AP: Iran’s official news agency is reporting the country has finished building an oil tanker for Venezuela, a key ally.
Report: Iran builds oil tanker for Venezuela
Iran seeks to work with Facebook against porn
AP: A semi-official Iranian news agency says police hope to work with Facebook to fight cyber-crimes and pornography — a turnabout in Tehran’s stance toward the social networking giant that it previously banned after activists used it as an organizing tool.
Iran general: Reprisals await ‘Arabs’ over Syria
AP: A commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards has warned “hated Arab” rivals they could face repercussions for their efforts to topple the Tehran-backed regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria, a report said Tuesday.
EU-Iran officials hold talks on nuclear row
AFP: Senior European and Iranian diplomats met in Turkey on Tuesday in a bid to seek common ground in the protracted negotiations on Tehran’s disputed nuclear drive.
China slow to adjust to Iranian sanctions
UPI: It would take at least three months before China can realistically honor European sanctions on Iranian oil, a research analyst said.
Report: Rare Iran protest over food price hikes
AP: An Iranian news agency reports people have poured into the streets of a northeastern city to protest a steep hike in the price of chicken.
Iran says Olympians will compete against Israelis
AP: Iranian athletes will compete against Israelis at the London Olympics, according to the country’s chef de mission.
Toppling Iran’s Unsteady Regime
Wall Street Journal: Sanctions may not bring Tehran to heel on nuclear arms, but they can undermine the regime. The decades of economic mismanagement by Iran’s authoritarian leaders have culminated in five years of increasingly stern sanctions, which are crippling Iran’s economy.
Iran, EU officials seek common ground for renewing nuclear talks
Bloomberg: Iranian and European Union officials meet in Istanbul today in an attempt to establish common ground for another round of international talks on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
Gulf states back Yemen in Iran spy cell row
AFP: The energy-rich Gulf Cooperation Council on Monday expressed support for Yemen’s security days after Sanaa said it uncovered what it called an Iranian spy cell.
