AFP: Iran on Tuesday blamed European Union Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton for the deadlock over nuclear talks with world powers, urging her to be “more active” in pursuing the dialogue.
Iran blames EU’s Ashton for nuclear talks deadlock
Iran’s hardliners target moderate stronghold
AP: Iran’s leader issued a decree Monday paving the way for a state takeover of the country’s largest private university, in a crushing blow to the nation’s moderates.
EU’s Iran sanctions threaten Nabucco pipe, Sueddeutsche reports
Bloomberg: European Union sanctions against Iran threaten the planned Nabucco pipeline to ship natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe, Sueddeutsche Zeitung said, citing an internal EU paper.
Arrested foreigners tied to anti-revolutionaries: Iran
AFP: Iran said Tuesday that two foreigners arrested for posing as journalists and interviewing the son of a woman facing execution by stoning are suspected of having links with anti-revolution groups.
Merkel says Foreign Ministry working to free Germans in Iran
Bloomberg: Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the German Foreign Ministry is working to free two German citizens arrested in Iran.
Iran expels Spanish journalist – newspaper
Reuters: Iran has cancelled the accreditation of the correspondent of the Spanish daily El Pais and ordered her to leave the country within two weeks, her newspaper said on Monday.
Palin raises concerns about Iran in interview
AP: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran could “lead to an Armageddon” and a world war that could “decimate so much of this planet.”
Iranian legislator wants Russia to be sued over missile contract
CNN: An Iranian legislator has called on the government to sue Russia after Moscow reneged on the delivery of an antiaircraft missile system to Iran, the semi-official FARS News Agency reported Monday.
Iran says oil reserves up, at 150 billion barrels
AFP: Iran boasted Monday its proven oil reserves have risen by nine percent to 150.31 billion barrels, a week after neighbouring Iraq claimed it had overtaken Tehran in terms of size of crude reserves.
Iran to show proof of US nuclear aid to Israel: negotiator
AFP: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel.
