Reuters: Earlier this month, Iran’s national police chief ventured boldly into what has become known as the country’s “chicken crisis.” The feathers haven’t stopped flying since.
Iran’s “chicken crisis” is simmering political issue
Iran, Hezbollah plotted in more than 20 states: Israel
AFP: Israeli intelligence chiefs told the cabinet on Sunday that Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah had plotted attacks in more than 20 countries over the past two years, the prime minister’s office said.
Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief
Reuters: Iran has sent a new batch of enriched uranium to fuel a medical research reactor in its capital, the country’s nuclear chief said on Sunday, an indication Tehran is digging in as its standoff with world powers over the enrichment continues.
Holding Iran accountable for terrorist attacks
Washington Post: Using the territory of countries across the world, working sometimes through proxies like Lebanon’s Hezbollah and sometimes with its own forces, Tehran has been intentionally targeting not just diplomats of enemies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia but also civilians.
Iran introduces tiered exchange rates for imports
Reuters: Iran will introduce a three-tiered exchange rate system to purchase different classes of imports, state media reported on Saturday, in an indication that the government’s stores of hard currency are coming under pressure from Western sanctions.
The world’s leading sponsor of terror strikes again
Wall Street Journal: The suicide bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a local Bulgarian bus driver on Wednesday was shocking if all too familiar.
More than half Iran parliament backs Hormuz closure bill
Reuters: Just over half of Iran’s parliament has backed a draft law to block the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Friday, threatening to close the Gulf to oil tankers in retaliation against European sanctions on Iranian crude.
India bars 3 Iranian banks on security fears: report
AFP: India’s home ministry has refused to allow three Iranian banks to open branches on Indian soil because of concerns about money-laundering and terror financing, a report said on Friday.
Iran annuls death sentence on former U.S. marine, ISNA reports
Bloomberg: Iran’s Supreme Court annulled the death sentence passed on a former U.S. Marine of Iranian descent, the Iranian Students News Agency said.
Sanctions slow down Iran missile program
UPI: Iran’s development of its most advanced ballistic missile has been stalled by international sanctions imposed on Tehran to curb its nuclear program.
