AFP: US authorities Thursday charged firms in France and the United Arab Emirates for conspiring to export components for attack helicopters and fighter jets to Iran without a license.
US charges French, UAE firms over Iran exports
Iran arrests Ahmadinejad ally Malekzadeh – Fars
Reuters: Iran’s judiciary has arrested an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on unspecified charges, an unnamed official told semi-official Fars news agency on Thursday.
US sanctions Iran’s national airline
AFP: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions against Tehran’s state-owned national airline, Iran Air, barring Americans from doing business with it.
Iran says will block attempts to reduce global oil prices
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 23 – Iran’s caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi said Tehran would block any attempt to affect the current market oil prices.
Iran to supply Iraq 1.5 million liters of gasoil a day for power
Bloomberg: Iran agreed to supply 1.5 million liters, or 9,400 barrels, of gasoil a day to Iraq over 12 months for power generation, said Masaab Serri, a spokesman for the Iraqi Electricity Ministry.
Iran’s fashion crackdown moves beyond headscarves
AP: It’s an Iranian rite of summer: Islamic morality squads pressure women to keep their headscarves snug and coverings in place, and after a few extra tugs for modesty’s sake the crackdown inevitably fades.
Ahmadinejad loses fight over oil portfolio: parliament
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s plan to merge the strategic oil ministry into an enlarged energy portfolio has been “cancelled,” the official parliamentary website said on Tuesday.
Saudi suggests ‘squeezing’ Iran over nuclear ambitions
Wall Street Journal: A leading member of Saudi Arabia’s royal family warned that Riyadh could seek to supplant Iran’s oil exports if the country doesn’t constrain its nuclear program, a move that could hobble Tehran’s finances.
EU agrees to extend Syria curbs to include Iranians
Reuters: EU states reached a political agreement on Wednesday to extend sanctions against Syria to four military-linked entities and seven individuals, including three Iranians, linked to suppression of dissent, EU diplomats said.
Iran seeks closer ties with Cuba
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation with Cuban President Raul Castro expressed Tehran’s enthusiasm and willingness to intensify relations with all South American nations in particular Cuba, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
