AP: Iran’s intelligence minister said Friday that his country has found a way to block the so-called “Internet in a suitcase,” a program reportedly developed by the U.S. to bring online access to dissidents around the world.
Iran says it can block ‘Internet in a suitcase’
Iran installing advanced nuclear machines for testing
Reuters: Iran is stepping up centrifuge development work aimed at making its nuclear enrichment more efficient, diplomats say, signalling a possible advance in the Islamic Republic’s disputed atomic programme.
Tehran ready to give Syria $5.8 billion: report
Reuters: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini backs offering $5.8 billion in aid to Syria to bolster its economy, a French newspaper said Friday, citing a report by a Tehran think-tank linked to Iran’s leadership.
Iranians protest US ban on opposition group
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, Jul. 15 – Hundreds of Iranians rallied Friday outside the US State Department on the anniversary of a US Federal Court of Appeals ruling in favour of the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), urging the Obama Administration to revoke the group’s status as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
Spanish judge want to quiz Iraq PM over killings
AP: A Spanish judge wants to question Iraq’s prime minister and three Iraqi army officers in a probe into the killing of Iranians exiled in Iraq.
Pakistani President to visit Iran on 16 July
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will be visiting Iran on 16 July, according to Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakeri.
Iran-Nigeria in trade talks after strained ties
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is in Nigeria for a meeting of eight developing countries that want to boost trade, government officials and diplomats said Thursday.
Crescent Petroleum: Iran gas arbitration decision seen February 2012
Dow Jones: Crescent Petroleum expects an arbitration tribunal to issue a decision in February 2012 on its natural gas dispute with the National Iranian Oil Co., or NIOC, Crescent’s chief executive said Wednesday.
BBC says Persian TV channel jammed from Iran
Reuters: Britain’s publicly-funded broadcaster the BBC said on Wednesday its Persian television service was being deliberately jammed from inside Iran.
Iran’s Baghdad ambassador hurt in accident
AFP: Iran’s ambassador to Iraq was slightly injured in an accident at a checkpoint outside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, a security official said on Thursday.
