Reuters: Three U.S. citizens and their two companies were indicted on Thursday for illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of computers to Iran via the United Arab Emirates, the Justice Department said.
U.S. charges three over computer exports to Iran
Iran’s Guard says military range now reaching as far as Indian Ocean
AP: The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Friday that his forces are expanding capabilities to retaliate against possible enemy attacks from outside the Gulf, further suggesting that Tehran seeks to widen its military reach.
Iranian students protest outside Saudi mission: reports
AFP: Iranian students Thursday began a three-day sit-in outside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran to condemn Riyadh’s military intervention in Bahrain and to back protests there, media reports said.
Rights groups call on UN to protect Iranian exile camp
AFP: Human rights groups called Wednesday on the United Nations to protect an Iranian exiles’ camp in Iraq, after a deadly Iraqi army raid.
Iran engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan freed
AFP: Twelve Iranian engineers kidnapped in western Afghanistan have been released along with three Afghan colleagues, police and officials in the two countries said on Wednesday.
UAE calls for Iran to ‘respect’ Gulf neighbours
AFP: Iran should respect the unity of its Arab neighbours in the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates foreign minister said on Wednesday at a time of heightened regional tension.
Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says
Reuters: Kuwait’s foreign minister said an Iranian spy cell uncovered by the Gulf Arab state last year monitored the U.S. military presence and possessed explosives to bomb “strategic” facilities.
Norway blasts ‘grotesque’ hike in Iran public executions
AFP: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on Thursday blasted a sharp hike in public executions in Iran and the high use of the death penalty in the country.
Iranian leader rebuffs Ahmadinejad over official’s dismissal
Washington Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a public rebuff Wednesday when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, confirmed that the intelligence minister, whom Ahmadinejad had dismissed Sunday, is to keep his job.
Top Egypt cleric tells Iran to stay out of Arab affairs
AFP: Egypt’s top cleric on Tuesday admonished the rulers of Libya, Syria and Yemen against spilling Muslim blood and warned Iran to stay out of Arab affairs, the official MENA news agency reported.
