn to Iran's favourable oil terms: Reddy, IBNLive (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Spain-Saudi] Spain says Saudis promise to make up for loss of Iran oil, Julien Toyer and David Brunnstrom, Reuters Africa (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Qatar] Qatar Prime Minister Opposes Any Kind of Action Against Iran, Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia alarmed by EU ban on Iranian oil, sanctions, Reuters Africa (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia says unilateral sanctions on Iran 'do not help', AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia hopes Iran nuclear talks will resume soon, Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia hopes Iran nuclear talks will resume soon, Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-oil price] Will sanctions on Iran affect the price of oil?, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Ashton: Sanctions should encourage Iran 'to negotiate', BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] US welcomes EU sanctions on Iran, hopes they lead to nuclear talks, Kate Dourian, Platts (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'Iran sanctions will backfire on West', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'Iran sanctions will fizzle', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] U.S. tightens grip on Iran's financial system, Rachelle Younglai, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Obama says EU sanctions show united front against Iran, Alister Bull, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran May Shut Hormuz, Will React to Sanctions, Press TV Reports, Emre Peker, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran 'must come to the table' on nuclear issue, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Hague plea to Iran on nuclear talks, Press Association (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-Africa] US mounts pressure on Iran using Africa, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-oil] Iran oil sanctions spark war of words between Tehran and Washington, Ian Traynor in Brussels and Nick Hopkins, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] NPR and PBS Anti-Iranian Propaganda, Stephen Lendman, OpEdNews (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Iran war rhetoric is ridiculous', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] A winning Strategy For Iran, and for the World, Scott Baker, OpEdNews (via Nevada ANP)

January 22, 2012

* [Iran-US] Rumor: clandestine negotiations between the U.S. and Iran may come out of the shadows; Is it possible that, despite the rhetoric on both sides, a real agreement is in the process of being reached regarding Iran's nuclear program?, Snafu blog (via @SoNuke)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] USS Abraham Lincoln transited the Strait of Hormuz Sunday into the Persian Gulf 'without incident'... just a few hours after Defense Secretary Panetta said USS Enterprise would take that trip in March. Iran allowed the passage without the slightest movement, physical or in the media, Snafu blog (via @SoNuke)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Stop madness on Iran nuclear program', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-France] Iran dismisses Sarkozy's remarks on Iranian nuclear program, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-France] Mehmanparast dismisses Sarkozy's remarks on Iran's nuclear program?, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA chief pledges cooperation with Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU prepares to ban imports of Iranian oil, Russell Padmore, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Iran sanctions: Nations poised to ban Iran oil imports, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] European Union Likely to Agree on Iranian Oil Ban, Gregory Viscusi and Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU readies ban on Iran oil imports, central bank sanctions, Justyna Pawlak, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Greece] Greece wants 'eased' ban on Iran oil, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Iran Says Negotiations, Not Sanctions, Key to Resolving Nuclear Standoff, Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] No justification of sanctions against Iran: MP, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Saudi-Pakistan] The Bomb: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Express Tribune (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Analysis-Iran's softer Gulf words don't mean nuclear shift, Robin Pomeroy, Reuters Africa (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] Iran pres. dismisses US-led sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-France] Intervention In Iran Would Trigger War And Chaos: Sarkozy, Agence France Presse (via Paulo's Corner)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Friday that any foreign military intervention against Iran's nuclear programme would trigger "war and chaos" across the Middle East and beyond. "Time is limited. France will do everything to avoid military intervention, but there is only one way to avoid it: a much tougher, more decisive, sanctions regime," Sarkozy told an audience of diplomats in Paris. He called on all countries to freeze Iranian central bank assets and halt imports of Iranian oil. ...

* [Iran] Reality Check: Shorter And Shorter Timeframe If Iran Decides To Make Nuclear Weapons, David Albright, et al, ISIS (via Paulo's Corner)
In the discussion regarding the nature of the Iranian nuclear program, some have sought to downplay Iran's nuclear progress by emphasizing that Iran has not yet "made the decision to build a nuclear weapon." While it is true and important that there are no indications that Iran has made a decision to actually construct a nuclear weapon, such a statement does not accurately portray the real concern about Iran's nuclear program and progress. In fact, Iran has already made a series of important ...

* [Iran-Israel-US] US Top Officer Heads To Israel Amid Conflicting Views Over Iranian Nuclear Program, Associated Press (via Paulo's Corner)
The U.S. military's top officer headed to Israel on Thursday at a time of mounting international anxiety over Iran's nuclear intentions and the possibility that the Jewish state might take military action to keep Tehran from building bombs. The arrival of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, comes at a charged time when Israel has grown increasingly vocal about its impatience over the international community's failure to curb Iran's nuclear program through san...

* [Iran-IAEA] UN To Probe 'Military Angle' To Iran Nuclear Drive, Agence France Presse (via Paulo's Corner)
A high-level IAEA delegation visiting Iran January 29-31 aims to verify if Tehran's nuclear programme has a military dimension, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said in an interview to be published Thursday. "We wish to simply verify all that has a military dimension... and I simply want Iran to cooperate," Yukiya Amano told Financial Times Deutschland. Iran denies Western accusations of a military nuclear drive, saying its programme is geared toward peaceful ends. Amano also rebuffed s...

January 21, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums] A strike on Iran will only benefit Iran, Nadine Elali, NOW Lebanon blog (via @CustosDivini)

* [Iran-wardrums-UAE] UAE warns against fueling anti-Iran bids, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran envoy warns West about info war, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran war: US eyes Mideast gendarme role, Ismail Salami, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkish-Iranian warming loses credibility as claims of terrorism emerge; intelligence that an Iranian military unit is preparing to organize attacks in Turkey is leading to controversy in the Turkish media, adding to suspicions over growing tension in Iranian-Turkish relations, Today's Zaman (via @CustosDivini)

* [Iran-oil-Turkey] Turkey unlikely to cut Iranian crude, fearing extra costs, Sunday's Zaman (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-] 'UN should book Iran scientist killers', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] Iran envoy criticizes UNSC silence over assassination of scientists, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Stop the campaign of terror against Iran and its scientists!, Ramsey Clark, Global Research (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Brazil] Brazilian FM expresses skepticism over EU sanctions of Iran, Constanza Heller, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China stresses diplomacy on Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China Leader Warns Iran Not to Make Nuclear Arms, Michael Wines, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] 'Iran-China ties full-scale, strategic', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-France] Spokesman lashes out at Sarkozy's remarks on Iran, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-France] 'Sarkozy makes false claims against Iran'?, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] Amano says he is committed to constructive cooperation with Iran, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-India] India, Iran to trade oil in rupees, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Japan] Japanese ambassador to Iran said, "I think Iran's nuclear activities are 100 percent peaceful", PNA and U.S. News Agency / Asian, excerpt from article titled "Oil sanctions on Iran will affect world's economy: Japanese envoy" (via @SoNuke)

* [Iran-oil-China-India] China, India brush aside Iran oil ban, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU edges closer to Iran oil ban, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] New Iran sanctions most threaten non-U.S. banks, Brett Wolf, Al-Arabiya (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] 'Lifting Iran sanctions, condition for talks'?, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] P5+1 ready for Iran talks: Ashton, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Major powers open to serious talks with Iran, Arshad Mohammed and Ramin Mostafavi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] 'US presence imperils regional security', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] 'Obama recognizes Iran's N-rights', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

January 20, 2012

* [Iran-China] China warns Iran against nuclear weapons, UPI (via @nuclearnewsbot)

* [Iran-EU] EU Sanctions Wouldn't Be Derailed By Iran Nuclear Talks Offer - EU Sources, Dow Jones (via @nuclearnewsbot)

* [Iran] Considering the "Rally Round the Flag Effect" in Iran, Eli Jacobs, Center for Strategic and International Studies

