UPI: Iran’s supreme leader announced Wednesday he called on Iran’s president to set up a council to examine domestic and international Internet usage.
Iran considers cyberspace council
Iran sanctions may already be cutting crude flow as ships cancel voyages
Bloomberg: U.S. and European sanctions designed to pressure Iran over its nuclear program may be cutting the Persian Gulf nation’s oil exports as vessels cancel trips to the country.
US says Iranian general key in Afghan heroin trade
AFP: Washington on Wednesday named a general in Iran’s elite al-Quds force as a key figure in trafficking heroin from Afghanistan.
France says Iran ‘two-faced’, sceptical talks can succeed
Reuters: France voiced scepticism on Wednesday that a revival of talks between six world powers and Iran would succeed, saying Tehran did still not seem sincerely willing to negotiate about the future of its nuclear programme.
UN atomic agency adjourns Iran meeting
AFP: The UN atomic agency’s board Wednesday adjourned talks until Thursday while world powers haggle over a joint statement on the possible resumption of negotiations with Iran, diplomats said.
Court orders US to review terror label for Iran exiles
AFP: A US court has ordered the government to examine quickly a request by the main Iranian opposition group to be taken off a US terror blacklist, according to documents seen Wednesday by AFP.
Iran nuclear talks will fail under pressure: speaker
AFP: Talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme will fail if world powers use “pressure” during the negotiations, Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday.
World powers seek unity on Iran nuke program
AP: Six world powers struggled Wednesday to find common ground on how harshly to criticize Iran, reflecting the difficulties of presenting a united front at upcoming talks with the Islamic Republic meant to coax it into reducing activities that could be used to make a nuclear weapon.
Indian police arrest man over Israel car bombing
AFP: New Delhi police said they had arrested a man in connection with last month’s bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car, which Israel blamed on Iran.
EU’s Ashton accepts Iranian offer of nuclear talks
Reuters: European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton wrote to Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Tuesday, accepting an offer to meet to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program.
