AFP: Iran’s judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie announced on Monday the release on bail of Iranian actress and filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani and actress Marzieh Vafamehr, IRNA news agency said.
Iran to release actresses on bail: judiciary
US denies killing scientist, presses Iran
AFP: The United States on Monday denied Iranian accusations it assassinated a scientist and urged the Islamic regime not to use the incident to “distract attention” from its contested nuclear program.
China, Iran eye barter plan to bypass U.S. sanctions – FT
Reuters: Iran and China are discussing using a barter system to exchange Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, as U.S. sanctions have blocked China from paying at least $20 billion for oil, the Financial Times said.
Iran’s top leader names mediator in power struggle
AP: Iran’s top leader on Monday appointed a mediator to resolve an ongoing dispute between the country’s president and parliament that has also challenged his own authority.
Iran to ink gas contact with Syria, Iraq
Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it reached a trilateral agreement with its allies Syria and Iraq to build a pipeline which would boost its gas exports, a senior official was quoted as saying by the media.
Iran Foreign Min to visit India amid oil row
Reuters: Iran’s foreign minister will visit India in the coming weeks, news agency ISNA quoted an official on Saturday as saying, as the two countries seek a way of ending a standoff over unmet payments for oil exports.
Iran: Slain man was student, not nuclear scientist
AP: Iran said the victim of a deadly shooting Saturday was a university student — not a physicist involved in the disputed nuclear program as state media first reported.
Iran says remains OPEC second-largest producer
Reuters: Iran retains its position as the second-largest producer in OPEC despite the group’s report that Nigeria has now obtained the rank, the students news agency ISNA quoted the country’s OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi as saying on Saturday.
Iranian nuclear scientist shot dead
AFP: A nuclear scientist was shot dead on Saturday by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, the latest expert with links to Iran’s controversial atomic programme to be targeted, local media reported.
Six Iran troops killed in clashes with Kurd rebels
AFP: A senior officer of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards was among six soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels on the border with Iraq, Fars news agency reported on Friday.
