Reuters: Iran’s parliament approved Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s annual budget on Tuesday, putting aside differences with a president that lawmakers have often accused of undermining their role in running the Islamic Republic.
Iran parliament passes 2011-12 budget
Iran wants Shourd to return from U.S. for trial
Reuters: Iran wants Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans arrested in 2009 on spying charges, to return from the United States to stand trial in May, her lawyer was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
‘I would rather die here than go back to Iran and be killed’: Iranian asylum seekers sew their mouths together and go on hunger strike in deportation protest
Daily Mail: In a desperate attempt to have their asylum claims accepted by the UK government, four Iranians have sewn their mouths shut with fishing wire and gone on hunger strike with two others.
Iran says is uncovers second cyber attack
AP: Iran has been hit by a second computer virus, a senior military official said Monday, suggesting it was part of a concerted campaign to undermine the country’s disputed nuclear program.
Iran on edge as ally Syria fights for survival
AP: When Syria’s president visited Iran late last year, he received a heroes’ medal and spoke about unbreakable bonds in a ceremony broadcast on national television.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad, conservatives in new showdown
AFP: Iran is bracing for a fresh showdown between supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and some conservatives as simmering tensions build in the run-up to the March 2012 parliamentary election.
Iran food prices up 25 pct, twice inflation
Reuters: Food prices in Iran have risen almost 25 percent in one year, official figures released on Sunday showed, twice the overall official rate of inflation.
Iran opposition leader’s wife let out for treatment
Reuters: The wife of an Iranian opposition leader who has been under unofficial house arrest since February has been allowed out for medical treatment, a reformist website said on Saturday.
Obama condemns ‘outrageous’ Syria violence, Iran aid
AFP: US President Barack Obama condemned Syria’s “outrageous” use of violence, accusing the regime of seeking Iran’s aid in a brutal month-long crackdown that left over 70 people dead Friday.
US sanctions czar to press allies on Libya, Iran
AFP: US sanctions czar David Cohen will travel to France and Turkey next week, hoping to keep up international pressure on regimes in Iran and Libya, the Treasury Department said Friday.
