AFP: Lawyer Masoud Shafii who represented the now free US hikers held for two years in Iran on espionage and illegal entry charges was barred from leaving the country on Sunday, a source close to the case told AFP.
US hikers’ lawyer prevented from leaving Iran
Iran repeats opposition to two-state solution
AFP: Any plan to divide a Palestinian state would be unacceptable, Iran’s supreme leader said on Saturday, adding that such a state could exist temporarily as part of “liberated territory.”
US dismisses Iran’s nuclear offer as ’empty promises’
AFP: Iran’s offer offer to halt production of low enriched uranium is not credible because the Islamic republic has a record of making “empty promises,” the United States said Friday.
Iran resumes gas exports to Turkey – report
Reuters: Iran resumed natural gas exports to Turkey on Friday after an eight-day halt requested by Turkey over technical reasons, the Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
Iran pastor guilty of being a ‘Zionist, traitor’: official
AFP: Iranian pastor Yusef Nadarkhani should face the death penalty for being a traitorous “Zionist” and committing “security crimes,” not for apostasy, an official said Friday according to Fars news agency, amid a Western outcry over his sentence.
McCain: Libya inspires people in China, Russia, Iran, Syria
Reuters: U.S. Senator John McCain said on Thursday the fall of Muammar Gaddafi was inspiring people all over world, including citizens of Syria, Iran, China and Russia, but he twinned his praise with caution about Libya’s many revolutionary armed groups, saying they had to be brought under control.
Germany summons Iran envoy to demand pastor’s release
AFP: Germany summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires to demand a stay of execution for a pastor who has refused to give up Christianity and return to Islam, the foreign ministry said late Thursday.
Iran to Syria: Save regime and preserve alliance
AP: Two weeks after Egypt’s uprising swept aside Hosni Mubarak, the presidents of Iran and Syria stood side by side in Damascus in a blunt message to the Arab Spring: The Syrian regime can count on its allies in Tehran.
Iran’s hosting of Taliban reflects desire for greater role
Washington Post: Iran quietly hosted a delegation of Taliban members in Tehran this month in a powerful and unusual signal of its ambition to shape the trajectory of the Afghanistan conflict as U.S. troops begin to withdraw.
Sudan plans to strengthen ties with Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 30 – Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Kartis declared on Wednesday that his government in Khartoum planned to promote bilateral ties with Iran in a number of fields.
