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The Iran News Feed

Saturday 4th July, 2009

  • Iran could bring unity to G8 divided over economy

    The Iran News.Net

    Us President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and those differences appeared to hang over the upcoming G8 summit in Italy.

  • Iran frees three more British embassy staff

    The Iran News.Net

    Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday.

  • New IAEA chief sees no proof Iran developing nuclear weapons

    The Iran News.Net

    The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear weapons.

  • Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'

    The Iran News.Net

    ... presidential elections.

  • UNESCO backs G8 on condemnation of Iran crackdowns

    The Iran News.Net

    The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom on Friday voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Iran to respect fundamental human rights.

  • Iran's UK embassy action enrages EU

    ABC Australia

    European countries have reacted angrily to reports that Iran is planning to prosecute local staff from the British embassy in Tehran. All 27 EU member states have summoned the Iranian ambassadors in...

  • Iran to invest $70bn in gas

    AME Info

    Iran to invest $70bn in gas IPIC completes $5.0bn fund raising International Petroleum to borrow $5bn Taqa cuts Standard and Poor's link Financing arranged for Bahrain Al Dur...

  • UK seeks Iran trial clarification

    BBC

    British diplomats are trying to establish whether Iran intends to act on its threats to prosecute staff from the UK's embassy in Tehran.On Friday, a top cleric said some staff members would be tried...

  • Iranian cleric says UK embassy staff may face trial

    The China Post

    A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in...

  • Ex-Iranian president seeks to free detainees

    CNN

    Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian...

  • Israeli submarine sails Suez, sending message to Iran

    The Peninsula

    An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defence sources said yesterday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strategic reach...

  • EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trial

    Times Online

    Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement...

  • West struggles to solve latest puzzle of how to engage Iran

    Irish Times

    Merkel turning into a bit of a character Divisions in Ahmadinejad’s ranks add uncertainty to a lack of consensus, writes JEFFREY FLEISHMAN and BORZOU DARAGAHI in Cairo and Beirut...

  • Syria mends US, Arab ties as ally Iran in turmoil

    Find Law

    Syria's leader sent a message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria - the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast...

  • €˜No hard proof of Iran developing nuke arms€™

    Times of Oman

    Vienna — The incoming head of the UN nuclear watchdog yesterday said he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms.“I don’t see any evidence in...

  • Iran demands EU apology before any nuclear talks

    Times of Oman

    Tehran — Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, yesterday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on...

  • EU Ready for Diplomatic Actions against Iran

    Novinite

    The European Union is "ready to take action" if Iran does not free the remaining UK embassy staff held in Tehran, This warning was made Thursday by the Swedish EU presidency. European nations have...

  • Europe lashes out at Iran plan to try UK Embassy staff

    The Daily Star

    A powerful Iranian cleric said Friday British Embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests...

  • Hardline sermons in Iran stiffen EU resolve over embassy staff

    Times Online

    Call it pulpit diplomacy. While Western politicians agonise over how to rebuke Iran without undermining talks on its nuclear aspirations, hardline mullahs use their Friday sermons to bullhorn their...

  • Iran leader cancels visit to AU summit on 'African govt'

    Kuwait Times

    Published Date: 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia...

  • Families wait at Iran's Evin prison for release of loved ones

    The Daily Star

    ... some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised...

  • Iran shows tensions between ultras, reformers

    The Daily Star

    The political unrest in Iran over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election marks a key point in the ideological struggle between ultra-conservatives and reformers, according to analysts....

  • Top Shiite clerics in Iraq silent on Iran unrest

    The Daily Star

    There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much...

  • European leaders warn Iran regime over British arrests

    Times Online

    European leaders finally began to throw their weight behind Britain today after Iran announced that British embassy staff would be forced to stand trial in Tehran. In a co-ordinated diplomatic...

  • Iranian convicted of dealing drugs and sex offences avoids deportation

    CBC News

    A convicted sex offender and drug dealer who was supposed to be deported from Canada after leaving Manitoba's Stony Mountain Penitentiary this week is free on bail and remains in the country. Farid...