* [Iran-talks] Turkey seeks steps to facilitate Iran talks; Foreign minister says time and place need to be decided for resuming nuclear talks between Tehran and major powers, Al Jazeera (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-talks] All sides willing to resume Iran nuclear talks-Turkey, Ece Toksabay, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-US] U.S. open to diplomacy with Iran, UPI (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-oil-EU] Britain and France set to push through EU oil embargo on Iran as pressure ratchets up over Tehran's nuclear programme, David Williams, London Daily Mail (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums-Israel] Israel may have taken a step back from bombing Iran - but for how long? The chair of the US joint chiefs of staff who is in Israel to discuss Iran will warn of the dire consequences of a military strike, Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran] Why we should look at things from Iran's side, Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] Not quite too late, The Economist (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-Israel-US] Top U.S. general in Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program, USA Today (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan offers U.S. support on Iran, less clear elsewhere in Asia, Reuters (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-oil-China-Australia] Rudd urges China to stop buying Iran oil, Herald Sun (via CSIS)

* [Iran-China] China turns on Tehran with warning over nuclear weapons, The Montreal Gazette (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] IAEA rejects Iran accusation over scientist killing, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran warns region against "dangerous" stance on Hormuz, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-US] U.S. open to diplomacy with Iran, UPI (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums-France] Time running out for Iran diplomacy - Sarkozy, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran] 'What We Know Suggests the Development of Nuclear Weapons', Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Nuclear Iran has political goal, Alexander Aton, News-Leader.com (via CSIS)

* [Iran-US] When did the U.S. navy become the Iranian Coast Guard?, Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums] How the West Should Answer Iran's Nuclear Aggression, Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] 'IAEA leaks Iran secret data to US', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] 'UN bodies leak info on Iran N experts', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] Iranian MPs to write to UN over nuclear assassinations, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] 'Iran must reconsider IAEA cooperation if info continues to be leaked', Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] IAEA rejects Iran accusation over scientist's killing, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Killing Iran experts, act of desperation', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China's Iran Dilemma, Minxin Pei, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] EU's toughest sanctions yet put Iran on final warning over nuclear programme, Kim Sengupta, The Independent (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Germany] Germany's Westerwelle Urges Iran to Begin 'Serious Dialogue', Nicole Gaouette and Viola Gienger, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] U.S. General Visits Israel for Discussions on Iran, Ethan Bronner, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] U.S. military chief in Israel for talks on Iran, Joel Greenberg, Washington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] Israel's fears of a nuclear Iran, James Reynolds, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU still divided on Iran oil sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Greece] EU states to assure Greece on Iran oil ban, Sebastian Moffett and Justyna Pawlak, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan asks Washington to grant waiver on latest Iran oil sanctions, Japan Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia-US] US and Russia: How best to resolve Iran's nuclear puzzle?, Elkhan Nuriyev, Hurriyet Daily News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia refunds Iran over canceled missile sale, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Mixed reactions to new sanctions on Iran, Yamei Wang, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks-EU] EU's Ashton to reiterate possibility of Iran talks, Arshad Mohammed, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Tehran-5+1 dialogue should start if West has sincere intention: Salehi, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran pursues path of dialogue with P 5+1: Diplomat, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran raps West's dialog-pressure bids, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Major powers open to serious talks with Iran, Arshad Mohammed and Ramin Mostafavi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkey, Iran calls on quick resumption of Iranian nuclear talks, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkey seeks stronger ties with Iran despite Western sanctions, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK] Britain revokes licence of Iran's Press TV, France 24 (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK] Britain pulls plug on Iran's Press TV (Update 2), Keith Weir, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-warships] U.S. carrier to test limits of Iranian rhetoric, Phil Stewart, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] Iran must show 'sincerity' for nuclear talks: US, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] 'US psywar against Iran will backfire', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums-France] Time running out for Iran diplomacy: Sarkozy, John Irish and Daniel Flynn, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] U.S., Europe Trying to Provoke Armed Conflict, Iran Envoy Says, Henry Meyer, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] An Iran war is brewing from mutual ignorance and chronic miscalculation, Simon Tisdall, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] All options on table if Iran under serious threat: Khazaei, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

January 19, 2012

* [Iran] Former Israeli Intelligence Chief Says Iran Can Build Bomb Now if it Wants, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review; title here is IAEA's - original is "US top officer heads to Israel amid conflicting views over Iranian nuclear program")

* [Iran] Beleaguered but still unbowed, The Economist (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums-Russia] Russia slams push for war against Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran warns region against 'dangerous' stance on Hormuz (Wrapup 6), Tulay Karadeniz, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran warns region against "dangerous" stance on Hormuz, Ibon Villelabeitia, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran still has path to end nuclear dispute: W.House, David Alexander, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums-Israel] Israel: Any attack on Iran 'very far off', Isabel Kershner and Rick Gladstone, New York Times (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] Incidents Involving Iran's Nuclear Work, David Cutler, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] UN to probe 'military angle' to Iran nuclear drive, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] The International Atomic Energy Agency wants access to all relevant information. Your boss Amano defended his criticism of Iran: "It is my duty to alert the world.", Joachim Zepelin and Silke Mertins, Financial Times Deutschland (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] Tehran's Envoy Writes to IAEA Board Over Assassinations, Tehran Times (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-oil-sanctions] Iran warns region against 'dangerous' stance on Hormuz (wrapup-6); "Don't get dragged into dangerous stance", Iran warns; Message addressed to U.S-backed Gulf Arab oil exporters; France sees EU imposing oil sanctions on Iran on Monday, Tulay Karadeniz, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-talks] Iran Says in Touch With Powers on New Talks, U.S. Denies, Associated Press (via IAEA Daily Press Review; title here is IAEA's - original is "Iranian lawmaker: Obama proposed talks; US denies")

* [Iran-assassination] Not-So-Covert Iran War Buys Time but Raises Tension, William Maclean, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-US-Ros-Lehtinen] Talks with Iran a 'foolish waste of time': US lawmaker, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-China] China 'Completely Rejects' Iran's Development of Nuclear Weapons, Wen Says, Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Understanding Tehran's behavior, Ray Takeyh, Japan Times (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-talks] West dismisses Tehran talks claim, Financial Times (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-Israel] Dempsey to push Israel to give sanctions time, Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-Israel] U.S. rejects Israeli view: Iran sanctions are effective, Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz (via CSIS)

* [Iran-talks] Iran Wants Nuclear Talks in Turkey, Foreign Minister Salehi Says, Emre Peker, Bloomberg (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Strait of Hormuz crisis: Will Iran close oil supply route?, Mathieu Rabechault, Middle East Online (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Russia] Iran bonds with Russia on nuclear issue, Atul Aneja, The Hindu (via CSIS)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA to press Iran over nuclear concerns, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums] Worries mount over blowback of attack on Iran, Barbara Slavin, Asia Times (via CSIS)

* [Iran-sanctions] Iran sanctions won't work, Ivan Eland, Washington Times (via CSIS)

