Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 10 – The first four months of 2011 saw Iran export over 8.5 million tonnes of crude oil to China, a 32 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
Iran oil export to China up 32 percent
Iran to support Venezuela, Belarus, Ecuador
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 09 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it was the strategic policy of the Islamic Republic to support and increase ties with Venezuela, Belarus and Ecuador.
Tehran, Moscow seek to promote economic ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 09 – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Russian Minister for Information and Mass Communication Igor Shchegolev met in Tehran on Wednesday to discuss further expansion of ties between the two countries specifically in commerce and economic fields.
Iran says it will speed up uranium enrichment
New York Times: Iran declared Wednesday that it planned this year to triple production of its most concentrated form of nuclear fuel, expanding its manufacturing efforts to a mountainous, once secret nuclear site buried deep underground.
Iran summons British diplomat over Syria accusation
Reuters: Iran summoned Britain’s top diplomat in Tehran on Thursday to protest against accusations it was helping Syria crush anti-government protests.
US hits Iranian security forces for rights abuses
AFP: The United States on Thursday hit Iran’s police, Revolutionary Guard and the Basij militia with sanctions for “serious” rights abuses, ratcheting up pressure on the regime amid upheaval in the Islamic world.
Iran devalues rial by 11 percent to spur domestic demand
AP: The Iranian currency, the rial, was devalued by 11 percent on Wednesday as the government tries to liberalize its economy and curb imports.
EU ‘concerned’ over Iran uranium enrichment plans
AFP: The European Union expressed concern here Wednesday over Iran’s plans to triple its capacity to purify uranium, in defiance of multiple UN sanctions.
US: Iran move on uranium ‘provocative’
AFP: The United States warned on Wednesday that Iran’s decision to triple its capacity to purify uranium and to move the process to a secretive plant was “provocative” and asked Tehran to reconsider.
Iran to triple capacity to enrich 20% uranium
AFP: Iran plans to triple its capacity to purify uranium later this year when it transfers the work from the central city of Natanz to the Fordo site, the country’s nuclear chief said on Wednesday.
