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President Obama is pressing United Nations nuclear inspectors to release classified intelligence information showing that Iran is designing and experimenting with nuclear weapons technology. Saudi Arabia has taken a first step to have Iran reported to the UNSC over allegations it plotted to kill a Saudi ambassador.

Saudi officials advised Argentina four months ago of an alleged Iran-backed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador. Iranian oil sales are down and its foreign exchange access is being hampered by US and UN sanctions. The US said it was “actively” considering sanctioning Iran’s central bank, a move that could severely damage Iran’s economy. Iran’s […]

US officials provided additional details about the plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s US ambassador. The US launched an international campaign to punish Iran. Saudi Arabia vowed that Iran would “pay the price” for the plot.

The EU expanded sanctions against Iran. Iran rejected a US direct “military hotline” proposal. Opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi was briefly freed from house arrest, a move indicating that authorities might ease conditions for him.

An Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas went on trial in Tehran on charges of having relations with a hostile country and receiving illegitimate funds. Iran has announced the deployment of ship-based missiles that can target American shorelines from international waters. Iran rejected Palestine’s UN statehood bid.