USNewswire: In a symposium, coinciding with the anniversary of the ruling by a U.S. Federal Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the main Iranian opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK), former senior U.S. government officials called on the Department of State to expeditiously complete its review and remove the group from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
Former US officials call for expeditious review of MEK status
Iranian hardliner says US, Europe need ‘lesson’
AP: A prominent Iranian hardliner has called for attacks against U.S. and European airline offices over their refusal to supply fuel to Iranian aircraft.
France condemns Iran nuclear move as ‘provocation’
CNN: The French Foreign Ministry condemned Tuesday the Iranian government’s announcement that it was installing a new generation of centrifuges in its nuclear facilities, describing it as “a new wave of provocation” that flouts United Nations resolutions.
Iran says installing ‘speedier’ nuclear centrifuges
AFP: Iran announced Tuesday it is installing new centrifuges with “better quality and speed” to enrich uranium in its nuclear facilities, defying international demands it halt its atomic activities.
UN chief urges solution to Iranian exiles in Iraq
Reuters: U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called in a report made public on Tuesday for stepped-up efforts to resolve the problem of Iranian exiles living at a camp in Iraq that was the scene of a bloody clash in April.
Iran warns it may halt crude supplies to India
AFP: Iran on Tuesday issued a new warning that it will halt supplies of crude to India unless the issue of billions of dollars in overdue payments is resolved.
GCC protests at Iran cleric’s Bahrain comments
AFP: The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council on Monday delivered a protest note to Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia over an Iranian cleric’s remarks on Bahrain, a GCC statement said.
At least two Kurds, Iran Guard killed on Iraq border
AFP: At least two Iranian Kurdish rebels and one member of Tehran’s elite Revolutionary Guards were killed during clashes along the Islamic Republic’s border with Iraq, the two sides said on Sunday.
Iran to export 2.6 mln litres of gasoline per day
Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it would export 2.6 million litres of gasoline per day due to a rise in production and fall in consumption, an official was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.
Iran ‘arrests’ second female reporter
AFP: Iran has arrested another female reporter wanting to cover the women’s football World Cup in Germany, a press report said on Sunday, saying she was being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin jail.
