AFP: The 63rd Berlinale premiered Tuesday the latest film by banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, a haunting lament about crushing state oppression and a tribute to the resilience of the creative drive.
Berlin fest unveils Iran director’s cry for freedom
Small Russian banks help Iran’s oil exports: minister
Reuters: Small Russian banks are participating in schemes to finance Iranian oil exports, which are the target of U.S. and European sanctions against Tehran, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.
U.S. funds may have bought Iranian oil
UPI: The Afghan National Army may have used U.S. funds to buy fuel from Iran in violation of Western economic sanctions, a military audit has found.
Iran keeps door open to military site inspections
AP: Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s demands to revisit a military site where Tehran is suspected of conducting nuclear-related experiments are still on the table.
U.N. nuclear watchdog says it will work for Iran deal
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday it would seek in talks in Iran this week to bridge differences that have prevented it restarting an investigation into the Islamic state’s atomic activities.
China denounces US sanctions against companies
AP: China on Tuesday denounced U.S. sanctions against a leading state arms maker and other companies over alleged illicit dealings with North Korea, Syria and Iran.
Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran closer to nuclear ‘red line’
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran was now closer to crossing the “red line” after which it would be able to build a nuclear weapon but had not yet reached that stage.
An act of cowardice
Iran Focus: The senseless terrorist attack against defenceless Iranian exiles at Camp Liberty, in Iraq, is another example of the Iranian regime’s weakness, the failure of the UN mission in Iraq, and the abandoned responsibilities of the U.S. government.
Iraq – a basket case democracy!
Huffington Post: I have just looked at grisly photographs of the six innocent refugees and asylum-seekers massacred in Camp Liberty, West of Baghdad.
Iran holds, questions opposition leaders’ children
Reuters: Iranian authorities held and questioned two daughters of detained opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and the son of fellow opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi for several hours on Monday.
