UPI: Negotiations are under way to choose contractors for the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Iran to Iraq, Iranian officials said.
Iran eyes new phase for Iraqi pipeline
U.N. and Iran agree to keep talking on nuclear
Reuters: Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog ended two days of talks on Tuesday by agreeing to meet again next week, just two days before Tehran resumes negotiations with world powers concerned it may be seeking to develop atomic bomb capability.
EU studying impact of Iran ship insurance ban: UK
Reuters: Britain and France are studying a proposed European Union ban on insuring tankers carrying Iranian oil to see how severe an impact it would have on trade with non-EU countries, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday.
Iranian rapper faces death threats, bounty over song
CNN: An Iranian rapper is facing death threats and has a $100,000 bounty on his head for a song that some say insults an Islamic Shiite imam.
Iran Khodro plans to manufacture 30,000 cars in Iraq this year
Bloomberg: Iran Khodro Co., the country’s largest carmaker, said it plans to manufacture 30,000 cars, mostly the Samand sedan, at a production site in neighboring Iraq this year.
India says it will cut Iran oil purchases by 11%
AFP: India said Tuesday it would cut purchases of Iranian oil by 11 percent following pressure from the United States to join a drive to isolate the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear programme.
Iran hangs man for killing nuclear scientist
AP: Iran has hanged a man who was sentenced to death for the 2010 killing of a nuclear physicist, state TV reported Tuesday.
U.S. unimpressed with India’s efforts to cut Iran oil buys – envoy
Reuters: The United States is not impressed with India’s efforts to cut its oil imports from Iran, a top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday, throwing into doubt whether New Delhi would be given a waiver from U.S. financial sanctions before a June deadline.
Injustice in Washington is a threat to justice everywhere
UPI: Outlandish is probably the polite way to describe a claim made by the U.S. State Department during a recent court hearing on the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.
Timing of nuclear claim puts Tehran on the spot
New York Times: To the untrained eye it could be an industrial boiler or a storage tank. But an unidentified official says the picture above shows an explosives chamber used by Iran to conduct nuclear weapons-related tests.
