WP: European oil companies pledge to end oil investment in Iran over nukes program
Washington Post | September 30, 2010 The United States announced Thursday that four of Europe’s five biggest oil companies would end their energy investments in Iran, a significant advance in the Obama administration’s efforts to pressure the Iranian government to enter negotiations over its alleged nuclear weapons program. At the same time, U.S. officials said [...]
L.A. Times: U.S. sanctions selectively under its Iran policy
The administration penalizes a Swiss subsidiary of Iran’s national oil company but avoids confronting Russian and Chinese firms, which may have added to diplomatic friction.
Telegraph: Iran claims to have smuggled anti aircraft missile systems into country
If the news is confirmed, the threat posed by the system would be a serious deterent to military planners contemplating a strike on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Around the world, freedom is in peril
So at decade’s end, the correlation of forces, as the Communists used to say, looks bleak. Three assertive powers — China, Russia and Iran — not only resist democratization but actively seek to disseminate their model of authoritarian rule in their spheres of influence. Europe, the engine of democratization of the 1990s, looks inward, more interested in appeasing Russia than reforming it. Newer or less wealthy democracies such as South Africa, Turkey, Brazil and India seem stuck in anti-colonial mind-sets that discourage cooperation to promote democracy. And the Obama administration remains skittish about adopting a “freedom agenda” that its predecessor had tarnished in the minds of many Democrats.
Radiation Sickness
Dissected News – Iran makes a deal with Turkey and Brazil, so Obama and Clinton push for sanctions. What the heck happened? Exploring America’s newest conundrum.
Sanctions Effort May Open Door to Press Iran Central Bank
The New York Times | May 19, 2010 By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and DAVID E. SANGER UNITED NATIONS — Buried in the sanctions resolution now being debated in the United Nations Security Council lies the possibility of a new effort to pressure Iran over its nuclear program: a call for countries to “exercise vigilance” in dealing [...]
Iran says oil sanctions threat “a joke”
(Reuters) | April 6, 2010 Robin Pomeroy and Hashem Kalantari (Reuters) – The idea of international sanctions on Iranian oil exports is a joke, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, adding Iran would not abandon its disputed nuclear work despite mounting international pressure. U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing for new U.N. sanctions in [...]
West softens proposed Iran sanctions
(Los Angeles Times) | March 26, 2010 The new tack by U.S. and Europe is an effort to win the support of Russia and China and gain broad international backing. By Paul Richter and Megan K. Stack Reporting from Washington and Moscow – U.S. and European officials considering new sanctions against Iran have decided to [...]
US softens Iran sanctions plan to win support:
The United States has stepped back from a series of harsh measures against Iran and softened proposed UN sanctions to win the backing of China and Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Russia still eyeing S-300 sale to Iran
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Moscow officials Thursday downplayed Western pressures over the possible sale of the S-300 missile defense system to Iran. Russia and Iran signed a contract in 2005 for the sale of the S-300 missile defense system, though developments on the delivery have since stalled. Konstantin Biryulin, deputy director for Russia’s federal [...]
Iran’s Power Brokers Part 3 – Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani – The Shark
While the Green Movement can’t count on Rafsanjani to support them unconditionally (far from it in fact), the situation has some light at the end of the tunnel in that Rafsanjani is likely seething with anger at how Khamenei is handling things. His interests will be aligned with those of the Green Movement insofar as sharing the goal of neutering Khamenei, Ahmadinejad and the IRGC, but they will likely diverge when this is accomplished. The people want freedom. Rafsanjani wants a comfortable life for Rafsanjani and family
Dissected News: Why Iran May Release U.S. Hiker
James Miller (Dissected News): Iranian officials announced freeing Sarah Shourd, 1 of the 3 U.S. hikers in Iranian Prison. The remaining question is the motive behind this move.
Green Report #17 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Friday, July 3
I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter – and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]
Green Report #16 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Thursday, July 2
I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter – and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]
Russia says not selling missile system to Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has not supplied Iran its advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, an official in Russia’s state arms export service was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
“Nothing is happening. There are no deliveries,” Interfax news agency quoted Alexander Fomin, first deputy director of Russia’s Federal Military and Technical Cooperation Service, as saying at an arms fair in Rio de Janeiro.
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