Reuters: Iran’s envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency dismissed on Tuesday a U.S. suggestion that Tehran should agree to tougher conditions than those it rejected last year for a possible nuclear fuel swap.
Iran envoy dismisses tougher terms for atom fuel swap
Top UK diplomat to hold Iran talks in Israel: report
AFP: British Foreign Secretary William Hague will hold top-level talks with Israeli officials on Iran’s nuclear programme during a three-day visit to the region, an Israeli newspaper said on Tuesday.
London says Iran stoning execution would be ‘unacceptable’
AFP: London told Iran Tuesday that it would view the execution of an Iranian mother convicted of adultery as “utterly unacceptable”, amid reports that she could be killed imminently, officials said.
Iranian lawyer committed to winning U.S. hikers’ freedom
Los Angeles Times: Masoud Shafii’s clients, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, are charged with spying. ‘Nobody can prove my clients were spies,’ says Shafii, who acknowledges he’s walking a tightrope as their lawyer.
Iran plans to execute woman in stoning case
Fox News: Human rights observers warn that Iran plans to execute a woman whose sentence to stoning has drawn international condemnation.
EU concerned at ‘imminent’ Iran execution
AFP: Chief European Union diplomat Catherine Ashton was “deeply concerned” at reports that the execution of a woman convicted of adultery in Iran was “imminent,” her spokeswoman said Tuesday.
French supporters fear Iranian woman to be stoned Wednesday
AFP: French human rights activists campaigning for the freedom of a Iranian mother who was convicted of adultery say they fear she could be stoned to death as early as Wednesday.
Q+A-How do the new sanctions on Iran affect oil?
Reuters: Decades of sanctions have stunted Iran’s oil and gas sector, which dominates its economy.
Nigeria: Iran won’t discuss arms seizure
AP: Iran’s embassy in Nigeria says it won’t elaborate on military-grade weaponry seized in Nigeria’s busiest port and linked to Iran.
Iran opposition leader slams ‘govt’s subsidy plan’
AFP: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has charged that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government lacks the means to implement its plan to scrap subsidies on energy products.
