AP: Iraq’s Supreme Court on Tuesday took the first major step toward resolving the nation’s election crisis, ratifying the results and declaring a secular alliance the biggest winner in the March 7 parliamentary vote.
Iraq’s Supreme Court ratifies election results
Iranian subsidy cuts to hurt Afghan refugees – UNHCR
Reuters: Iran’s plans to slash subsidies on electricity, water and food will pinch Afghan refugees who are already struggling to make ends meet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday.
Iran arrests two reporters ahead of poll anniversary
AFP: Iran has arrested two female journalists working for reformist newspapers ahead of the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, an opposition website reported on Tuesday.
China calls on Iran to boost cooperation with IAEA
AFP: China on Tuesday called on Iran to improve its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, after the agency said in a report that Tehran was pressing ahead with its controversial atomic programme.
U.N. report says Iran has fuel for 2 nuclear weapons
New York Times: In their last report before the United Nations Security Council votes on sanctions against Iran, international nuclear inspectors declared Monday that Iran has now produced a stockpile of nuclear fuel that experts say would be enough, with further enrichment, to make two nuclear weapons.
FACTBOX-Main points from latest IAEA report on Iran
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday that Iran has been preparing extra equipment for enriching uranium to higher levels, a move which may increase tensions with the West over its atomic work. Following are excerpts from the report:
Iran moves to thwart protests ahead of election anniversary
New York Times: Moving to thwart any protests on the anniversary of a disputed election, the authorities in Iran have ordered at least two million paramilitary members into Tehran, re-arrested dissident activists furloughed from prison and aggressively enforced public bans on mingling of the sexes and un-Islamic women’s clothing.
Iran remembers founding father… with free juice
Iran Focus – Editorial: If there ever was the slightest doubt about the mullahs’ unpopularity among the Iranian people, the recent desperate, albeit amusing, gambit by authorities to entice people to visit the shrine of the regime’s founder should prove as a clear indication.
Students protest in top Tehran university
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 01 – Hundreds of students protested on Tuesday in Tehran’s prestigious Elm-va-Sanaat University (University of Science and Technology) despite an attempt by university authorities and hard-line members of the para-military Bassij force to prevent the action.
Iran braces for June protests as opposition mounts digital offensive
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 – Iranian state media warned Monday that the country’s main organised opposition group was making a concerted effort to bring people to the streets in June to mark the anniversary of the nationwide protests that rattled the regime last summer.
