Reuters: Iran has cut back or even stopped its funding of Hamas after the Islamist movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, failed to show public support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said Sunday.
Foreign funds for Hamas hit by Syria unrest-diplomats
Iran moves some centrifuges to underground site
AP: Iran has moved some of its centrifuge machines to an underground enrichment site that offers better protection from possible airstrikes, the country’s vice president said Monday.
It’s time to lift the ‘terror tag’ from Iranian opposition group MEK
Fox News: As a retired Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, you could say I have a soft spot for a good crime story. Here’s one that would make anyone’s spine tingle: a secret U.S. government document emerges that asserts a friendly foreign organization is planning to conduct multiple terrorist attacks. Sounds like best-seller material. The only problem is that someone put this purely fictitious tale on the non-fiction shelf, with dangerous implications.
Iran link in Welsh steel mill crash
The Telegraph: Allegations of fraud, deceit and dishonest behaviour on behalf of a legal adviser to the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are set to emerge from the collapse of a Welsh steel mill in 2007.
Russia in talks to build more nuclear plants in Iran: report
AFP: Russia has put forward “proposals” to build new nuclear power plants in Iran after the completion of the Bushehr project, local media reported Sunday quoting the Islamic republic’s atomic chief.
Tehran prosecutor confirms 8-year jail term for US hikers
AFP: Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi on Sunday confirmed that Iran has sentenced two American hikers to eight years in prison each for illegal entry and espionage, local media reported.
Clinton: US disappointed by hikers’ plight in Iran
AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is “deeply disappointed” that Iran has sentenced two American to eight years in prison after their conviction on charges of espionage and illegal entry.
US says hikers ‘imprisoned too long’ in Iran
AFP: Washington said Saturday that two US hikers “have been imprisoned too long” in Iran and that it was looking into reports that they had been sentenced to eight years in jail for spying.
Iran sentences US hikers to 8 years in prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 – Iran on Saturday sentenced two US hikers detained on espionage charges to eight years in prison, state television reported.
Sinopec starts up refining unit in Iran’s Arak plant
Reuters: Sinopec Engineering Inc. (SEI), an arm of Sinopec Group, started up a unit this week in Iran’s Arak refinery, offering a rare clue on the progress the state-run Chinese oil firm is making in the sanctions-hit country.
