Reuters: India and Iran have agreed on a mechanism to ensure smooth goods trade flows, including payments to Indian exporters, the Indian finance ministry said on Wednesday.
India says agrees on trade mechanism with Iran
Ex-U.N. inspector sees no Iran atom bomb before 2013
Reuters: Iran is unlikely to be able to make atomic bombs before 2013, a former senior official of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday, dismissing suggestions it could happen in months if Tehran decided to pursue such mass-destruction weaponry.
Iran cinemas threaten to close over financial woe
Reuters: Iran’s cinema owners have threatened to close their movie houses to protest against costs that have soared since energy subsidies were slashed last year, sending a highly visible message of opposition to the government’s key economic policy.
Texas nuclear physics student on trial in Iran
Reuters: An Iranian studying nuclear physics in the United States went on trial in Tehran on Tuesday for having contact with “hostile countries,” his lawyer said.
Iran criticizes Turkey over missile defense shield
AP: Iran criticized Turkey on Tuesday for agreeing to allow NATO to station an early warning radar in the southeast of the country that will serve as part of the alliance’s missile defense system.
Iran supreme leader urges restraint over bank scam
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday called on politicians and the media to refrain from “making a fuss” over a $2.6 billion banking scam, state television reported.
Belarus in talks with Iran over $400 mln loan: central bank
AFP: Cash-strapped Belarus said on Monday it was negotiating a $400-million (300-million-euro) loan with Iran aimed at shoring up the economy during its worst crisis since post-Soviet independence.
Iran may buy, partially build Ukraine Antonov-158, Press TV says
Bloomberg: Iran may purchase Antonov-158 passenger planes from Ukraine after one aircraft completed a test flight in the Iranian capital yesterday, state-run Press TV reported, without citing anyone.
Ahmadinejad offers ‘simple’ solution for Palestinians
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday proposed a “simple solution” to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict under which “everyone should go home.”
Iran postpones monkey’s ride into space
AFP: Iran’s plans to send a live monkey into space have been postponed indefinitely, the country’s top space official said, quoted on Monday by the state television website.
