Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday it would let U.N. nuclear investigators visit a military complex where they had been refused access to check intelligence suggesting Tehran has pursued explosives research relevant to nuclear weapons.
Iran says to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site
Iran human rights lawyer jailed 18 years
AFP: Iran has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, to 18 years in jail for allegedly spreading anti-regime propaganda, several opposition websites reported on Tuesday.
Islamabad steps closer to Iranian pipeline
UPI: Islamabad offered a German engineering company a deal to start work on the Pakistan section of a natural gas pipeline from Iran, an official said.
Iran court tosses accused spy’s conviction
UPI: The Supreme Court of Iran has voided the death penalty sentence of a former U.S. Marine convicted of spying, officials said.
Iran group gets U.S. backers
National Law Journal: For nearly 20 months, the legal status of a dissident Iranian group has remained in limbo, mired in a U.S. State Department review of the association’s official designation as a foreign terrorist organization.
IAEA chief seeks new ideas in Iran stalemate
AFP: The head of the UN atomic watchdog called Monday for fresh guidance from member states on how to jumpstart its stalled probe into Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons drive.
Iranian opposition group eyes Jordan relocation
AP: An exiled Iranian opposition group being forced to relocate from its paramilitary base in eastern Iraq proposed on Saturday to temporarily move to the Jordanian border instead of Camp Liberty near Baghdad.
Ahmadinejad rivals rack up parliament wins in Iran
AP: Conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared on course Saturday to gain firm control of parliament after elections that could embolden Iran’s nuclear defiance and give the ruling clerics a clear path to ensure a loyalist succeeds Ahmadinejad next year.
Iran oil embargo questioned
Guardian: The effectiveness of an EU embargo on Iranian oil imports has been cast into doubt by growing evidence of a rise in shipments from the Islamic republic arriving in the Mediterranean.
Gul: Iran, Russia will change toward Syria
UPI: Iran and Russia’s only choice is to join the international opposition to President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, Turkish President Abdullah Gul says.
