AP: A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has gone on a hunger strike to protest her detention in solitary confinement on suspicion of spreading propaganda against the ruling system, her husband said Wednesday.
Jailed Iranian opposition lawyer on hunger strike
Brazil to play Iran in historic 1st soccer match
AP: Brazil and Iran will meet for the first time Thursday in an exhibition soccer match in Abu Dhabi.
Iran’s judiciary warns gold merchants over strike
AP: Iran authorities have threatened to take legal action against gold merchants in Tehran’s main bazaar if they don’t call off their two-week-old anti-tax strike, local media reported Thursday.
Argentine prosecutor urges Iran bomb trial response
Reuters: The Argentine prosecutor who accuses former Iranian officials of masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center says hosting a trial on neutral ground could help break the deadlock in the case.
Afghans find tons of explosive devices transferred from Iran
CNN: Authorities in southwestern Afghanistan have seized 19 tons of explosive devices that had been transferred across the border from Iran, police said.
U.A.E. cuts off ties to Iran banks
Wall Street Journal: Banks in the United Arab Emirates have curtailed financial dealings with a handful of Iranian banks blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury, officials here said, drying up one of Iran’s financial lifelines amid tightening international sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran gasoline capacity to keep growing -report
Reuters: Iran is expanding one of its main refineries as part of a drive to rapidly increase gasoline production capacity, a refinery official said, as the country seeks to counter international sanctions.
After currency crash, more worries for Iranian economy
Washington Post: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government, already faced with growing opposition from competing political forces within Iran, is confronting new pressure brought on by severe economic problems, including some triggered by international sanctions.
US warns Lebanon against Ahmadinejad visit to South
Reuters: The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had warned the Lebanese government about the risks of a visit by Iran’s president to Lebanon next week.
Rial rebounds against dollar in sanctions-hit Iran
AFP: Iran’s rial rebounded against the dollar on Tuesday as banks in the Islamic republic offloaded the greenback to curb the local currency’s recent steep losses triggered by sanctions, dealers said.
