AP: Protesters demanding greater environmental protections for one of the world’s biggest saltwater lakes have clashed with security forces in western Iran.
Iranian protest urges help for shrinking lake
Iran FM to visit Pakistan next week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will visit Pakistan’s capital next week to take part in the 18th meeting of the Iran-Pakistan joint economic cooperation commission.
Iranian nuclear bid could provoke attack: Sarkozy
AFP: France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Wednesday that Iran’s alleged attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack.
Iran sends sub, warship on Red Sea patrol: navy
AFP: Iran has dispatched a submarine and a warship to the Red Sea on a patrol mission, navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said in a report by state media on Tuesday.
Iran atomic chief says fuel swap talks over: IRNA
AFP: Iran will no longer negotiate a nuclear fuel swap with some of the world powers, its atomic chief said on Monday, adding however that it is ready for closer cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Google users in Iran targeted in certificate scam
AFP: A false Internet security certificate has been used in an apparent attempt to snoop on Google users in Iran, according to the Internet search giant and computer security firms.
Iran snubs Gazprom, considers refineries sale
Reuters: Iran has “excluded” Russia’s Gazprom from a major oil field project, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Monday, in the latest snub to foreign investors that Tehran feels are not fulfilling their promises.
Iran releases jailed HIV doctor: family source
AFP: Iranian HIV doctor Arash Alaei has been released from jail in Tehran after spending more than three years behind bars for allegedly conspiring against the regime, his US-based brother said Monday.
Iran won’t stop uranium enrichment program
AP: Iran’s nuclear chief Fereidoun Abbasi says his country won’t stop uranium enrichment activities the U.N. has demanded it halt.
UN envoy disputes Iraq’s PM on Iranian exiles
AP: The departing head of the U.N. mission in Iraq on Monday bluntly disputed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s account of their farewell meeting, saying he did not embrace the government’s efforts to deport a group of Iranian exiles by the end of the year.
