Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 12 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared the Jewish state of Israel as the largest and most significant threat to the region, urging all countries in the Middle East to do their utmost to contain this “threat”.
Iran tells regional states to beware of threat of Israel
Iran seeks ‘explicit’ deal in nuclear row: minister
AFP: Iran on Tuesday signaled it wanted closer cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog but said the Vienna-based agency must agree to “explicit” guidelines on how to proceed to solve a nuclear row.
Iran cabinet approves plan to re-denominate currency, Donya says
Bloomberg: Iran’s cabinet approved a plan to re-denominate the rial by slashing four zeros from the national currency, Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani.
Cyprus says attempted to offload Iran blast cargo
Reuters: Cyprus had attempted several times to offload a dangerous cargo of confiscated Iranian munitions that blew up on Monday killing 12, but was rebuffed by the United Nations, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Iranian opposition group worries for its safety
Epoch Times: On the morning of April 8, Iraqi military forces entered Camp Ashraf, 60 miles northeast of Baghdad in eastern Iraq near the border of Iran, and proceeded methodically to shoot and kill 34 and wound over 300 of the unarmed camp residents. Later two more died.
Iran arrests officials for ‘deviation’: report
AFP: Iran has made several arrests in connection with the “current of deviation”, a term used to refer to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff and entourage, ISNA news agency said Monday.
Iran threatens to attack rebels across Iraq border
AFP: Tehran “reserves the right” to attack the bases of an Iranian Kurdish separatist group across the Iraq border, the official IRNA news agency quoted an army official as saying on Monday.
Iran, Turkey discuss Syrian situation
AFP: Syria’s problems can be solved within “the family”, Iran’s foreign minister said during talks late Sunday with his Turkish counterpart, Fars news agency reported.
Panetta says Iranian arms in Iraq are a ‘concern’
New York Times: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Sunday that weapons supplied by Iran had become a “tremendous concern” for the United States in recent weeks in Iraq, where more American troops died in June in combat-related episodes than in any month since June 2008.
In Iran, sanctions aim at shipping lifeline
Washington Post: On June 30, the Danish shipping giant Maersk startled Iran’s trade officials by abruptly pulling out of the country’s three largest ports. Other shipping companies followed suit, and soon Iran was scrambling to find alternative ways to import food and other critical supplies.
