AFP: Iraq’s new parliament will convene on June 14 for the first time since March 7 elections that have yet to produce a new government, a presidency official said on Tuesday.
New Iraqi parliament to convene June 14: presidency official
Web of shell companies veils trade by Iran’s ships
New York Times: On Jan. 24, 2009, a rusting freighter flying a Hong Kong flag dropped anchor in the South African port of Durban.
Iran says no talks on nuclear issue if sanctioned
AFP: Iran will not agree to talks on its nuclear programme if the UN Security Council adopts fresh sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.
Russia, Iran in joint venture for nuclear plant
AFP: Russia and Iran will establish a joint venture to operate Tehran’s first nuclear plant set to come online this summer, Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of Russia’s nuclear state corporation, said on Tuesday.
The UN must try Iran’s 1988 murderers
The Guardian: The mass murderers of 1988 now hold power in Tehran. The world must make them face justice
Iran sanctions vote could come Wednesday: U.N. envoys
Reuters: Western nations are hoping the U.N. Security Council will be able to vote on Wednesday on a resolution imposing a fourth round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said.
Preview: Iran opposition to hold major gathering outside Paris
Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 07 – The Iranian opposition plans to hold a major rally near Paris in the last week of June, organisers tell Iran Focus.
At the mausoleum …
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 07 – From the Grapevine… Authorities undertook extra-ordinary measures to prevent any anti-government activity at the scene of Khomeini’s death anniversary in Tehran on Friday.
US doubts Iran has ‘benign’ intentions for Gaza
AFP: The United States on Monday questioned the Iranian Red Crescent’s decision to send aid ships to Gaza, saying Tehran’s intentions toward the Palestinian territory were not “benign.”
Opposition Iranian film-maker resurfaces in Germany
AFP: An Iranian film-maker and outspoken critic of his country’s regime who was missing in Germany for 12 days has resurfaced, prosecutors said on Monday.
