Reuters: Italy’s Eni, which has been receiving payments in oil from Iran for debts, is reworking the deal and is unlikely to import crude in July after European Union sanctions on Tehran take effect, market sources said on Thursday.
Eni suspends Iran’s debt payments in oil -sources
Iran razes buildings near suspected Parchin nuclear site
Bloomberg: Iran razed two buildings near a suspected nuclear-trigger test site inside of its sprawling Parchin military complex, satellite images published by the Institute for Science and International Security show.
Demolition visible at Iran military site
UPI: Iran appears to have destroyed two small buildings at the Parchin military complex where nuclear weapons development is suspected, a U.S. security group said.
Facebook is a ‘blessing’, says ex-Iran leader: report
AFP: Facebook is a “blessing” that helps freedom-seeking movements challenge tyranny, a former president of Iran — which routinely blocks access to the social networking site — was quoted as saying in a report by the ISNA news agency.
Iran’s leader: Punishment for Syria massacre
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that those responsible for last week’s massacre of more than 100 people in Syria should be punished, in unusually harsh criticism from a staunch ally.
Iran site buildings “completely razed”- U.S. think-tank
Reuters: A U.S. security institute has published satellite images which it said increased concerns that Iran was trying to “destroy evidence” of suspected past research relevant for developing a nuclear weapons capability, a charge Tehran dismisses.
Iranian vice president visits Ecuador
AFP: Iranian Vice President Ali Saeedlu said Wednesday he delivered an invitation from Iran’s president to his Ecuadoran counterpart to visit Tehran for the Non-Aligned Movement summit in August.
Enrichment ‘not a step towards a bomb’: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 20 percent “is our right” and “is not a step towards a bomb,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in an interview with the satellite television network France 24.
US sees window for Iran nuclear talks closing
AFP: The window for dialogue over Iran’s nuclear programme is closing, the US ambassador to Israel said on Wednesday, insisting that Washington is under no illusions about Tehran’s agenda in the talks.
Official claims Iran has defeated ‘Flame’ virus
AP: A senior Iranian official claims Tehran has defeated a powerful computer virus that has unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and can eavesdrop on computer users.