* [Iran-sanctions] The myth of an "isolated' Iran, Pepe Escobar, Asia Times (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Latin America] Iran's primary challenge, John J. Metzler, Korea Times (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] State-sponsored killing is not warfare, it is murder, Adrian Hamilton, Belfast Telegraph (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China expresses concern over rising tensions in Gulf region, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China rejects N accusations against Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China's Wen defends Iran oil, warns on nuclear aims (Update 2), Chris Buckley, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] Iranian Central Bank Said to Face Asset Freeze by 27-Nation European Union, Ewa Krukowska and Jonathan Stearns, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA's Amano Urges Iran to Open Nuclear Facilities, FTD Says, Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] Turkey insists on Iran-IAEA talks, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA to press Iran over nuclear concerns, Dana Schaefer and Marc Jones, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] Barak Says U.S. Chief Not Coming to Press Israel on Iran Strike, Calev Ben-David, Business Week (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China-Australia] Australia urges China to stop buying Iran oil: minister, Yahoo!7 News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China-Australia] Rudd warns China to stop buying Iran oil, Sky News Australia (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China] China defends oil trade with Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan seeks exception on Iran sanctions, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan likely to cut Iran imports in 3 mths, industry head (Update 2), Osamu Tsukimori and Stanley White, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Russia-EU] Russia warns against EU proposal of oil embargo on Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea-Israel] Israeli expert urges S. Korea to reduce imports of Iranian oil, Yonhap News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Iran promises to study Russia's proposals over nuclear issue, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] 'Iran, Russia in consensus on intl. issues', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] US meets resistance to Iranian sanctions, Ardeshir Ommani, Asia Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran's UN Envoy Says Closing Strait of Hormuz Is an Option If Threatened, Peter Hirschberg, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Turkey offers to host Iran nuclear talks, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Turkey, Iran calls on quick resumption of Iranian nuclear talks, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran Asks EU to Determine Time and Place for Nuclear Talks, Emre Peker and Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Turkey best venue for P5+1 talks: Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] All sides willing to resume Iran nuclear talks-Turkey, Ece Toksabay, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UN] 'UN must stop being West handmaiden', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] US: No special preparations to deal with Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] On Iran, U.S. Needs More Clarity, Alan Elsner, Huffington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] U.S. open to diplomacy with Iran, UPI (via Nevada ANP)

January 18, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums-Israel-US] Barak Says U.S. Army Chief Won't Press Israel on Iran Strike, Calev Ben-David, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] On Iran, sanctions are not the answer, John Bolton, USA TODAY

* [Iran-wardrums] Military action against Iran? Don't miscalculate, USA TODAY editorial (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] The top 5 U.S. misconceptions on Iran, Hooman Majd, Politico (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] The Flawed Logic of Striking Iran; Handle it Like North Korea Instead, Alexandre Debs and Nuno P. Monteiro, Foreign Affairs (via IAEA DAily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] Not Time to Attack Iran, Colin H. Kahl, Foreign Affairs (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-wardrums-Israel] As Powers Maneuver, Israel Says No Decision Yet to Attack Iran, New York Times (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-wardrums-Israel] Barak says Israeli decision on Iran strike remains 'far off', Washington Post (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums-Israel] Barak: Israeli attack on Iran 'far away', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums-Russia] Iran nuclear: Russia's Lavrov warns against attack, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums-Russia] Russia warns attack on Iran could unleash 'chain reaction,' criticizes further sanctions, Washington Post (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] After Nuke Scientist's Murder, Iranian Students Switch Majors to Nuclear Sciences: Official, Lee Ferran, ABC News (via IAEA Daily Press Review and CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran Tightens Its Security for Scientists After Killing, New York Times (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran boosts security for all in nuclear field, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination-Israel-US] Iran sues CIA, Mossad, MI6 for assassination of scientists, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran urges measures to end terror acts, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Spy agencies link terrorists, intl. bodies', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Assassination, euphemism for terrorism, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] IPPNW condemns assassination of scientists: report, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA to visit Iran at end of January, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA Team to Visit Iran for Talks on Nuclear Program, Mehr Says, Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA to visit Iran January 29-31, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA Inspectors Due in Iran This Month, FARS News Agency (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-Japan] U.S. Envoy Einhorn Says Japan Agrees on Need to Increase Pressure on Iran, Sachiko Sakamaki and Andy Sharp, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU set to implement Iran oil embargo, Herald Sun (via CSIS)

* [Iran-oil-India] India to continue buying oil from Iran despite U.S. sanctions, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India Still Buying Oil From Iran Amid U.S. Sanctions It Opposes, Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and Rakteem Katakey, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan to cut Iranian oil imports, but concerned about sanctions, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] U.S. steps up pressure on Japan to cut Iran oil imports, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] A toxic Iranian ménage à trois, Anno Bunnik, Hurriyet Daily News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] Israel admits that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, Amos Harel, Global Research (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] S Korea faces U.S. pressure over anti-Iran sanctions, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Sri Lanka] Sri Lanka: No fuel shortage due to U.S. oil sanctions on Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China 'Completely Rejects' Iran's Development of Nuclear Weapons, Wen Says, Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Kremlin Walks a High Wire on Iran's Nuclear Program, James Brooke, Voice of America (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-Russia] Lavrov condemns sanctions against Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia warns sanctions can derail talks with Iran, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia defies West, US on Iran and Syria crises, Hurriyet Daily News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia opposes military strikes, sanctions against Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Iran nuclear official in Moscow for talks, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-Russia] Lavrov slams Iran sanctions as grueling, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-Russia] Russia: New sanctions against Iran too stifling, CBS News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran to block Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. threats: ambassador, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran says it is in touch with powers on new talks, EU denies, Reuters (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-talks] Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers: FM, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iranian FM suggests nuclear talks be held in Istanbul, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran Wants Nuclear Talks in Turkey, Foreign Minister Salehi Says, Emre Peker, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Salehi: Istanbul may be venue of Iran-G5+1 nuclear talks, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] 'Iran set for talks despite terror bid', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran says negotiations under way to hold new nuclear, Tulay Karadeniz, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Iran's Salehi visits Turkey for nuclear talks, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Factbox: Incidents involving Iran's nuclear work, David Cutler, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] The Iran Deterrence Debate, Jayshee Bajoria, Council on Foreign Relations (via CSIS)

* [Iran-sanctions-Israel-US] U.S. rejects Israeli assessment that Iran sanctions are ineffective, Natasha Mozgovaya, Ha'aretz Daily (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'US sanction on Iran, act of aggression', Interview with Mohammad Marandi, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran: Talks with P5+1 may be in Turkey, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran says in touch with powers on new talks, EU denies it, Robin Pomeroy and Ramin Mostafavi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

January 17, 2012

* [Iran] All Unclear on Nuclear, Pierre Klochendler, Inter Press Service (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] UK warns Iran of military action over nuclear programme, Pakistan Observer (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Israel 'waging covert war on Iran', Anne Barker, ABC (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] The War With Iran Will Not Be One-Sided. Should World War III break out, it would differ from World Wars I and II, Sandhya Jain, Global Research (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Not Another War, Please!, Dr. Charles G. Cogan, Huffington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Who is responsible for U.S.-Iran tensions? Sanctions and spy operation memos increase friction, Al Jazeera (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] NPR Ombudsman On Iran Nuclear Program: 'Shorthand References Are Often Dangerous', Ali Gharib, Think Progress (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran Doesn't Deserve Any More Chances, Elisha Maldonado, International Business Times (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums-China] China's Dilemma on Iran; Is the threat of an Israeli air strike leading Beijing to consider other sources of energy?, Max Fisher, The Atlantic (a CSIS top story; also highlighted by Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums-Germany] Most Germans against Iran attack: Poll, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums-Russia] Russia Warns ... against Military Strike on Iran, FARS News Agency (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] UAE, Iraq call for end to Strait of Hormuz tension, Al-Arabiya (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-UN] UN sanctions on Iran run counter to international law, academics say, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China] China Dismisses US Pressures against Oil Trade with Iran, FARS News Agency, Iran (highlighted by CSIS)

* [Iran-oil-Arabs] Iran warns of consequences if Arabs back oil sanctions, Ramin Mostafavi, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-oil-India] India buys Iran oil; won't ask US-sanctions waiver, Rakesh Sharma, Marketwatch (via CSIS)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] Buy Less Iranian Oil, US Tells South Korea, RTT News

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] U.S. Presses South Korea to Reduce Oil Imports from , Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-oil-EU] Iran: Oil embargo is "economic suicide" for EU, Associated Press

