AFP: Iran’s supreme leader on Monday appointed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Expediency Council, the country’s top political arbitration body headed by an avid critic of the outgoing president.
Ahmadinejad gets post-presidency seat on top Iran council
Iran arrests man on charges of spying for Israel
AP: Iranian authorities have arrested a man on charges of spying for Israel. The semiofficial Mehr news agency says the unidentified man had allegedly passed on intelligence to a security officer at the Israeli embassy in Thailand.
Iran seen trying new path to a bomb
Wall Street Journal: Iran could begin producing weapons-grade plutonium by next summer, U.S. and European officials believe, using a different nuclear technology that would be easier for foreign countries to attack.
Iran, U.S. signal will to engage as new president sworn in
Reuters: Iran and the United States signaled a fresh will on Sunday to seek to end the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program after Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as president and called for dialogue to reduce “antagonism and aggression”.
Iran’s terror cells in Syria exposed
Clarion Project: The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an Iranian opposition group that has previously exposed top-secret Iranian nuclear sites, has provided the Clarion Project with precise details of Iran’s operations to assist Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
Iran’s Rouhani tells Syria PM alliance will stay strong
Daily Star: New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani promised Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi on Sunday that there would be no change in the two countries’ close alliance, Syrian state media reported.
Senate urges Barack Obama to step up Iran sanctions
The Telegraph: America must step up sanctions and bring “a renewed sense of urgency” to halting Iran’s nuclear programme even as it hopes the inauguration of a new president in Tehran will lead to détente, the US Senate will say next week.
Iranians may have abducted Briton in Dubai: UK government source
Reuters: Britain is taking seriously allegations that a British-Iranian citizen who went missing in Dubai in June may have been kidnapped by “elements in Iran”, a government source in London said on Saturday.
Iran’s Rowhani takes office with vow to rescue economy
AFP: Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani assumed Iran’s presidency on Saturday promising to work to lift punishing international sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear programme.
Iran supreme leader endorses Rouhani for president
AP: Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president Saturday, allowing the moderate cleric to take charge of a country weakened by economic sanctions over its nuclear program.
