Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 13 – Iran’s top oil official said on Sunday that Tehran managed to prevent OPEC from increasing its output during the oil cartel’s latest meeting last Wednesday.
Iran says it blocked OPEC oil output increase
Commander: Iran successfully tests new air defence system
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 13 – Iran has successfully test-fired a new domestically-produced air defence system, a top Iranian air force commander said.
Iran deploys security forces on vote anniversary
AFP: Thousands of security forces were deployed in Tehran on Sunday to prevent any opposition protest on the second anniversary of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, witnesses said.
Jailed hunger striker dies: Iran opposition
AFP: Jailed opposition member Reza Hoda Saber, who went on hunger strike on June 2, has died of a heart attack, Iranian opposition website Kaleme.com reported on Sunday.
Iran says Saudi crude increase will not change market
Reuters: An increase in crude output by Saudi Arabia will not change market conditions as demand is for lighter oil than it provides, Iran’s OPEC governor was on Saturday quoted as saying, reiterating Tehran’s stance that there is no need to boost production.
U.S. congressional delegation sets off political IED in Iraq
McClatchy Newspapers: The U.S. Embassy sought Saturday to distance itself from a highly contentious “fact-finding mission” to Baghdad led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., that led Iraq to demand the entire congressional delegation leave the country.
Iraq bars U.S. visit to Iranian camp
Washington Post: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told a visiting U.S. congressional delegation Friday that it could not visit a camp of Iranian dissidents where 34 people died in clashes with Iraqi security forces in April, the delegation’s head said.
Iran nuclear progress report
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: For six months, global attention has fixed on the historic upheavals roiling the Arab world from Tunisia to Bahrain. But the biggest Middle Eastern story continues to be the steady progress Tehran has made toward acquiring the components of a deliverable nuclear weapon. The most recent news is disquieting, to say the least.
U.S. lawmakers, Iraq’s Maliki clash over killing of Iranians
McClatchy Newspapers: After a “very frank” exchange with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, a prominent House Republican announced Friday his subcommittee is investigating whether forces under Maliki’s command had committed a “crime against humanity” when they killed 35 Iranian dissidents at a camp north of Baghdad on April 8.
Factbox: U.S., EU, and U.N. sanctions against Iran
Reuters: Following are details of sanctions imposed against Iran in recent years by the United States, the United Nations and the European Union.
