AP: Abbas Kiarostami has found inspiration far from home. The Iranian director’s films are routinely banned in his home country, whose Islamist government has arrested or barred several younger filmmakers from working.
Iran’s Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film
‘Reality check’ for Iran nuclear talks
CNN: Iran is set for nuclear talks Wednesday with members of the U.N. Security Council, and the Obama administration, as well as some Iranian and European Union officials, expressed optimism that a compromise will be reached.
Iran starts legal case against Reuters
AFP: Iranian authorities said on Monday they have formally started legal proceedings against the international news agency Reuters, after suspending its Tehran bureau over a report about female ninjas.
UN nuclear chief begins talks with Iranian officials
Reuters: United Nations nuclear chief Yukiya Amano started talks with senior Iranian officials on Monday, Iranian media reported, on his one-day visit to Tehran that diplomats say could lead to an agreement for further inspections of Iranian nuclear sites.
Bahrain condemns Iran’s Gulf ‘flagrant meddling’
AFP: The government of Bahrain condemned on Sunday Iran’s continued “flagrant meddling” in Gulf affairs after the Islamic republic slammed plans for union between the Shiite-majority kingdom and Saudi Arabia.
UN. nuclear agency chief heads to Tehran
AP: The U.N. nuclear agency chief says he is “positive” about the chances of clinching a deal with Iran that would allow his organization to resume a probe into whether Tehran worked on atomic arms. But he also notes that “nothing is certain.”
Ahmadinejad should ‘open nightclubs’: Iran MP jibes
AFP: A hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open “nightclubs” in the Islamic republic.
Lockerbie questions remain following Megrahi’s death
BBC: “I have a horror of the idea of my daughter’s murder being set in a bag of lies and false evidence that was led against this man. I want it to be set in terms of the truth. I want people to know why she died.”
Russia says West still considering military action on Iran
Reuters: Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some Western countries.
G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby
Reuters: Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies.
