AFP: Iran will make absolutely no concessions on its nuclear programme, a key lawmaker declared on Sunday amid high geopolitical tensions and ahead of mooted talks with world powers.
Iran ‘will not give up nuclear advances’: MP
UK says Iran blocking website in censorship battle
Reuters: Britain accused Iran on Sunday of blocking a website days after it was launched by the British government to reach out to Iranians, in the latest spat over media censorship.
Iraq offers oil to S.Lanka to avert Iran ban
AFP: Iraq has come forward to offer “substantial quantities” of crude oil to Sri Lanka, as the island desperately looks for alternatives to Iranian crude, according to a news report.
Iran Central Bank says rial can be traded at market rates
Bloomberg: Iran’s Central Bank, which had fixed the national currency at 12,260 to the dollar in a bid to stabilize it, said traders are once again allowed to buy and sell at market rates.
India issues warrant for another Iranian over blast
AFP: An Indian court issued on Saturday an arrest warrant against another Iranian suspect in an attack last month on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi, a report said.
India trade mission to Iran ‘very successful’
AFP: A major Indian trade delegation to Iran to explore export opportunities created by US-led sanctions against the Islamic republic was a big success, a leader of the mission has said.
Hopes riding on talks to defuse tense Iran situation
AFP: Hopes are riding high that mooted talks between Iran and world powers will de-escalate a dangerous showdown over Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.
Iran parliament speaker says Israel won’t attack
AP: Iran’s parliamentary speaker has called Israel a “barking dog” that won’t dare attack the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program.
India not to tax rupee payments for Iranian oil
Reuters: India has exempted payment in rupees for oil imports from Iran from hefty local taxes, a move that would help refiners settle some of their oil trade with the sanctions-hit country if the current mechanism through Turkey folds under fresh sanctions.
Simin Daneshvar, eminent Iranian author, dies at 90
New York Times: Simin Daneshvar, who was the most potent surviving symbol of the vibrancy of 20th-century literature in Iran, died on March 8 in Tehran. She was 90. Relatives, who confirmed the death, said she had had influenza.
