Eye On Iran: U.S. Pushes Iran Sanctions, But China Holds Back

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories WSJ: "U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao, meeting on the first day of a nuclear security summit, agreed to step up pressure on Iran for its nuclear program, the U.S. said, but the two nations still appear divided on how to apply that pressure." AP: "Tehran says it's not so sure China would back new sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program. The West fears the program masks ambitions for a nuclear weapon and is pushing for new sanctions. Tehran denies the charge." http://nyti.ms/9JhfPq Reuters:"China said on Tuesday it wanted any U.N. Security Council action on Iran to promote a diplomatic way out of the nuclear standoff, edging closer to openly backing a resolution while hedging on sanctions." http://nyti.ms/b5gteM Nuclear Program WP: "President Obama used an unprecedented summit on nuclear terrorism Monday to press global leaders to support further isolating Iran for its nuclear activities, and the White House said that China's leader had agreed to cooperate with tightening U.N. sanctions on the Islamic republic." http://bit.ly/cvJqiR FT:"The Obama administration and Congress are gearing up for a battle over sanctions against Iran, with Capitol Hill resisting White House pressure over measures the administration says could antagonise allies and complicate its foreign policy." http://bit.ly/bqXwgs Commerce Dow Jones:"Despite a lack of current investments in Iran, Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras (PBR, PETR4.BR) will keep its office running in that country for the foreseeable future, Petrobras President Jose Sergio Gabrielli said Monday." http://bit.ly/anWw0s Foreign Affairs Radio Farda:"Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad wants UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to open an investigation of NATO's presence in Afghanistan and Iraq." http://bit.ly/9Hxpaf Radio Farda:"Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has condemned a nuclear security summit that opens in Washington today as humiliating to humanity. U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting the summit, which is focused on preventing nuclear terrorism but where world leaders are also set to discuss his push for new sanctions against Iran's nuclear program." http://bit.ly/cFg6Pd Opinion WSJ Editorial Board:"Really? Nuclear material in the hands of well-run democracies that play by international rules isn't likely to fall into the hands of terrorists. However, were Iran to develop an atomic bomb and the means to deliver a warhead, the danger automatically rises that the world's leading sponsor of terrorism might share it with its friends in Hezbollah or Hamas. Or imagine a North Korea hard up for cash and willing to sell a device to al Qaeda." http://bit.ly/cMSu2f John Vinocur in NYT:"The United States' notions of U.N. sanctions on Iran have devolved over the past months from crippling ones to ones that bite to the currently described smart ones, which although packaged with the words tough and strong might not be hard-nosed enough to cost the mullahs a half-hour's lost sleep." http://nyti.ms/9K9G4K Paul Wolfowitz in WSJ:"What has changed fundamentally is the likelihood that nuclear weapons could end up in the hands of irresponsible rulers, or terrorists who can't be deterred at all. Unfortunately, President Obama's talk about a world free of nuclear weapons seems to have little connection to the passive U.S. responses to North Korea's and Iran's nuclear activities." http://bit.ly/9fifl5 Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email Press@UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.com United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons.

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