Washington Post: An American woman jailed in Iran will not be freed Saturday as anticipated, Iranian state media reported Friday, and a high-profile ceremony to mark her release appeared to have been canceled after objections from the judiciary.
Iran announces delay in release of jailed American woman
Two killed in Iran gas pipeline blast: reports
AFP: Two people were killed and 16 others injured by an explosion at a gas pipeline near Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad on Friday, local media reported.
German gas giant Linde will pull out of Iran
AFP: The German industrial gas giant Linde said Friday that it would soon halt business operations in Iran owing to economic sanctions against the country.
Iran cancels release of detained American: report
Reuters: Iran has canceled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process has not been completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.
Iran denies secret nuclear site claim
Reuters: Iran said on Friday it had no covert uranium enrichment facility after a dissident group claimed it had evidence of a new secret underground atomic site in the Islamic state, a news agency reported.
Cyrus the Great artifact to be displayed in Iran
AP: A Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world’s first human rights charter is to go on display in Iran after the government threatened to cut ties with the British Museum if it did not loan the object.
Dissidents claim Iran is building a new enrichment site
New York Times: A dissident group that had previously revealed the existence of several hidden nuclear sites in Iran claimed Thursday that it had evidence that the country was building another secret uranium enrichment plant.
Iran accused of building secret underground nuclear plant
Daily Telegraph: Iran has been secretly constructing a vast underground complex to hide a nuclear facility in the mountains east of Tehran in a development that would violate the UN sanctions regime, it has been claimed.
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New York Times – Editorial: Iran has spent the last four years ignoring the United Nations’ order to stop enriching uranium. And far too many of the world’s major players have spent the last four years ignoring Iran’s defiance.
Iran to release female American after 13 months
AP: Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has confirmed that a female American held for more than a year will be released.
