(1)EU Oil Embargo Heightens Tensions in the Gulf
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jan2012/iran-j06.shtml

(2)Financial Warfare: US Sabotage of Iran’s Currency: A New Twist of the Screw to War

By, Finian Cunningham
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28482

(3)Tensions Rise as U.S. Imposes “Nuclear Option” on Iran’s Economy

By, Tom Burghardt / January 3rd, 2012

http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/01/tensions-rise-as-u-s-imposes-nuclear-option-on-irans-economy/