AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry will help ink a major estimated $2.1 billion proposed deal with Oman to supply a US-made air-defense system to the Gulf nation, officials said Tuesday.
Kerry to help ink $2.1 bln defense deal in Oman
Could this be Obama’s Iran-Contra?
Bloomberg: This might be the worst Washington scandal since Iran-Contra, in which 14 members of President Ronald Reagan’s administration were indicted, including U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
Iran pilgrims ‘killed in Iraq blasts’
AFP: A car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad on Monday, killing eight people, Iraqi police and a local official said.
Iran election overseers may bar former president
AP: Iran’s election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month’s presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners.
Iran says producing new air defense missile
AP: Iran says it has started mass producing a new sophisticated air defense missile system capable of engaging low-altitude aircraft.
Bahrain condemns Iran’s ‘flagrant interference’
Gulf News: Bahrain has condemned a statement by an Iranian minister as flagrant interference in its internal affairs and unprecedented behaviour in relations between sovereign countries.
Internet in ‘coma’ as Iran election looms
AFP: Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say.
Iran’s Guard warns against post-election turmoil
AP: Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential election.
Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying
AP: Iran’s state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.
Iran dispatches warship to shadow Gulf exercises
The Telegraph: Iran has dispatched one of its newest warships to shadow the world’s biggest mine-hunting exercise that has been taking place over the last few days in the Gulf.
