JAN. 28 – “The Obama administration will this week introduce a paper to the permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany outlining Iranian individuals and firms to be targeted in a new sanctions regime, said senior officials involved in the diplomacy,” reports the Wall Street Journal.

JAN. 9 – The Associated Press is reporting that a Taiwanese company acceded to a request from a China-based firm to procure sensitive components with nuclear uses, then shipped them to Iran.