Iran Focus: Washington, DC, Jul. 15 – Hundreds of Iranians rallied Friday outside the US State Department on the anniversary of a US Federal Court of Appeals ruling in favour of the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), urging the Obama Administration to revoke the group’s status as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
Iranians protest US ban on opposition group
Spanish judge want to quiz Iraq PM over killings
AP: A Spanish judge wants to question Iraq’s prime minister and three Iraqi army officers in a probe into the killing of Iranians exiled in Iraq.
Pakistani President to visit Iran on 16 July
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will be visiting Iran on 16 July, according to Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakeri.
Iran-Nigeria in trade talks after strained ties
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is in Nigeria for a meeting of eight developing countries that want to boost trade, government officials and diplomats said Thursday.
Crescent Petroleum: Iran gas arbitration decision seen February 2012
Dow Jones: Crescent Petroleum expects an arbitration tribunal to issue a decision in February 2012 on its natural gas dispute with the National Iranian Oil Co., or NIOC, Crescent’s chief executive said Wednesday.
BBC says Persian TV channel jammed from Iran
Reuters: Britain’s publicly-funded broadcaster the BBC said on Wednesday its Persian television service was being deliberately jammed from inside Iran.
Iran’s Baghdad ambassador hurt in accident
AFP: Iran’s ambassador to Iraq was slightly injured in an accident at a checkpoint outside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, a security official said on Thursday.
Spanish judge to probe Iraqi raid on refugee camp
AFP: A Spanish judge will investigate the alleged role of three Iraqi officers, including the head of the army, in a deadly raid last April on a refugee camp housing thousands of outlawed Iranian opponents.
US eyes Russia plan to get Iran back to nuke talks
AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will study a Russian idea to bring Iran back into talks over its suspect nuclear program.
Iran’s FM visits Algeria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 13 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi landed in Algiers on Wednesday where he was met by his Algerian counterpart Mourad Meldeci.
