Eye on Iran: US Wants UN Action over Report on Iranian Missiles to Yemen

TOP STORIES US Wants UN Action over Report on Iranian Missiles to Yemen | Agence France-Presse US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Thursday that it was "time for the Security Council to act" following the release of a report by UN experts concluding that Iran had violated the arms embargo on Yemen. Iran Raising Deposit Rates to Control Rial's Depreciation, TV Reports | Reuters Iran's central bank will raise deposit rates to bolster the value of the Iranian rial after it dropped to record lows, the head of the central bank said, according to a report by state television on Thursday. Iran, Israel Battle Openly In Race to Define 'Rules Of The Game' | NBC News The shift from covert attacks to open fighting between Iran and Israel illustrates that the regime in Tehran feels emboldened enough to confront and provoke its enemy, according to analysts.  ISRAEL-IRAN-SYRIA CLASH Israel and Iran Square Off in Syria | Economist It lasted only six hours, but the battle in the sky above Syria and Israel in the early hours of February 10th came close to turning a bloody civil war into a regional one.  IRAN PROTESTS & HUMAN RIGHTS U.S. Calls On Iran to Release Detained Opposition Leaders | Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. State Department late on February 15 called on Iran to release three opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for seven years.  U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS US Defense Secretary to Al Arabiya: Iran Is Behind All Regional Crises | Al Arabiya US Defense Secretary James Mattis told Al Arabiya that Iran is behind all the regional crises. Iran President Slams US Recognition of Jerusalem As Capital | Associated Press Iran's president has strongly criticized the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and urged Muslims to support the Palestinian cause.  SANCTIONS EVASION India to Invest in Iran in Rupees amid Sanction Fears | Times of India India, for the first time beyond Bhutan and Nepal, will invest in a foreign country - Iran - through its own national currency [the] Rupee to bypass any trouble arising out of impending US sanctions. PM Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are expected to put a mechanism in place for this purpose when they meet here on Saturday.  Rouhani is expected to seek Indian investments across sectors from ports, railway network and [special economic zones] when he meets the Indian leader. FOREIGN AFFAIRS Iran President Meets with Religious Scholars in India Trip | Associated Press Iran's president said Thursday that his country was ready to help promote dialogue as a way to end bloodshed in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Hassan Rouhani made the comments to a group of Muslim religious scholars in the in southern Indian city of Hyderabad shortly after his arrival for a three-day India visit. Rouhani will meet Saturday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. 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@uani.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.