Report: U.S. Rejected Iranian plan to end standoff over nuclear program:
Tehran proposed an immediate end to Western economic sanctions against it in exchange for gradual winding down of 20-percent uranium enrichment, according to a New York Times report. Ref. Source 8
Iran accuses U.S. Of airspace violations:
Iran's permanent representative at the United Nations has accused the United States of repeated violations of its airspace. In a letter to Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council, Mohammad Khazai accused the United States of carrying out "Illegal and provocative" operations in the Persian Gulf. Ref. Source 1
U.S. Gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA
The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. Nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the U.N. Security Council.
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US boosts number of spy drone flights over Iran:
The Wall Street Journal alleges this week that the US has ramped-up its number of spy drone missions over the Bushehr nuclear reactor ever since fuel rods were unexpectedly discharged from the facility in October, just two months after the facility became fully operational. Ref. Source 1
Drone in Iran Appears to Be U.S.-Made, Pentagon Says:
The drone Iran says it captured appears to be a U.S.-made ScanEagle, Pentagon spokesman George Little said, in a change from the initial U.S. Rejection of the Iranian claim. Ref. Source 5