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU discussing plan to start Iran oil ban on July 1, Justyna Pawlak and Julien Toyer, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'Iran oil ban, economic suicide for EU', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India: No US waiver needed for Iran oil, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India says continuing to buy oil from Iran, Pratap Chakravarty, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] Will continue to buy oil from Iran: India to US, Jayanth Jacob, Hindustan Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Saudi] Iran calls on Saudi to reconsider oil compensation offer, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] U.S. Official in Seoul for Talks on Iran Sanctions, Chosun Ilbo (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] S. Korean economy faces tough external conditions: minister, Yonhap News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] U.S. calls on S. Korea to reduce purchase of Iranian oil, Yonhap News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] US urges S Korea to cut Iran oil purchase, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] US urges South Korea to cut Iranian oil imports, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] Korea to reduce oil imports from Iran in steps, Song Sang-ho, Korea Herald (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] Iran envoy urges Korea to follow own interests, Philip Iglauer, Korea Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] US presses Seoul to cut Iranian oil, Kim Young-jin, Korea Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] US putting pressure on S Korea to join Iran sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-Saudi-Israel-Pakistan] Iran's Bomb and Pakistan, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Express Tribune (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-China] China is pivotal in Iran-U.S. dispute over nuclear weapons, Tom Lasseter and Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Newspapers (via CSIS)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA to visit Iran January 29-31, Agence France Presse

* [Iran-IAEA] U.N. nuclear monitors to visit Iran end-January, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA team of experts to visit Iran late January: official, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] Envoy: IAEA inspectors visit to Iran prove peaceful nuclear activity, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA delegation expected in Iran in Jan., Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] Nuclear Iran may curb Israeli border wars -general, Dan Williams, Reuters (also highlighted by Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] Report: U.S. Warns Israel Against Iran Attack, Beyonce Perry press release

* [Iran-Obama] Iran Face-Off Testing Obama the Candidate, Mark Landler, New York Times front page (via CSIS)

* [Iran-EU] Iran cautions EU on acting as US client, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] IRI welcomes G5+1's willingness for talks, IRIBNews Agency (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran welcomes P5+1 talks in Turkey, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] US, not Iran, is to blame, Sandya Jain, The Pioneer (India) (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian Nuclear Scientists: Is Israel Behind the Assassinations?, Palash R. Ghosh, International Business Times

* [Iran-assassination] Suspects Arrested Over Iran Nuke Scientist Death, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered; Killing our enemies abroad is just state-sponsored terror - whatever euphemism western leaders like to use, Mehdi Hasan, The Guardian (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Nuclear killings show West bankruptcy', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Iran wants assassins brought to justice', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] 'Iran enrichment move low, but West at fault too', RT (via Nevada ANP)

January 16, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums] For the sake of avoiding all-out war with Iran, give Tehran another peek at a different future, Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] Herding Americans to War with Iran, Robert Parry, Consortium News

* [Iran-wardrums] Preventing a Nuclear Iran, Peacefully, Shibley Telhami and Steven Kull, New York Times

* [Iran-assassination] Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination-UK] 'Britain behind Iran assassinations', Press TV

* [Iran-assassination] Iran to refer terror cases to intl. bodies, Press TV

* [Iran-assassination] Iran arrests several over assassination of academic: Larijani, Tehran Times

* [Iran-assassination] Iran to Give 'Firm' Reply to Scientist Murder, Ladane Nasseri and Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg

* [Iran-assassination] Iran makes arrests in killing of nuclear scientist, AP Google

* [Iran-Israel-US] Israeli vice PM slams Obama for failure to further sanction Iran, Xinhua News

* [Iran-Israel-US] US's Iran policy not harsh enough: Israel, Press TV

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] US diplomats to hold talks in Seoul on Iran sanctions, Korea Times

* [Iran-oil] Iran warns Gulf States over potential oil embargo, Xinhua News

* [Iran-sanctions-Philippines] Philippines seeks consideration in U.S. sanctions vs. Iran, Xinhua News

* [Iran-sanctions] Israeli PM says current sanctions on Iran won't stop its nuclear program, Xinhua News

* [Iran-talks] West skeptical of Iranian nuclear cooperation, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-US] Obama's olive branch to Iran turned into sanctions hammer, Tabassum Zakaria and Caren Bohan, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Accidental Hormuz Clash Is Bigger Risk Than Closure, PFC Says, Grant Smith, Bloomberg (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran says U.S. unable to stop Iran from shutting Strait of Hormuz: commander, Xinhua News

* [Iran] Iran to use all means to defend integrity, Press TV

January 15, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums] 'No plans' for Western military action on Syria, Iran, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Obama ready to give Iran strike order', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Iran war: Clocking down to doomsday', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-Santorum] Santorum: US should have 'kept mouth shut' on Iran scientist killing, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] IAEA 'inspectors' abet terrorists, IRIB News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran N-scientists killed by Mossad: Time, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Iran will respond to nuclear killings', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] US ban on firm with Iran ties irks China, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] Iran nuclear issue unrelated to energy cooperation, China says, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] UK's Hague confident new EU Iran sanctions coming, Adrian Croft, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] US, Israel in open rift over Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] Israel calls for tougher Iran sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Israel] 'Israel, bad boy planted in ME by West', Tehran Times, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China] China angry at US sanctions on oil firm Zhuhai Zhenrong, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China] China hits back at US oil sanctions, Kathrin Hille, Financial Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China] China denounces U.S. sanctions on company dealing with Iran (Update 1), Chris Buckley, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Italy] 'Backing Iran sanctions harms Italy', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan not ready for Iran oil sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iran oil sanctions divide Asia's four largest economies, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iran Asks Arabs to Withhold Support From Any EU Oil Embargo, Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iran warns of consequences if Arabs back oil sanctions (Wrapup 1), Ramin Mostafavi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Oil prices, Iran are increasingly sources of concern, Steven Mufson, Washington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Persian Gulf] US Military Officials Complain of Iranian Vessels Harassing US Navy in Persian Gulf, John Glaser, antiwar.com (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] UK FM: Sanctions fail to stop Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran confirms receiving US Hormuz letter, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK] UK musters all strength against Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

January 14, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums] Interview with Joshua Blakeney: 'US, Israel waging Cold War against Iran', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Iran war: Next on Washington agenda', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Beating the Drums of War: Provoking Iran into "Firing the First Shot", Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'US prepping facilities for Israel attack on Iran', Jerusalem Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Military attack on Iran imponderable', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian supreme leader blames U.S., Israel for scientist's death, CNN (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Interview with Sara Flounders: 'US is liable for scientists murder', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian students slam scientist killing, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Iran scientist murder out of despair', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] IAEA to blame for Iran scientist murder, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] FM Spokesman: Ahmadi's assassination case to be investigated, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'US, Israel back terrorists in Iran', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'N-assassination shows West despair', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Students stage anti-terror rally in Tehran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran will protect scientists from terrorists, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] 'Sanctions won't hinder Iran-China trade', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA inspectors likely to visit Iran on Jan. 28: report?, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA inspectors to visit Iran, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] U.S. Balances Relationship With Israel as Tensions Rise Over Iran Policy, Nicole Gaouette and Viola Gienger, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] 'Mossad agents have been posing as CIA', Jerusalem Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] 'CIA, Mossad at loggerheads over Iran', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel] 'Intl. bodies ignore Israeli terrorism', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] 'Oil ban, blow to Europe ailing economy', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Iran oil embargo to be delayed six months, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan yet to decide on Iran oil cutoff, Noda says, Japan Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iran says not storing oil in Gulf due to sanctions, Mitra Amiri, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Pakistan] Pakistan urges diplomacy on Iran N-case, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] 'Russia will not brook attack on Iran', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey-Syria] Iran, Turkey serious about helping to resolve Syria crisis, Tehran says, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK-US] UK war activists to picket US embassy, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK] UK's covert war or terrorism?, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Ukraine] Ukraine urges to solve problem of Iran nuclear program through negotiations, APA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-sanctions] Factbox: What next for Congress on Iran sanctions?, Susan Cornwell, Timothy Gardner and Roberta Rampton, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

