 | The Australian - THE financial noose around Iran tightened even further last night with the European Union agreeing to stop buying one-fifth of Iran's total oil exports. EU ministers meeting in Brussels agreed that they would immediately ban new contracts to buy oil ... |
 | CAPA - Centre for Aviation - Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has extended its suspension of flights to Iran and Iraq, citing the “ongoing security situation” as prompting the decision. |
 | New York Times - RIO DE JANEIRO - Iran's efforts to cultivate political support in Latin America at a time of rising international tension over its nuclear program appear to have encountered a significant obstacle: Brazil, the region's economic powerhouse. |
 | Haaretz - Yohanan Locker is Netanyahu's preference, it doesn't mean that he's ultra-hawkish on Iran, nor does it mean Maj. |
 | Forbes - It is true that Iran has an extensive uranium enrichment program. It is true that Iran is making progress in its nuclear program. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - This is the consequence of what I believe to be a great diplomatic over-bid: the West's demand that Iran surrender its capacity to enrich uranium. |
 | Huffington Post (blog) - This means that any book can be translated and published inIran without the author's knowledge or permission. This has happened to me and let me assure you, it's theft. |
 | The Daily Star - BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman met Monday with the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon for talks on recent comments made by the commander of Iran's elite Al-Quds Force, Qassem Suleimani, wherein the president stated Lebanon's desire for relations based on ... |
 | Newsday - Click here Iran revives Gulf threats after EU sanctions Originally published: January 23, 2012 6:35 AM Updated: January 23, 2012 5:11 PM By The Associated Press BRIAN MURPHY (Associated Press), NASSER KARIMI (Associated Press) (AP) -- Senior Iranian ... |
 | CTV.ca - (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) The Associated Press TEHRAN,Iran - Two Iranian lawmakers on Monday stepped up threats their country would shutter the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's crude flows, in retaliation for oil ... |
 | Reuters - The European Union banned imports of oil from Iran on Monday and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at deflecting Tehran's nuclear development program. |