AFP: Iran on Monday protested against the awarding of a Silver Bear to Jafar Panahi for the best screenplay for Parde (Closed Curtain) at the 63rd Berlin film festival, the ISNA news agency reported.
Iran slams Berlin film fest award for Panahi
Iran scolds world powers over gold sanctions “offer”
Reuters: Iran criticized on Monday a reported plan by major powers to demand the closure of a uranium enrichment plant in return for an easing of sanctions on Tehran’s trade in gold and other precious metals, Iranian media reported.
Iran taps North Korean-educated man for top post
AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated a North Korean-educated former Iranian military official for a key post in his government.
Iran chides France over nuclear rights
AFP: Iran on Monday urged Paris to take “a correct approach based on reality,” after the French defence minister stressed the need to prevent the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons.
Iran parliament apologises to Khamenei over row
AFP: Iran’s parliament has apologised to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for a heated row during an impeachment session, joining the president, speaker and chief justice in pledging obedience to the supreme leader.
China said to approve joining Iran high-speed railway project
Bloomberg: China’s State Council approved plans to take part in the construction of a high-speed railway line in Iran, two people familiar with the matter said.
Iranian dissident group is viable opposition: U.S. congressmen
Reuters: Four U.S. congressmen met an Iranian dissident leader on Sunday and urged President Barack Obama to treat her group as an alternative to Tehran’s government, four months after its removal from a list of terrorist organizations.
US Congress team warns Iraq after attack on Iranian refugees
AFP: A team of US Congressmen met with the Iranian dissident group MEK in Paris on Sunday and threatened to declare Iraq’s prime minister a sponsor of terrorism after a deadly attack on an Iranian exile camp there.
Hezbollah unmasked
New York Times: Hezbollah is helping to prop up the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and it acts as a proxy for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the region and beyond. In doing so, Hezbollah is putting the well-being of Lebanon and its people at risk.
Iran’s leader steps deeper into the political fray
AP: Iran’s supreme leader is supposed to be many things in the eyes of his followers: Spiritual mentor, protector of the Islamic Revolution, a moral compass above the regular fray.