January 13, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums] A covert campaign is the only way to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions, Andrew Cummings, The Guardian (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums] Anti-US chants as slain Iran nuclear expert buried, Ali Akbar Dareini, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Enemy targeting Iran progress', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'Sketchy IAEA report sets stage for war', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'US, Israel launch proxy war against Iran', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Israel-US] 'Mossad agents have been posing as CIA'; Foreign Policy report claims US officials "infuriated" by Mossad operations that "endanger US lives", Jerusalem Post

* [Iran-Israel] Israel struggles with threat from Iran, Hamish McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Israel] 'Israel cannot halt Iran's N-program', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-Israel] What the hell is going on between the United States and Israel on Iran?, Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Policy (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-Israel] 'US, Israel try to hinder Iran's progress', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-Strait of Hormuz] U.S. uses secret channel to warn Iran's supreme leader against closure of strait: report, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] Madness Reigns with Obama's Threats to Iran, Dave Lefcourt, OpEdNews (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] Iran and the U.S. need a way to communicate, David Ignatius, Washington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] US turns screws on firms selling to Iran, Ruth Pollard, Casey Weekly

* [Iran] The "war of nerves" in the Persian Gulf, Ria Novosti (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Russia sees new Western pressure on Iran as regime-change attempt, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] 'Iran will not give up on N-program', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Gen. McCaffrey: Iran will have 'a dozen' nukes within 5 years, Geneva Sands-Sadowitz, The Hill (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Former IAEA official questions Iran evidence, Julian Borger, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] 'Iran sanctions, bid for regime change', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Iran clerics urge unity as nuclear scientist buried (WRAPUP 2), Mitra Amiri and Robin Pomeroy, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] West sceptical of Iranian nuclear cooperation, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] George Mitchell on the Iran Crisis, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic (via CSIS and Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Opinion: Nuclear arms charge against Iran no slam dunk, Robert Kelley, Today's Zaman (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Iran nuclear sites may be beyond reach of "bunker busters", Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Dangerous Tension With Iran, NYT (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Pressure on Tehran ups the stakes, Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Iran Is A Year From Bomb Material - Former Inspector, Reuters (a CSIS top story; also highlighted by IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination-Israel] Is Assassinating Iranian Nuclear Scientists 'Characteristic of the Mossad'?, John Glaser, antiwar.com (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-Israel] 'Israel did not assassinate Iran scientist', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-Israel] Israeli Secret Ops: Former Head of Special Unit Explains How It's Done, Dan Ephron, Daily Beast (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran holds funeral for nuclear scientist killed in bomb attack, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] US denies involvement in death of Iranian scientist, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Terrorism, sabotage not the way to go, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian nuclear scientist's assassination, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Killing Nuclear Scientists, Binoy Kampmark, CounterPunch (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran Signals Revenge Over Killing of Scientist, Rick Gladstone, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] US Rep.: Death of Iran experts wonderful, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran to file suit over acts of terror, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Attacks on scientists to be condemned: U.N. chief, Patrick Worsnip, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Nuclear Assassinations Just the Tip of the Iceberg, Dr. Ismail Salami for Salem-News.com, Salem-News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Why Iran Assassinations Are Backfiring, Aiding Nuclear Program, Omid Memarian, Daily Beast (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists is Counterproductive and Wrong, Ali Vaez and Charles Ferguson, The Atlantic (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] Costs of killing Iran's nuclear scientists, Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist (via CSIS and IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran Says Scientist's Murder Reveals Global Terror Campaign, Bloomberg (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-talks] Iran says it wants serious nuclear talks, AP (a CSIS top story; also highlighted by IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-talks] Iran positive for holding nuclear talks in Turkey: Larijani, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] Iran to Let In U.N. Atomic Inspectors, Jay Solomon, WSJ (subscription required) (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] Senior U.N. team to visit Iran this month: sources, Fredrick Dahl, Reuters (via CSIS and IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA inspectors due in Iran in January, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA Said to Agree to Meeting With Iran, Jonathan Tirone and Thomas Penny, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] Ashton Rejects Military Action against Iran, FARS (via CSIS)

* [Iran-EU] EU wants stronger sanctions against Iran, not military action: Danish FM, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-EU] EU seeks to delay Iran oil sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Iran Oil Embargo Over Nuclear Work Said Likely to Be Delayed Six Months, Thomas Penny and Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India to continue oil trade with Iran despite US sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan wary of oil embargo on Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan policy on reducing Iran oil in doubt (Update 4), Stanley White, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan agrees to reduce oil imports from Iran, Chico Harlan,, Washington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-sanctions] US imposes sanctions on oil firms trading with Iran, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan Delays Decision on Iran Oil Sanctions, NYT (via CSIS)

* [Iran-India-China] India, China not to bend to US pressure over reducing Iran's oil revenue, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-India] 'India not after US waiver for Iran trade', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Japan-France] Japan, France agree to step up cooperation on Iran, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Pakistan] Pakistan respects Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Iran nuclear expert buried as Russia warns on sanctions, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] No reason to intensify sanctions against Iran: Russian official, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia warns EU over Iran oil sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-Japan-France] Japan, France divided on extent of sanctions on Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkey not to comply with U.S. sanctions against Iran: spokesman, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkey defies US over Iran sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK] UK's Iran stance, 'humiliating idiocy', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

January 12, 2012

* [Iran-UN Security Council] UN SC holds urgent consultations on Iran nuclear issue, Itar-Tass (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Military Leaders Urge Action on Energy Security to Counter Iran's Sustained Efforts to Rattle Oil Markets; SAFE Releases Intelligence Report outlining state-of-play and policy options to respond to Iran, Securing America's Energy Future (SAFE) press release

* [Iran] Iran's nuclear power: the world must prepare for the inevitable to happen, David Blair, The Telegraph (via CSIS; also highlighted by IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran] Is Iran-Nuke Fear Realistic?, Charles V. Pentildea, Middle East Online (via CSIS)

* [Iran] Iranian students to stage protest rallies before French, German, British embassies in Tehran: report, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Iran "year from" bomb material: former inspector, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] To attack Iran or not to attack Iran..., Michael Auslin, AEI

* [Iran-wardrums] US, Israel taking a risky path over Iran, Scott Shane, Sydney Morning Herald (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran crisis: Can conflict be averted?, Jonathan Marcus, BBC News (via CSIS)

* [Iran-wardrums] A covert campaign is the only way to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions, Andrew Cummings, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Adversaries of Iran Said to Be Stepping Up Covert Actions, Scott Shane, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran nuclear sites may be beyond reach of "bunker busters", Dan Williams, Phil Stewart and Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran Reports Killing of Nuclear Scientist in 'Terrorist' Blast, Alan Cowell and Rick Gladstone, New York Times (also highlighted by IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian scientist involved in nuclear program killed in Tehran bomb attack, Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, Washington Post (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-assassination] Report: Bomb kills university professor working at Iran nuclear facility, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran hard-line newspaper calls for retaliation against Israel over killing of nuclear expert, Washington Post (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] On Iran, how far is too far?, Los Angeles Times editorial (a CSIS top story)

* [Iran-assassination] Who's killing Iranian nuclear scientists?, Josh Levs, CNN (via CSIS; also highlighted by IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] U.S. Denies Role in Iranian Nuclear Scientist's Death, Chosun Ilbo (via CSIS)

* [Iran-assassination] Bomb Kills Iran Nuclear Scientist as Crisis Mounts, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination] AEOI Calls Iran's Move towards Progress Irreversible, FARS (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-assassination-China] China opposes all violence: FM spokesman, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-Hezbollah] Hezbollah raps Iranian scientist killing, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination-US] Clinton denies U.S. role in assassination of Iranian nuclear staff, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Covert actions used against Iran by Israel, U.S., instead of overt strike: experts, Al-Arabiya (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'US, Israel backed Iran scientist killing', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Anti-Iran terror acts, West's new tactic', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'US words defy its acts on Iran scientists', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian Ambassador to UN on Tehran terror attack, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Who is responsible for the Iran nuclear scientists attacks?, Julian Borger, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Analyst holds US, Israel responsible for scientist's assassination, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Analyst holds US, Israel responsible for scientist's assassination, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] US: We Didn't Kill Scientist; Iran: We Know Who Did, David Lev, Arutz Sheva (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Editorial Cartoon: Attacks on Iranian Nuclear Scientists, Patrick Chappatte, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] UK, Israel 'share' Iran terror agenda?, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Leader: CIA, Mossad behind Iran killing, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Jalili: CIA, Mossad behind Iran assassinations, Anderson Independent Mail, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Assassinations won't stop Iran nuclear work: Larijani, Tulay Karadeniz and Ibon Villelabeitia, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China calls for cooperation between Iran and IAEA, MSN News (via CSIS)

