AFP: The EU on Wednesday named Iran’s elite Al-Quds force, five Syrian generals and the military intelligence network in Damascus on a new list of those sanctioned for their role in repression the UN says has killed 2,200 people.
EU releases new Syrian repression blacklist
UN atomic agency official tours Iran nuclear sites: report
AFP: A top UN atomic watchdog official last week toured Iranian nuclear sites, including ones where uranium is being enriched, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying Tuesday by Fars news agency.
Ahmadinejad unveils new marine missile, torpedo
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a short range marine missile and a torpedo system Tuesday as Iran marked its annual “Defence Industry Day,” state media reported.
Iran to ‘temporarily’ import petrol: report
AFP: Iran is to “temporarily” import petrol to meet its daily consumption needs and compensate for the poor quality of its domestically produced fuel, a top MP told Mehr news agency on Monday.
US terms ‘troubling’ Iran transfer of centrifuges
AFP: The United States expressed concern Monday that Iran has reportedly begun transferring centrifuges that enrich uranium to the secretive Fordo plant.
Iran seeks LNG exports to Indonesia after 2013, Press TV reports
Bloomberg: Iran is in talks with an Indonesian company to export 1.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually to the Southeast Asian country, Press TV reported, citing an Iranian energy official.
Foreign funds for Hamas hit by Syria unrest-diplomats
Reuters: Iran has cut back or even stopped its funding of Hamas after the Islamist movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, failed to show public support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said Sunday.
Iran moves some centrifuges to underground site
AP: Iran has moved some of its centrifuge machines to an underground enrichment site that offers better protection from possible airstrikes, the country’s vice president said Monday.
It’s time to lift the ‘terror tag’ from Iranian opposition group MEK
Fox News: As a retired Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, you could say I have a soft spot for a good crime story. Here’s one that would make anyone’s spine tingle: a secret U.S. government document emerges that asserts a friendly foreign organization is planning to conduct multiple terrorist attacks. Sounds like best-seller material. The only problem is that someone put this purely fictitious tale on the non-fiction shelf, with dangerous implications.
Iran link in Welsh steel mill crash
The Telegraph: Allegations of fraud, deceit and dishonest behaviour on behalf of a legal adviser to the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are set to emerge from the collapse of a Welsh steel mill in 2007.
