Reuters: The eight Indian crew members on board the MV Amina had no inkling they were trapped on the frontline of the West’s economic war against Iran.
Fear, threats and bad food: life aboard a sanctions-hit Iranian ship
Iran reset: Challenges for next four years
The Hill: During WWII, Winston Churchill famously opined that, “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing—after they’ve tried everything else!” Today, those very words aptly describe U.S. policy towards Iran.
Hell on Earth: Inside Iran’s brutal Evin prison
Fox News: It is known as Evin University, but it’s no school — it is one of the world’s most brutal and infamous prisons. And barring intervention by Iran’s religious leaders, it could be the home of American citizen and Christian Pastor Saeed Abedini for the next eight years.
FCO condemns co-ordinated arrest of journalists in Iran
FCO: Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt condemns multiple arrests of journalists in Iran for co-operation with western media. Iranian security forces arrested more than a dozen journalists on 26, 27 and 28 January.
EU condemns death sentences in Iran for five Arabs
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday urged Iran to commute death sentences against five members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Iran.
Iran space launch may break UN resolution: US
AFP: Iran may have violated UN resolutions if its claims to have successfully launched a monkey above Earth’s atmosphere are true, a top US official said Monday.
Iran unveils new finger-amputating machine
The Independent: Iran unveils new finger-amputating machine ahead of announcement of increasingly severe punishment of thieves. Photographs published by Iran’s official press agency show a blindfolded man having his fingers severed by what appears to be a crude amputation device.
Large arms shipment intercepted off Yemen, Iran eyed as source
Reuters: Yemeni forces intercepted a ship on January 23 carrying a large cache of weapons – including surface-to-air missiles – that U.S. officials suspect were being smuggled from Iran and destined for Yemeni insurgents, officials said on Monday.
Iran says it successfully sent a monkey into space
AP: A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant’s car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday in what was described as a step toward Tehran’s goal of a manned space flight.
U.S. plays down purchase of Iran oil by company in South Korea
Reuters: The United States played down on Monday a company’s purchase of Iranian oil in South Korea, saying the American ally shares the objective of keeping pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program through sanctions.