* [Iran-China] China Calls for Cooperation Between Iran and IAEA, AFP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] AJC Welcomes Japan Pledge to Cut Iran Oil Imports, American Jewish Committee press release

* [Iran-oil-Japan-South Korea-India-EU] Iran embargo gathers support in Asia and Europe, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan to cut Iranian oil imports under U.S. sanctions, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Russia] Russia warns EU over Iran oil sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-US-China] U.S. sanctions China state energy trader for Iran sales, Andrew Quinn, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] Iranian oil imports to be cut to aid U.S. pressure: Azumi, Jun Hongo, Japan Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil] In Standoff With Iran, U.S. Allies Offer Oil for Asia, Clifford Krauss, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia calls for dialogue and cooperation on Iran nuclear issue, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia worried about a nuclear Iran, but leery of US sanctions, Fred Weir, CSM (via CSIS)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia Opposes Oil Sanctions Against Iran, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkey hopes diplomatic settlement of Iran nuclear dispute, Middle East Online (via CSIS)

* [Iran-IAEA] Senior U.N. team to visit Iran this month: sources, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-EU] Further sanctions against Iran undecided: EU spokesman, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-Turkey] Turkey rejects US led Sanctions on Iran?, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-South Korea] U.S. delegation to visit S. Korea over sanctions on Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Turkey willing to improve relations with Iran despite resistance: parliament speaker, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Turkey] Iran nuclear: Ali Larijani accepts Turkey talks offer, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] Pentagon plays down U.S.-Iran tension, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] U.S. military moves carriers, denies Iran link, Phil Steward, Reuters (via CSIS)

* [Iran-talks] Iran ready for 'serious' nuclear talks with powers, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran is ready for serious talks with 5+1 Group: Larijani, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Larijani: P5+1 views Iran talks as tool, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

January 11, 2012

* [Iran-wardrums] The war with Iran has already begun, Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph blog (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] Iran and the undeclared campaign, Frank Gardner, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] 'US builds Georgia facilities for Iran war', RTT News, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Rejects West's Concerns Over its Underground Plant; Iran's envoy to the IAEA says the West's reactions to the Fordo underground nuclear plant are politically motivated, Elad Benari, Arutz Sheva (Israel National News)

* [Iran-enrichment] Clinton denounces Iran's enrichment operations at new facility, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] 'West response to Fordo exaggerated', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Enrichment at Secured Nuclear Site Draws U.S., France Anger, Nicole Gaouette and Flavia Krause-Jackson, Bloomberg (via NEI email)

* [Iran-enrichment] Clinton slams Iran nuclear move, urges serious talks, Andrew Quinn, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review; also highlighted by Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-assassination] Blaming U.S. and Israel, Iran Reports Killing of Nuclear Scientist, Alan Cowell and Rick Gladstone, New York Times

* [Iran-assassination] Bombing Kills Iranian Nuclear Scientist, Voice of America

* [Iran-assassination] Another Iranian nuclear scientist killed: part of 'covert war'? Tehran blamed the death of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, deputy director at the Natanz enrichment facility, on the US and Israel, Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

* [Iran-assassination] Another Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated, and What it Means, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

* [Iran-assassination] Iran nuclear scientist dead: mysterious recent deaths and disappearances, David Blair, The Telegraph (UK)

* [Iran-assassination] Bomb kills Iran nuclear scientist; US presses sanctions (Wrapup 1), Ramin Mostafavi, Reuters Africa (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran atom agency calls bombing "heinous act", Parisa Hafezi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran says Israel behind assassinating Iranian nuclear staff, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Mossad, MKO killed Iranian scientist', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iran car explosion 'kills nuclear scientist' in Tehran, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in New Attack, Ladane Nasseri and Calev Ben-David, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Blaming U.S. and Israel, Iran Reports Killing of Nuclear Scientist, Alan Cowell and Rick Gladstone, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] 'Acts of terror not curbing Iran progress', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-assassination] Iranian scientist involved in nuclear program killed in Tehran bomb attack, Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post (via Nevada ANP; also highlighted by Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-Nicaragua] Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed by Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega; ... Ortega on Tuesday urged Israel to destroy its nuclear weapons to foster peace in the Middle East as he hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is touring Latin America, The telegraph (UK)

* [Iran-Nicaragua] Nicaragua's Ortega urges Israel to destroy nuclear arms, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran] Embarrassing U.S. rescues and Russian doubts a few of the ways Iran is coming under increased pressure, National Post (Canada)

* [Iran] Nuclear Arms Charge Against Iran Is No Slam Dunk, Robert Kelley, Bloomberg (via Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-China] China calls for enhanced diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear issue, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China recognizes Iran's right to have active nuclear installations, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] China rebuffs US over Iran sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-China] US Treasury chief presses China on Iran oil imports, Claire Cozens, AFP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-China] Geithner in Beijing, faces uphill struggle on Iran, Joe McDonald, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-China] China calls for cooperation between Iran and IAEA, Agence France Presse (via Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-sanctions-China] Could impact of Iran sanctions prove slippery? The US seems unlikely to retaliate against one of its biggest trading partners - China has defied previous US sanctions without significant consequences, Kevin Allison, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-sanctions-China] Could impact of Iran sanctions prove slippery? The US seems unlikely to retaliate against one of its biggest trading partners - China has defied previous US sanctions without significant consequences, Kevin Allison, Reuters(via Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-oil-China] Geithner finds Chinese resistant to Iran oil sanctions, Keith B. Richburg,, Washington Post (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Said to Weigh Iran Oil Embargo Exemptions for Member States, Ewa Krukowska and Jonathan Stearns, Bloomberg (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] Senior UN nuclear team to visit Iran, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] IAEA to send inspectors to Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-IAEA] UN nuclear inspectors to visit Iran 'soon,' IAEA official says, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-IAEA] Iran should work within IAEA's parameters: SM Krishna, The Times of India (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

* [Iran-India] Iran entitled to produce N-energy: India, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-India] Iran has right to develop n-energy, says India, Indo-Asian News Service (via NEI email; also highlighted by Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-Japan] Japan advocates dialog on Iran N-issue, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Russia Regrets Iran's Uranium Enrichment, Urges Further Talks, Anna Shiryaevskaya, Bloomberg (via IAEA Daily Press Review)

January 10, 2012

* [Iran-enrichment] Inspectors Say Iran Is Enriching Uranium at Mountain Site, William J. Broad, New York Times (this was a CSIS top story; also highlighted by Paulo's Corner)
Atomic inspectors in Vienna confirmed Monday that Iran has begun enriching uranium at a new plant carved out of a mountain, an act of defiance that comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran over oil revenues and global sanctions.

* [Iran] IAEA confirms uranium enrichment at Iranian facility, CNN (via NEI email)
note: The headline shown here is NEI's. The original from CNN was 'Uranium enrichment begins at Iranian site'.

* [Iran] US says Iran does not pursue nuclear weapons, Press TV

* [Iran] Iran war to deteriorate world economy, Press TV

* [Iran-IAEA] Iran: IAEA monitoring our activities, UPI

* [Iran-Israel] Israel 'Resigned to Nuclear Iran' AFP (via IAEA Daily Press Review; also highlighted by Paulo's Corner)
Israel is preparing for Iran to become a nuclear power and has accepted it may happen within a year, the London Times reported on Monday citing an Israeli security report.