  • EXCLUSIVE - No sign Iran seeks nuclear arms - new IAEA head

    The Star

    The incoming head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms.

  • Why Iran's hard-liners are inviting isolation

    Christian Science Monitor

    In a sermon Friday, Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (l.), head of the powerful Guardian Council, said the mass protests following Iran's contested election resulted from premeditated...

  • UNESCO chief backs G8 call on Iran to respect human rights

    UN News Centre

    The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of...

  • With eye on ally Iran's turmoil, Syria looks for better ties with US and moderate Arabs

    Sun-Sentinel

    President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its...

  • Britain seeks clarification on trial threat to embassy staff in Iran

    SINA

    British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday that Britain is "urgently seeking" clarification from the Iranian authorities after a top Iranian cleric had said...

  • 'No proof' Iran seeks nuclear arms

    Al Jazeera

    The incoming head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said that he has not seen any hard evidence that Iran is trying to develop atomic weapons."I don't see any evidence in IAEA [International Atomic...

  • EU summons Iran ambassadors in joint protest

    Haaretz

    The European Union on Friday summoned Iranian ambassadors across the 27-nation bloc in a joint protest against the detentions of staff at the British Embassy in Tehran.A top Iranian cleric had said...

  • EU nations seek to push Iran, but not too far

    Daily Star

    Eu nations sought ways Friday to pressure Iran to free British embassy staff held in Tehran and end post-election repression, without jeopardising attempts to curb its nuclear programme.The most...

  • No sign Iran seeks nuclear arms

    Haaretz

    The incoming head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence that Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear weapons."I don't see any evidence...

  • Iran obliged to heed Security Council, next IAEA chief says - Summary

    Earth Times

    Vienna - Yukiya Amano, the designated new head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Friday Iran was obliged to comply with Security Council resolutions calling on it to halt its...

  • EU States Summon Iranian Ambassadors Over Detention Of British Embassy Staff

    Quote.com

    In a strong and collective response from the European Union to ensure the release of the British embassy staff detained in Tehran, foreign ministries of its 27 member- states...

  • Iran, Algeria Eye Russian Subs

    Middle East Newsline

    At least two Middle East navies have been examining theprospect of procuring submarines from Russia. Russian industry sources said Algeria and Iran were examiningRussian-origin...

  • After Iran's election, what happens to Obama's engagement policy

    Christian Science Monitor

    Some are criticizing the president's determination to engage Iran on its nuclear program amid a brutal government crackdown in the aftermath of what many say is massive election fraud.

  • Putting UK embassy staff in Iran on trial is 'not acceptable'

    Gulf News

    The European Union says Iran's decision to put detained British Embassy staff on trial is "not acceptable." The 27-nation bloc is considering a British request to recall EU...

  • Iran is a 'naked dictatorship'

    CNN

    Zakaria says most likely that Iran regime will reassert order, for now But, he says, Iran has lost facade of Islamic and democratic political ideals Best strategy on Iran's nuclear program could be...

  • EU summons Iranian diplomats, Sarkozy meets Swedish prime minister

    Earth Times

    Stockholm/brussels - European Union foreign ministries summoned Iranian ambassadors in their respective capitals Friday in a concerted diplomatic protest over the detention of British embassy staff...

  • U.S. Professor Jailed For Relaying Info To Iran

    Middle East Newsline

    An American professor has been sent to four years inprison for relaying data on an unmanned aerial vehicle project to Iran. J. Reece Roth, a retired professor at the University...

  • The Crackdown In Iran, As Seen From Europe

    NPR

    2009 · Journalist Christopher Dickey provides a European perspective on the continuing crackdown on protesters in Iran following the recent election.Based in France, Dickey...

  • Canada won’t send sex offender to Iran

    National Post

    A convicted sex offender from Iran will be allowed to stay in Canada because of fears he would be killed if deported to his homeland.During a hearing Thursday in Winnipeg, Michael...

  • EU calls in Iranian envoys to protest detentions

    Khaleej Times

    Eu countries summoned Iranian ambassadors on Friday to protest against the detention of Iranian staff of the British embassy in Tehran, an EU official said.

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