AFP: UN Human Rights Committee experts on Tuesday criticised Iran’s failure to provide sufficient details on the use of the death penalty as well as policies surrounding issues like gay rights.
UN rights experts criticise Iran over ‘vague’ replies
Iran nuclear issue to grow more urgent: UK’s Hague
Reuters: Tackling Iran’s nuclear program will become more urgent over the next year and the world must not be distracted from it by the focus on the Arab Spring popular uprisings, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday.
Iran should extradite or try alleged plotter: US
AFP: Iran should extradite or prosecute the high-ranking Revolutionary Guard official accused of plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Washington, the United States said Monday.
No resolution on US troops in Iraq, Iran threat seen
Reuters: Washington has not given up on trying to secure a deal to keep U.S. military trainers in Iraq beyond the end of the year, as it frets about what it calls Iranian meddling in the region, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Iranian exiles urge delay of Iraqi Camp Ashraf closure
AFP: Iranian dissidents, backed by Belgian, European and US politicians, Tuesday urged the international community to press Iraq to postpone the closure of a camp housing thousands of outlawed Iranians.
Iran under fire at the UN Human Rights Committee
AFP: Iran came under fire Monday at the UN Human Rights Committee over its lack of respect for women’s rights as well as its failure to provide data on executions.
Iran says to make own nuclear fuel plate within 5 months
AFP: Iran plans to produce the first of its own enriched nuclear fuel within five months, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran crude reserves rise to 158 bln barrels – report
Reuters: Iran’s oil reserves stand at 158 billion barrels, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, signalling a slight rise in the Islamic Republic’s estimate.
Iran reacts to pressure from America
New York Times: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised on Sunday that Iran would deliver “an unforgettable response” to any “improper actions” from the United States over an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: UN
AFP: Iran’s authoritarian regime has secretly executed hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in the Islamic republic.