* [Iran-intel] Iran's nuclear program: What intelligence would suffice?, Micah Zenko, CFR.org (this was a CSIS top story)
In August 2006, I wrote a piece for the Washington Post, 'Share the Evidence on Iran,' which called on the George W. Bush administration to declassify the main findings of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. As many aspects of Iran's progress towards nuclear capability had already been selectively leaked to the media, I argued that 'declassifying the key judgments and dissents would publicly establish the intelligence community opinion' and clarify erroneous judgments.

* [Iran-wardrums] Despite Saber-Rattling, Military Action 'Long Way Off' for US and Iran, Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle (via IAEA Daily Press Review; also highlighted by Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran-wardrums] The war dance is in full swing, Asia Times (via CSIS)
Just as Iran would need a certain period of time (known as breakout time) from the moment it leaves the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to the moment it builds a bomb, so would the United States need a period of time from when it decides to strike to when it does. It could take weeks if not months to transfer the necessary military personnel, airplanes and (especially) supplies to bases in the region.

* [Iran-US] Obama Ready to Strike to Stop Iran: Ex-Adviser, Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Bloomberg

* [Iran-US] US warns Iran over violations, Gulf Daily News

* [Iran-US-Latin America] U.S. urges Latin American states to press Iran over nuclear program, Xinhua News (also highlighted by CSIS)
The United States is calling on the Latin American states being toured by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to try their best to persuade the Islamic republic to change the course over its controversial nuclear program, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

* [Iran-oil-China] Beijing rejects sanctions on Iranian oil, Keith B. Richburg,, Washington Post

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU meeting on Iran oil embargo set for January 23, David Brunnstrom, Reuters

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Considers Moving Iran Meeting to Jan. 23, Diplomat Says Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg Businessweek (via IAEA Daily Press Review; also highlighted by CSIS and Paulo's Corner)
The European Union is considering bringing forward a meeting of foreign ministers to Jan. 23, from Jan. 30, that will discuss a possible embargo on imports of Iranian oil, an EU diplomat said.

* [Iran-sanctions-China] China Rejects Linking Trade and Iranian Nukes Joe Mcdonald, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review; also highlighted by CSIS)
A top Chinese diplomat on Monday rejected linking Iran's nuclear program to trade, adding to tensions with Washington on the eve of a visit by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to seek support for sanctions on Tehran's oil industry.

* [Iran-sanctions] Will sanctioning Iran 'work'?, Daniel Drezner, Foreign Policy (via CSIS)
At the same time, however, Iran is trying to demonstrate that its uranium enrichment will continue unabated. Trita Parsi argues that overconfidence in the sanctions track will cause the Obama administration to rebuff any negotiated breakthrough on the nuclear issue. This leads to the obvious question: What's the endgame in Iran? Will sanctions 'work'?

* [Iran-sanctions] Why New Sanctions Raise Danger of Iran's Building Nuclear Weapons, Tony Karon, TIME (via IAEA Daily Press Review; also highlighted by CSIS)
The Administration's stated goal is to bring Iran to the table to negotiate a deal that would end international concerns over a nuclear program that has given Iran the means to build nuclear weapons-- even though, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta emphasized in a TV interview on Sunday, U.S. and allied officials believe Tehran has not yet decided to build the bomb. Panetta allowed that the U.S. might launch a military strike if Iran tried to build nuclear weapons.

* [Iran-Ecuador-US] Ecuador defies U.S. warning against forging close ties with Iran, Xinhua News

* [Iran-Ecuador] Ecuador backs Iran's nuclear rights, Press TV

* [Iran-Russia] Russia Regrets Iran's Uranium Enrichment, Urges Further Talks, Anna Shiryaevskaya, Bloomberg

* [Iran-Turkey-US] U.S. official says Washington eager to work with Turkey on Iran, Xinhua News

* [Iran-enrichment] Iranian uranium enrichment confirmed, Xinhua News

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Enrichment at Secured Nuclear Site Draws U.S., France Anger, Nicole Gaouette and Flavia Krause-Jackson, Bloomberg

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Says Work at Fortified Uranium Enrichment Site Is Supervised by IAEA, Nicole Gaouette and Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg

* [Iran-enrichment] Fordo atomic site runs under IAEA watch, Press TV

* [Iran-enrichment] 'West response to Fordo exaggerated', Press TV

* [Iran-enrichment] Enrichment in Fordo meant to produce radioisotopes for patients, Tehran Times

* [Iran-enrichment] IAEA confirms Iran's underground nuclear programme, AP

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran enriching uranium under IAEA 'surveillance', AFP

* [Iran-enrichment] IAEA Confirms Iran Started Nuclear Work in Bunker, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed on Monday that Iran has started enriching uranium at an underground site and said all atomic material there was under its surveillance.

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran bunker site raises the nuclear stakes, Defense Talk (via CSIS)
Iran has further stoked Western fears about the purpose of its nuclear activities by starting to enrich fissile material in a new site deep inside a virtually impregnable mountain bunker.

* [Iran-enrichment] US Calls Iran Plant a Further Nuclear 'Escalation', Jakarta Globe (via CSIS)
The United States said on Monday that Iran's uranium enrichment work at a new site is a 'further escalation' in the nuclear showdown with the international community.

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Enrichment at Secured Nuclear Site Draws U.S., France Anger, Nicole Gaouette and Flavia Krause-Jackson, Bloomberg (via Paulo's Corner)

January 9, 2012

* [Iran-China-US] Geithner to Seek China's Support on Iran, Ian Katz and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran opens new enrichment facility, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran says Fordo uranium enrichment facilities "safe" in face of threats, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Fordo atomic site runs under IAEA watch, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran enriching uranium at Fordo plant near Qom, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran's Uranium Enrichment at Fortified Site Draws U.S. Criticism, Nicole Gaouette and Flavia Krause-Jackson, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Britain condemns 'provocative' new Iran nuclear site, AFP Google (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran begins uranium enrichment at Fordow, Nuclear Engineering (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran starts nuclear work in mountain bunker: diplomats, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] IAEA confirms Iran started nuclear work in bunker, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil prices] Brent above $113 on Iran supply threat (Update 4), Zaida Espana, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU Considers Moving Up Iran Meeting, Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-India] India seeks waiver on Iran oil embargo, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] Iran crude exports to S. Korea up 48%, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-China] China says Iran's nuclear issue cannot be solved "fundamentally" through sanctions, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions-China] China rejects US limits on Iran trade, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'Sanctions can't hamper Iran progress', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Khamenei says Iran will not yield to sanctions, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] 'Iran, P5+1 talks to resume in Turkey', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] Iran death sentence for 'CIA spy' Amir Mirzai Hekmati, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Iran: time for cool heads, The Guardian editorial (via Nevada ANP)

January 8, 2012

* [Iran-Panetta] Panetta: Iran Not Building a Nuclear Weapon, CommonDreams.org (via@SoNuke)

* [Iran-Venezuela-US] Iran and Venezuela implicated in cyber attack plan against US, including nuclear facilities, nuclear.com compilation

* [Iran-US] Iran praises US rescue of Iranian fishermen, but remains opposed to US presence, nuclear.com compilation

