Bloomberg: U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman will join Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi to discuss ways to mitigate crude-price volatility at the International Energy Forum in Kuwait.
U.S. meets Iran on energy panel to debate oil price volatility
One killed, 74 injured during Iran fire festival
AP: Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency says the country’s annual fire festival has cost the life of one person and injured 74 others.
Iranian released from US prison to be deported: official
AFP: An Iranian whose release reportedly had been sought by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is undergoing deportation proceedings after serving a five year prison sentence for arms smuggling, a US official said Tuesday.
EU calls on Iran to release rights lawyer
AFP: The European Union on Tuesday called on Iran to release a prominent human rights lawyer recently sentenced to 18 years in prison, calling the verdict an “unacceptable attack” against the legal profession.
Iran may not open a site to inspectors
New York Times: Iran signaled on Tuesday that it was unwilling to grant a request by international nuclear inspectors for unfettered access to a restricted military complex that they suspect may house a chamber designed to test explosives used in atomic weapons triggers.
Obama, Cameron united on Afghanistan, Iran
AFP: David Cameron and US President Barack Obama offered a united front Tuesday on many global issues, including in Afghanistan, ahead of talks between the two leaders.
Iran rejects claims of cleaning up nuclear works
AP: Iran is rejecting allegations that it attempted to clean up radioactive traces possibly left by tests of a nuclear-weapon trigger at a military site.
Japan follows allies, adds Iran bank to sanctions list
Reuters: Japan on Tuesday placed Iran’s third-largest bank on a blacklist for allegedly having helped Tehran develop its nuclear programme, following up on similar moves by the United States and the European Union announced in January.
Iran sure no attack will go through Azerbaijan
AP: Iran is confident that neighboring Azerbaijan would not allow attacking forces to pass through its territory, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Israel a ‘dead’ regime, Iran says
UPI: Western supporters of Israel are losing credibility in the eyes of the international community, the Iranian president said.
