Wall Street Journal: The Georgian government froze approximately 150 bank accounts tied to Iranian businesses and individuals in order to comply with United Nations sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, officials in Tbilisi said.
Georgia says it froze Iranians’ accounts
French FM slams Iran, Hezbollah ‘meddling’ in Syria
AFP: Countries supporting Syria’s rebels demanded on Saturday that Iran and Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah stop meddling in the country’s civil war, French Foreign Minsister Laurent Fabius said.
Kerry calls for support to end Syria ‘imbalance’
AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that supporters of the Syrian opposition will step up military and other aid in a bid to end an “imbalance” on the ground in President Bashar al-Assad’s favour.
Albania accepts 71 Iran exiles from Iraq: UN
AFP: Seventy-one members of an exiled Iranian opposition group based at a camp near Baghdad have been relocated to Albania, the UN said Saturday, a week after the camp suffered deadly mortar attacks.
Iran Oil Ministry denies cyberattack
AP: An Iranian oil ministry official on Saturday denied a report published by a government agency that it had successfully blocked a cyberattack on an oil sector computer network.
Iran state TV lauds new president’s nuke stance
AP: Iran’s president-elect believes it’s possible to strike a deal that would allow the Islamic Republic to keep enriching uranium while assuring the West it will not produce a nuclear weapon.
China fuel oil imports climb to five-year high on Iran supplies
Bloomberg: China’s fuel oil imports surged to the highest level in five years last month as the country boosted purchases from Iran, customs data show.
Google finds hack bids on eve of Iran poll
The Daily Telegraph: GOOGLE says it has discovered and stopped a series of attempts to hack the accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in an effort the company believes is an attempt to influence the country’s upcoming election.
Iranian election a sham
The Hill: Suppose they held an election and nobody voted. This is not just wishful thinking; it happened in Iran. Despite the regime’s lies and propaganda, millions of Iranians who care about their country’s future refused to go to the polls.
New Iranian president tied to 1994 bombing
Washington Free Beacon: Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani was on the special Iranian government committee that plotted the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, according to an indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor investigating the case.
