AFP: India, which hosts South Asia’s biggest airshow next week, has not invited arch-rival Pakistan, China or Iran to the biennial event, organisers said on Tuesday.
China, Pakistan, Iran blocked from Indian airshow
Iran faces nuclear smuggling charges
Wall Street Journal: U.S. authorities disclosed charges and sanctions against operators of an alleged smuggling network that was accused of purchasing millions of dollars in equipment for Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
Iran executions three times last year’s rate -U.N.
Reuters: Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Wednesday and her office said the rate was three times that of last year.
Iran’s Khamenei to lead Friday prayers: reports
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead this week’s Friday prayers, his first sermon after nearly seven months, in which he could address the uprising in Egypt, reports said Tuesday.
Nigeria sets new trial date for Iranian in weapons case
AFP: A Nigerian court on Tuesday set a new trial date for later this month for an alleged Iranian Revolutionary Guard member charged over an illegal arms shipment seized in October in the West African country.
Iran seeks Salehi’s replacement as atomic chief
AFP: Iran will soon find a successor to atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi, who this week officially took over as foreign minister, a top aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
US charges Iranian with exporting metal to missile firms
AFP: US authorities have charged an Iranian man with exporting specialized metals to his homeland where firms under US sanction could use them in nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Iran’s gateway in Dubai highlights sanctions’ bite
AP: The appeals from cash-starved businesses in Iran come in nearly every day at the small shipping office in Dubai.
Iran parliament dismisses Transport Minister over poor record
Bloomberg: Iran’s parliament dismissed the Roads and Transportation Minister after blaming him for failing to improve road and air safety, state-run news agencies reported.
Iran warns France over Louvre artefacts: report
AFP: Tehran has warned it will cut cultural ties with France if renowned Paris museum The Louvre fails to set up an exhibition of Persian artefacts in Iran as agreed, an official was Monday cited as saying.
