• Ahmadinejad dismisses international will to execute sanctions on Iran.
  • EU purchasing from Iran increases throughout nuclear crisis. Engagement moderates?
  • Ahmadinejad says both the U.S. and Zionists aim to plunder regional wealth.
  • The Keyhan editor (who is appointed by Supreme Leader Khamenei), asks, “Is war imminent?”
  • Mohammad Khazaei to replace Mohammad Javad Zarif as Iran’s UN ambassador.
  • Picture of the day: Iranian and Belarusian defense ministers. (Is Belarus a backchannel for Russian arms?).