Eye On Iran: Senate OKs Sanctions on Iran's Fuel Suppliers
Fri, 01/29/2010 - 12:08 | by uaniadminDid You Know?
"[Ahmadinejad] opts for simple cotton shirts topped with his trademark,
a $30 Chinese-made khaki windbreaker purchased from a Tehran bazaar.
The windbreaker, commonly dubbed the Ahmadinejacket, is widely derided
for its similarity to the Members Only jackets that were briefly
popular in the West in the 1980s," according to TIME Magazine. http://bit.ly/cizZEe
Reuters: "The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would let President Barack Obama impose sanctions on Iran's gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran's elites, a move aimed at pressuring Tehran to give up its nuclear program." http://bit.ly/9nGWrM
NYT: "Furthering a trend that has been visible for several weeks now, a prominent Iranian opposition leader made conciliatory remarks on Thursday that were apparently aimed at defusing tensions and ending the nation's political crisis. So far, however, the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has not demonstrated a similar willingness to compromise, say Iran experts inside and outside the country." http://bit.ly/9n2S9d
Reuters: "The U.N. nuclear agency chief said on Friday dialogue was continuing on a draft deal on enriched uranium between Iran and world powers despite Tehran's rejection of terms meant to prevent the material being used for atomic bombs." http://bit.ly/cRuspe
Nuclear
Program
Reuters: "Iran leaves the world no recourse but to apply penalties aimed at curbing a fast-track nuclear program, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday." http://bit.ly/b3oDsj
Bloomberg: "U.S. legislation to allow gasoline sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program won't succeed in halting fuel supplies, an Oil Ministry official said." http://bit.ly/9603za
ABC News: "Gov. Mike Rounds said Thursday he supports the idea of restricting state investment in companies that have significant involvement in Iran." http://bit.ly/dl5Jg3
Human Rights
AP: "A powerful hard-line Iranian cleric on Friday called for the execution of more opposition activists to silence anti-government protests, praising the hanging a day earlier of two men caught up in the leadership's postelection crackdown." http://bit.ly/cQoRge
Domestic Politics
Radio Farda: "Iran's flag is composed of three bands of color: green, white, and red. But in at least two official ceremonies in recent days, images of that flag have been used where the green color has been replaced by blue." http://bit.ly/aa32aS
Foreign Affairs
Bloomberg: "Afghanistan's foreign minister denied tensions with Iran after the government in Tehran stayed away from the conference on Afghanistan held in London today." http://bit.ly/alnb2n
Opinion
Joe Biden
in WSJ: "We will by these initiatives seek to
strengthen an emerging bipartisan consensus on how best to secure our
nation.
These steps will strengthen the nonproliferation regime, which is vital
to
holding nations like North Korea
and Iran accountable when they break the
rules, and deterring others from trying to do so." http://bit.ly/cNc75sReuters: "Iran leaves the world no recourse but to apply penalties aimed at curbing a fast-track nuclear program, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday." http://bit.ly/b3oDsj
Bloomberg: "U.S. legislation to allow gasoline sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program won't succeed in halting fuel supplies, an Oil Ministry official said." http://bit.ly/9603za
ABC News: "Gov. Mike Rounds said Thursday he supports the idea of restricting state investment in companies that have significant involvement in Iran." http://bit.ly/dl5Jg3
Human Rights
AP: "A powerful hard-line Iranian cleric on Friday called for the execution of more opposition activists to silence anti-government protests, praising the hanging a day earlier of two men caught up in the leadership's postelection crackdown." http://bit.ly/cQoRge
Domestic Politics
Radio Farda: "Iran's flag is composed of three bands of color: green, white, and red. But in at least two official ceremonies in recent days, images of that flag have been used where the green color has been replaced by blue." http://bit.ly/aa32aS
Foreign Affairs
Bloomberg: "Afghanistan's foreign minister denied tensions with Iran after the government in Tehran stayed away from the conference on Afghanistan held in London today." http://bit.ly/alnb2n
Opinion
Al Kamen in WP: "In this town, policy disputes can rattle friendships. Take, for example, the exceptionally nasty donnybrook about Iran policy that erupted this week between Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass, former policy planning chief for Colin Powell, and his former Foggy Bottom pals Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett." http://bit.ly/dgKBlu
N.M Mamedova in Daily Star: "Relations between Russia and Iran have developed in recent years through an underlying communality of geopolitical interests. It is based on the need to maintain stability in Central Asia and the Caucasus and the desire to forestall separatist tendencies in the two multiethnic countries." http://bit.ly/a3Q1dH
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