AFP: Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz who went missing on her arrival in Syria last month is free and back in Doha, the news channel said on its website Wednesday.
Al-Jazeera journalist who went missing in Syria free: TV
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to head next OPEC meeting – report
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the next OPEC meeting set for June 8 in Vienna, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Wednesday.
2 Belgians accused of smuggling helicopter, aircraft parts to Iran in S. California indictment
AP: Two Belgian men smuggled millions of dollars’ worth of helicopter and aircraft parts from the United States to Iran, according to a federal grand jury indictment.
US slaps sanction on Iranian state-owned bank
AFP: The United States froze the assets Tuesday of an Iranian state-owned bank for its alleged help with Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
AP Exclusive: Iran backs nuke plans despite risks
AP: The leaders of earthquake-prone Iran have rejected concerns by the country’s top scientists about a plan to build a national nuclear reactor network, according to intelligence shared with The Associated Press.
Cameron says popular uprising is possible in ‘basket-case’ Iran
Bloomberg: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, praising the Arab Spring of democratic protests across the Middle East and North Africa, said a similar revolt in Iran should not be ruled out.
Iran president’s jobless figures are misleading, Shargh reports
Bloomberg: Unemployment statistics presented by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are deceitful, according to Ahmad Tavakoli, an economist and head of the parliament’s research center, Shargh reported.
Iran top diplomat to visit Kuwait Wednesday
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will travel to Kuwait on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues, ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
US studies UN report Iran, NKorea sharing missile know-how
AFP: The United States said it is studying a UN sanctions report alleging North Korea and Iran are sharing ballistic missile technology.
Iran denies getting missile technology from NKorea
AP: Iran on Tuesday denied a U.N. panel report saying that North Korea and Iran appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missiles, components and technology in violation of U.N. sanctions.
