Reuters: Striking Iranian merchants have rejected a deal aimed at getting them to reopen their shops in Tehran’s main market and end a standoff with the government, media reported on Wednesday.
Iran’s striking traders reject tax deal-reports
Iranian troops kill senior Kurd rebel -reports
Reuters: A senior member of the Kurdish rebel group that is being pursued by the Iranian military on the border with Iraq has been killed, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
Cases of cholera detected in Iran: health minister
AFP: A number of cholera cases have been detected in Iran, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Wednesday, blaming “foreigners” and contaminated vegetables for the outbreak.
Dutch launch Iran IT hacking probe
AFP: The Dutch secret service has opened an investigation to determine who falsified 531 Internet security certificates in order to snoop on users in Iran, the Dutch Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
Iran revolution “matter of time” – US defense chief
Reuters: Revolution in Iran appears to be a matter of time, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta predicted on Tuesday, saying the Iranian reform movement was learning from revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria.
Iran’s air force starts 10-day wargames
Reuters: Iran’s air force began a 10-day exercise on Tuesday, the student ISNA news agency reported.
Iran water fights guided from abroad: prosecutor
AFP: The trend of water fights in the Islamic republic has been “orchestrated from abroad,” Iran’s prosecutor general said on Monday, referring to confessions of people arrested.
Iran reformist daily banned for two months: report
AFP: Iran’s press watchdog has slapped a two-month ban on a top reformist daily, Rouzegar (Times), for anti-regime “propaganda” and publishing “state secrets,” the Tehran prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
No snap checks of atomic units: Iran nuclear chief
AFP: Iran clarified on Tuesday that its offer of allowing “full supervision” of its atomic programme in return for lifting of sanctions does not include snap checks by UN inspectors of its nuclear units.
U.S. eyes covert plan to counter Iran in Iraq
Wall Street Journal: Military commanders and intelligence officers are pushing for greater authority to conduct covert operations to thwart Iranian influence in neighboring Iraq, according to U.S. officials.
