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WSJ: "A U.S. House committee has proposed barring the
Pentagon from buying fuel from companies that do business with Iran's energy
industry-a stance that is a long shot for becoming law but that underscores
U.S. lawmakers' continuing dissatisfaction with international efforts to slap
tough sanctions on Tehran." http://bit.ly/9Wu9cn
NYT: "China and the United States opened three days of
high-level meetings here on Monday meant to broaden and deepen the ties between
the world's largest developed and developing economies." http://nyti.ms/bFLM0Z
AP: "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says
an Iranian plan to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel is a 'transparent
ploy' to try to avoid new U.N. Security Council sanctions over its suspect
nuclear program." http://bit.ly/98R3FE
Nuclear Program
AFP: "A landmark UN conference on fighting the spread of
nuclear weapons opened its final week Monday with eyes on Iran's efforts to
avoid fresh UN sanctions against its nuclear program. Iran is seen as a test case for the
189-nation Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it claims its nuclear work is
peaceful but is under three rounds of UN sanctions to get it to rein in its
nuclear program over fears it seeks the bomb." http://yhoo.it/9QVjJ2
Reuters: "Iran outlined to the U.N. nuclear watchdog on
Monday a deal to give up some of its enriched uranium but diplomats said the
gesture would have no effect on a push to widen sanctions against Tehran over
its atomic activity." http://nyti.ms/9Pvlq4
NYT: "When the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da
Silva, went to Tehran two weeks ago, he was hoping to defuse a seemingly
intractable crisis over Iran's nuclear program and cement his reputation as an
international statesman. But after
Brazil and Turkey forged a deal with Iran to exchange uranium, Mr. da Silva
returned home to a cloud of criticism by opinion-makers and lawmakers who
questioned whether the mission had been naïve, or worse, detrimental to the
nation's standing." http://nyti.ms/bPxGFU
NYT: "The top American commander in the Middle East has
ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to
disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and
other countries in the region, according to defense officials and military
documents." http://nyti.ms/9MksHx
Human Rights
AP: "A semi-official news agency says Iran's security
forces have warned they will confront any opposition protests on the
anniversary of the country's disputed June presidential election. The Ilna agency on Tuesday quoted Tehran
police chief, Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, as saying 'police will confront any
illegal gathering.'" http://bit.ly/dsshBo
AP: "A semiofficial news agency says Iran has released an
internationally renowned filmmaker after more than two months in custody. Tuesday's report by Ilna says Jafar Panahi
was released on bail of about $200,000." http://bit.ly/9P4CgU
Opinion
John Bolton in WSJ: "Last week, while meandering toward a
fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran, Washington was
blindsided by the revival of a previously discarded plan to enrich some of
Iran's uranium to higher levels for use in the Tehran research reactor. This
proposal-a good deal for Iran when it was proposed last year by the misguided
Obama administration-is even better in its latest iteration and does nothing to
stop Iran's uranium enrichment program." http://bit.ly/b02WwJ
Robert Kagan in WP: "It took months of hard negotiating,
but finally the administration got Russia to agree to a resolution tightening
sanctions on Iran. The United States had to drop tougher measures it wanted to
impose, of course, to win approval. Nevertheless, senior Russian officials were
making the kinds of strong statements about Iran's nuclear program that they had
long refused to make." http://bit.ly/bmS3mM
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