AP: A newly appointed governor in northern Iran has been dismissed after officials asked for guidance from God through divination, according to a media report Saturday.
Officials fire Iranian governor after divination
Iran defense chief in Kabul as Afghans eye security
Reuters: Iran’s defense minister made a landmark visit to Afghanistan on Saturday to bolster ties as Kabul prepares to assume security control from NATO-led forces and Washington seeks to wind down its almost decade-old tenure.
UN rights investigator on Iran named
Reuters: A former foreign minister of the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, was named United Nations human rights investigator on Iran on Friday, the first in nearly a decade.
Iran warns China over South Pars gas deal-report
Reuters: China should fulfil its duties in developing a phase of Iran’s South Pars gas field or the contract would be cancelled, the semi-official Mehr news agency on Friday quoted the country’s top oil company as saying.
Jailed Iran brothers win global health prize
AFP: Two Iranian doctors who were jailed three years ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government were awarded a global health prize on Thursday for their efforts to treat patients with HIV.
Iran to put a monkey into space: report
AFP: Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country’s top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday.
Iran seeks strengthened ties with Muslim states
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 – Top Iranian officials have stressed Tehran’s aim of establishing strong ties with other Muslim countries, state media reported on Thursday.
Iran to use “all tools” to stop currency slide
Reuters: Iran’s central bank announced a raft of measures to prop up the rial currency on Wednesday after a rush for dollars forced a devaluation.
China, Russia press Ahmadinejad at rare meeting
AFP: The leaders of China and Russia on Wednesday pressed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to show more cooperation to resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff, in a rare meeting at a regional security summit.
China pushes Iran to return to talks
Reuters: China’s President Hu Jintao told his Iranian counterpart on Tuesday that six-nation talks were the best way to guarantee Iran’s right of peaceful use of nuclear energy on the eve of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in Kazakhstan.
