Eye On Iran: U.S. Urges U.N. Security Council to Impose Arms Embargo, Other Measures on Iran

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories WP: "The United States is pressing the U.N. Security Council to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Iran, allow foreign states to seize Iranian ships suspected of carrying materials linked to its nuclear program, and curtail Tehran's ability to raise new investment in the country's energy sector, according to U.N.-based diplomats familiar with the confidential text of the proposed resolution." http://bit.ly/bUVt9O NYT:"Two of the nation's top military officials said Wednesday that Iran could produce bomb-grade fuel for at least one nuclear weapon within a year, but would most likely need two to five years to manufacture a workable atomic bomb." http://nyti.ms/bZb9ge Reuters:"Sinopec Corp's (0386.HK) trading arm Unipec is making a rare shipment of gasoline from Singapore to the Middle East that would probably go to Iran, industry sources said on Wednesday. The cargo of around 250,000 barrels was scheduled to have loaded from Singapore on Tuesday, with options to discharge in the Gulf, according to shipping data obtained by Reuters. The shipment was likely to go to Iran, trade sources said." http://bit.ly/cS1PPr Nuclear Program LAT: "The Obama administration signaled Wednesday that the United States would accept weakened United Nations sanctions against Iran as a way to quickly assemble a broad international coalition against Tehran's nuclear program. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said adoption of a new sanctions resolution by the U.N. Security Council is more vital than the actual measures taken." http://bit.ly/d13Ua0 AP:"Six major powers held a second round of talks Wednesday on possible new sanctions against Iran for refusing to negotiate on its nuclear program, which the U.S. and others suspect is aimed at producing nuclear weapons." http://bit.ly/8YY4PF WSJ:"France sought to block extradition to the U.S. of an Iranian businessman U.S. authorities say helped Iran obtain materials it could use in its nuclear program. U.S. prosecutors allege Majid Kakavand ran a Malaysian company that circumvented U.S. and European sanctions by purchasing sensitive military and commercial products, and shipping them to Iran via Malaysia." http://bit.ly/bixzsl Commerce Reuters:"But while others back out, Chinaoil has sold a total of about 600,000 barrels worth around $55 million to the Islamic Republic. The cargoes were Chinaoil's first direct sales to Iran since at least January 2009, according to Reuters data. Chinese firms have previously sold through intermediaries, traders said." http://bit.ly/9ny5QF Reuters:"Malaysia's Petronas has stopped supplying gasoline to Iran, a company spokesman said on Thursday, as the threat of U.S. sanctions on oil firms with supply ties to the Islamic Republic looms large." http://nyti.ms/deqfM3 Human Rights Radio Farda:"More than 100 Iranian journalists and bloggers have written an open letter to Iran's judiciary chief to demand the immediate release of their jailed colleagues, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports." http://bit.ly/9bxkov Foreign Affairs AP:"Iranian officials say all Iraqi parties should be included in the government, based on their results in the March election. State TV said Thursday that Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani expressed hope all Iraqi political groups would 'participate in the future of Iraq, based on their political weight.'" http://nyti.ms/aTvnNL Culture WSJ:"Bahman Ghobadi is one of Iran's leading filmmakers, but after completing his most recent movie, 'No One Knows About Persian Cats,' he went into exile in Iraq. The movie, which opens on Friday, was shot without permission from Iranian authorities in 17 days, and tells the story of two young musicians forming a band and organizing a concert in order to raise money. The plot may seem somewhat mild by American standards, but most music has been banned in Iran since the rise to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979." http://bit.ly/duBdpk Opinion The Australian Editorial Board: "Barack Obama argues that nuked-up terrorists pose the biggest strategic threat to the world. The US President is not thrilled about Iran's nuclear ambitions either, but at least he can do something about preventing the so-called 'loose nukes' falling into the hands of al-Qa'ida and company. Mr Obama is discovering that Iran is a rather harder nut to crack." http://bit.ly/9iX1K2 Alejo Vidal-Quadras in WSJ: "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boasted last week that the regime would install 60,000 new, 'third-generation' centrifuges to enrich uranium. As world leaders met in Washington this week to discuss how to prevent nuclear terrorism, there was little doubt that time is running out to deal with Iran's nuclear weapons threat." http://bit.ly/9eRRBc 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. 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