NYT:  For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier

In the Iranian desert, at a sprawling industrial site ringed by barbed wire and antiaircraft guns, a shift in the enrichment of uranium is producing global jitters because it could shorten Iran’s path to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.

It is also illustrating one of the peculiarities of uranium enrichment, a version of the rich getting richer, really fast. The tricky process accelerates as it moves ahead. “The higher the concentration, the easier it gets,” said Houston G. Wood III, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Virginia who specializes in nuclear enrichment. The process is, as scientists like to say, nonlinear.

Economy:

Reuters:  Trafigura, Vitol stopping Iran gasoline sales-sources

AFP:  World’s biggest oil trader ends supplies to Iran: company

Media Line:  Iran to Allow China to Drill in the Gulf

Khabar:  Iran non-oil exports to China increased by 47%

Khabar:  Europe not reliant on Iranian oil and gas export

US Policy:

BW:  Utah House OKs bill regarding Iran investment

NYT:  Biden Arrives in Israel on Trip to Restart Peace Talks

DemocracyNow:  Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi Presses Iran on Human Rights and Warns Against International Sanctions

Reuters:  U.S. says happy to work with Iran on tackling drugs

BBC:  US eases Cuba, Iran, Sudan sanctions to allow freer web (Also BusinessWeek)

CS Monitor:  Abolhassan Bani-Sadr:  Sanctions against Iran will only bolster its regime

Inside Iran:  Obama’s One-Year Anniversary of Outreach to Iran Shows Need for Realpolitik

HuffingtonPost:  With Sanctions Against Iran, Congress Should Defer to the President

Women:

BBC Persian: Video on women’s struggles in Iran in the past year

Youtube:  Mrs. Clinton’s  message to the Iranian women

Gozaar: Women and the Democratic Uprising

Gozaar:  Call for Solidarity: Freedom and Gender Equality in Iran

United4Iran:  International Women’s Day: A conversation with “Million Signature” & “Gender Equality” activist, Esha Momeni

United4Iran:  Pose for Equality: A Collection of Pictures by BaharPhotography for International Women’s Day

Iran Domestic:

FP:  The Green Movement Is More Than Facebook

Banisadr – Iran’s Ex-President: “People want Regime Change”

Rooz:  Human Rights Abuses in Iran are Severe

Inside Iran:  Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Academia

HARNA:  Sister Arrested Because of Brother’s Human Rights Activities

VOA:  Bahai’s Targeted In Iran

Other:

FP:  Photo Essay: The Real Hurt Locker (Interesting pics)

BBC:  Israel ‘to unveil plans to build nuclear power plant’

CFR:  A Conversation with Desmond Tutu (Video)

RFE:  After Elections, Iran Remains A Major Player In Iraq

CS Monitor:  After Iraq election, fragile democracy faces the real test

Fox:  Daughter of Ex-FBI Agent Missing in Iran Issues Desperate Plea

AFP:  Gabon vows to work closely with US on Iran at UN