Top Stories
Reuters: "A senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday
that Russia and China had pressed Iran to accept a United Nations offer to
replace fuel for an atomic reactor." http://nyti.ms/dfNF5U
AP: "The Arab League chief wants the 22-nation bloc to
engage Iran directly over concerns about its growing influence and its nuclear
activities, in a step that could undermine U.S. and Israeli efforts to isolate
the country, diplomats said Tuesday." http://bit.ly/b9uQXs
Radio Farda: "Russia's Lukoil has announced its
withdrawal from an oil project in Iran because of U.S. sanctions against
Tehran, according to Interfax news agency." http://bit.ly/asmE9h
Nuclear Program
AFP: "Brazil on Tuesday again urged the international
community to negotiate with Iran rather than seek to apply sanctions over
Tehran's controversial nuclear program. 'Brazil
still sees space to negotiate on the agreement proposed by the IAEA,' Brazilian
Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said after talks in Rio de Janeiro with
International Atomic Energy Agency head Yukiya Amano." http://bit.ly/cawsWJ
Domestic Politics
Reuters: "Iran has released on bail a grandson of former
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after he expressed 'regret' for taking part
in post-election protests, an Iranian news agency reported on Tuesday." http://bit.ly/ae1G85
Foreign Affairs
Radio Farda: "The Obama administration has warned U.S. citizens
about traveling to Iran, saying they could face hostility, harassment, or
arrest by Iranian authorities. The
warning from the State Department specifically mentions potential threats faced
by U.S.-Iranian dual nationals." http://bit.ly/9VBRKO
Culture
NYT: "You might say that Maryam Maddahi and her relatives
hold a dry run for the Passover Seder every Friday night, when they have a
rotating Sabbath dinner for four dozen to five dozen family members. It's a common practice for the family, as it
is for their fellow Iranian Jews in Southern California, who began settling
there after the fall of the Shah in 1979. The population has grown to about
40,000." http://nyti.ms/cAR6pn
Opinion
Tony Karon in TIME: "The actual level of progress on the
Iran sanctions front, however, has not yet caught up with Clinton's tough talk
- and there's little sign that any of the pressure being mustered will
realistically stop Iran from slowly acquiring the means to create a nuclear
bomb (though the U.S. believes Tehran has not yet decided to actually build such
weapons)." http://bit.ly/dwLZ8c
Ralph Peters in NY Post: "It's wretched enough that our 'friend'
Ahmed Chalabi has become Iran's point man in Iraq. Now 'our man in Kabul,'
President Hamid Karzai, is quietly shifting his loyalty to Tehran. Beyond Iranian President Mahmud Ahmedinejad's
recent chummy visit to Karzai -- reported by the media but downplayed by
Washington -- Iran's been training Taliban forces to kill our troops more
efficiently." http://bit.ly/aYpkxv
Anthony Cordesman and Abdullah Toukan for CSIS: "The
study outlines Iran's threat perceptions and their actions in dealing with
them, and consequently the U.S. response to these Iranian actions. The study
outlines as well the West's perceptions of the Iranian threat and what options
are available to deal with them. Finally what could cause and accelerate a
pre-emptive strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities." http://bit.ly/bTyEQu
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