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran begins uranium enrichment at new Fordo nuclear facilities: report, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] 'Fordo facility cannot be attacked', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Starts Uranium Enrichment at Fordo Mountain Facility, Kayhan Reports, Nayla Razzouk and Glen Carey, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran Trumpets Nuclear Ability at a Second Location, David E. Sanger, New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran to launch nuclear work in bunker in "near future", Parisa Hafezi, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Fordo enrichment facility safe from attack: nuclear chief, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran enrichment site may be in operation, UPI (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Iran: Nuke plant to be running for Feb. 1, UPI (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Latin America] Iranian president to visit Latin American countries, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-n-exports] 'Iran ready to export nuclear services', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-North Korea-enrichment] Iran officials visited N. Korea in Nov. on possible uranium enrichment: report, Yonhap News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-South Korea] S. Korea considers reducing oil import dependence on Iran, Yonhap News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'Iran firmly resisting foreign pressure', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] 'Sanctions accelerate Iran's progress', Denver Post, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] The West's pressure on Iran will backfire, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran Able to Block Strait of Hormuz, General Dempsey Tells CBS, Kathleen Hunter and Viola Gienger, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] 'Iran has wherewithal to close Hormuz', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] 'Arrest US war thugs to stop Iran war', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-wardrums] The case against attacking Iran, Allen L Roland, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Panetta: Iran Has Not Yet Decided to Make a Nuclear Bomb, FOX News (via Nevada ANP)

January 7, 2012

* [Iran] Iran close to starting nuclear work in bunker: diplomats, Fredrik Dahl, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Iran, Russia Replace Dollar With Rial, Ruble in Trade, Fars Says, Nayla Razzouk, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-drums of war] Why Not Attack Iran?, David Swanson, HNN Huntingtonnews (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UK] UK rules out preemptive strike on Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UN] UN calls on Iran, US to defuse tension, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UN] UN chief calls on Iran, U.S. to ease tension, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-UN] UN chief stressed peaceful resolving of Iran-US tensions, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US] 'Iran prepared for US miscalculation', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] The New York Times is Lying About Iran's Nuclear Program, Judy Miller, Global Research (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-enrichment] Fordo enrichment facility to come on stream soon, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-India] Iran's sovereignty must be respected: Indian Leader, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-China] China dismisses US's Iran oil embargo, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan mulls ignoring US oil ban on Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU denies agreement over ban on Iranian oil, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Russia] Iran mulling over Russia's revised 'step-by-step' plan: envoy, Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-sanctions] Iran sanctions bite, but will they work?, Suzanne Maloney, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Turkish FM says Iran determined to resume nuclear talks, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran keen to resume nuke talks, says Turkish FM, Hurriyet Daily News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran's offer to 5+1 for dialogue, not a weakness: Politician, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] Tour d'horizon: Iranian optic on Mideast, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] 'Iran adamant on nuclear rights', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran] 'Halting Iran nuclear work, unacceptable', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-Santorum] David Gregory should tell Rick Santorum there are UN inspectors in Iran, Robert Naiman,, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-npp-Bushehr] Bushehr plant to become fully operational in a month, Vestnik Kavkaza (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-npp-Bushehr] Official: Bushehr power plant to reach optimum capacity soon, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-nuclear fuel] Iran's first nuclear fuel rod: Another view, Julian Borger, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)

January 6, 2012

* [Iran] Canada PM: Iran is world's most serious threat; Harper says he is sure Tehran seeking to develop nuclear weapons, international response needed to counter threat, Jerusalem Post

* [Iran-wardrums] As currency crisis and feud with West deepen, Iranians brace for war, Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, Washington Post (also highlighted by Nevada ANP and CSIS)
At a time when U.S. officials are increasingly confident that economic and political pressure alone may succeed in curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions, the mood here has turned bleak and belligerent as Iranians prepare grimly for a period of prolonged hardship and, they fear, war.

* [Iran-wardrums] Gulf states brace for unwanted US-Iran war, AFP (via CSIS)
The Arab states that lie just miles across the Gulf from Iran are nervously eyeing the prospects of a war between Tehran and the West that none of them want and all know could devastate their economies.

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Analysis: Iran could close Hormuz -- but not for long, Peter Apps, Reuters (via CSIS)
Should Iran's rulers ever make good their threats to block the Straits of Hormuz, they could almost certainly achieve their aim within a matter of hours.

* [Iran-Strait of Hormuz] Iran's Self-Destructive Gamble, Alireza Nader and James Dobbins, NY Times (a CSIS top story)
Iran's threats to close the Straits of Hormuz in response to the latest American-led sanctions may be empty posturing. Still, Iran's slow march toward a nuclear weapons capability has dramatically increased tensions between Washington and Tehran. The Obama administration has not taken the option of a military strike off the table, and one must assume that the Iranians have not done so either.

* [Iran-oil] Defeating the petro-authoritarians, Stuart W. Holliday, Washington Times (via CSIS)
As the world finished celebrating the holidays of peace, the Iranian mullahs appeared again to be planting seeds of conflict in the Middle East. They have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, vital to global energy supply, as part of a military exercise.

* [Iran-oil-EU] EU, concerned by Iran's nuclear program, aim for agreement on Iranian oil ban by end of month, AP (via CSIS)
Officials from the 27 countries that make up the European Union are beginning Thursday the process of trying to thrash out an agreement on banning the purchase of Iranian oil in the hope of choking off funding for the country's nuclear program.

* [Iran-oil-Japan] Japan mulls ignoring US oil ban on Iran, Press TV (Iran)

* [Iran-oil-India] New sanctions on Iran pose problem for India's oil payments, Economic Times (via CSIS)
India may face problems in making payments for crude oil it buys from Iran because of recent moves by the US to curb Tehran's nuclear programme, a top government official said on Friday.

* [Iran-talks-sanctions] Sanctions on Iran, and Diplomacy, Daryl G. Kimball, letter to New York Times (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks-Russia] Iran, Russia discuss bilateral ties, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran to renew talks on nuclear program with six mediators, Vestnik Kavkaza (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-talks] Iran, West say ready to resume nuclear talks, Reuters (a CSIS top story)
Turkey has delivered a Western offer to Tehran to renew negotiations over its nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday, expressing hope talks stalled a year ago could soon be revived.

* [Iran-talks-Turkey] Turkish Visit Aims to Smooth Ties With Tehran, Marc Champion, Wall Street Journal (via CSIS)
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday reassured Iran that Ankara wouldn't allow Turkish soil to be used for any attack against a neighbor, during a trip to Tehran focused on averting a Sunni-Shia "cold war" in the region.

* [Iran-talks-Turkey] Turkish foreign minister meets Iran's Ahmadinejad, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)

* [Iran-US-Israel-naval exercises-Strait of Hormuz] Iran, US and Israel announce new war games as tensions rise in the Gulf, Julian Borger, The Guardian (a CSIS top story)
Tensions on the oil shipping lanes in the Gulf have escalated with the announcement of new naval exercises by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and news that Israel and the US are planning to carry out their most extensive joint manoeuvres in the region.

* [Iran-naval exercises-Strait of Hormuz] Iran to hold another naval drill near Strait of Hormuz next month, Haaretz (via CSIS)
Iran plans to hold another extensive naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz in February, Iran's defense minister said on Friday, just days after a 10-day drill ended amid a spat with the U.S. over the crucial waterway.

January 5, 2012

* [Iran-EU-oil] EU nations agree on Iranian oil embargo; US hails European decision; Islamic Republic says it has way to work around ban, Gene Ramos and Peg Mackey, Jerusalem Post, front page story

* [Iran-US] Iran's threat a test of U.S. Gulf commitment, Frederick W. Kagan, AEI/LA Times

* [Iran] Bombing Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Shortsighted or Resolute?, Paul Heroux, Huffington Post (via Paulo's Corner)

* [Iran] Iran will never give up uranium enrichment activities: spokesman, Xinhua News

* [Iran] US presence fuels tensions in PG, Press TV

* [Iran] Pounding the War Drums Against Iran, James Abourezk, CounterPunch

* [Iran-IAEA] No date set for IAEA visit: Abbasi, Press TV

* [Iran-sanctions] Iran's growing state of desperation, Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post (via CSIS)
The discussion everywhere these days is about Iran's strength. Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner, describes Iran as “the greatest threat that the world faces over the next decade.” He and others are impressed by Iran's recent declarations about its nuclear capacities and its missile tests. Newt Gingrich has compared the Iranian challenge to the rise of Hitler's Germany. More measured commentators also see Iran's rising influence and power across the Middle East.