In an interview with Iranian television, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), stated Iran would need a minimum uranium enrichment capacity of 190,000 separative work units (SWUs) once Russia's contract to provide fuel for the Bushehr reactor expires in eight years.  Salehi said that this figure takes into account the annual fuel needs of the Tehran Research Reactor and the Arak Heavy Water Reactor.  The number of centrifuges Iran would need to operate would depend on the capacity of each machine.  According Salehi, the first generation IR-1 has a capacity of less than two SWUs per machine; the IR-2m and the IR-4 have a capacity of nearly six SWUs; and the IR-6 has a capacity of 10 SWUs.  Iran is only enriching uranium in IR-1 centrifuges.

BNP Paribas, France's largest bank, agreed to pay a $8.9 billion fine for transferring billions of dollars on behalf of Sudanese and Iranian clients in violation of U.S. sanctions. From at least 2002 until 2012, BNP hid the names of sanctioned entities in these countries when processing transactions through the U.S. financial system. As part of its guilty plea, BNP will be prohibited from clearing U.S. dollar transactions through certain business units for one year beginning in January 2015. The bank was also required to separate from 13 employees.

U.S. authorities announced that Fokker Services, a subsidiary of the Dutch aerospace company Fokker Technologies Holding BV, will forfeit $21 million for selling U.S.-made goods to Burma, Iran, and Sudan in violation of U.S. sanctions. The company provided aircraft parts, technology, and services to these countries over a five year period. In one instance, Fokker Services falsified a work order for an aircraft part by representing that it belonged to a Portuguese airline, when the part actually belonged to Iran Air. Fokker Services voluntarily disclosed its trade violations to U.S. prosecutors in 2010; the $21 million forfeiture represents the value of transactions in the company's disclosure. Fokker Services may have been prompted to admit its violations in the wake of another case, involving the Dutch firm Aviation Services International, its owner, Robert Kraaipoel, and his son.  In 2009, the Kraaipoels pleaded guilty to conspiracy to export aircraft parts to Iran.  They cooperated with U.S. investigators, who may have learned about the Kraaipoels' business dealings with Fokker Services.

Pennsylvania businessman Helmut Oertmann has agreed to plead guilty to attempting to ship a 50,000 pound horizontal lathe from the United States to Iran without a license. According to court documents, Oertmann, 76, conspired with three Iranians and an Indian to ship the $800,000 machine, known as a "peeler," to Iran by way of the United Arab Emirates. Authorities intercepted the peeler and returned it to Oertmann's company, Hetran Inc. of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania. The machine was later sold to a Russian firm. Oertmann faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, while his company could be fined up to $1 million.