Bloomberg: Iran’s Mohammad Aliabadi, appointed last week by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the nation’s acting oil minister, will represent the nation when OPEC members meet this week, the ministry’s news website Shana said.
Iran’s Aliabadi to attend OPEC meeting, Vice President says
Iran sends submarines to Red Sea: report
Reuters: Iran has sent submarines to the Red Sea, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified source, in a move that could anger Israel.
Iran says no offer can stop it enriching uranium
Reuters: No offer from world powers can persuade Iran to stop enriching uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, dismissing the key demand of countries that fear Tehran is developing nuclear weapons.
Obama: New sanctions against Iran may be coming
Reuters: President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States and its allies may slap more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, after Tehran vowed that no offer could halt its enrichment of uranium.
Iran wants the bomb, and it’s well on its way: Jeffrey Goldberg
Bloomberg: The Iranian government, which is known neither for transparency nor candor, has insisted for many years that the goal of its nuclear program is entirely peaceful. And for many years, the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose motto is “Atoms for Peace,” has tended to give the ayatollahs the benefit of the doubt on this question.
Iran’s illegal arms trade: ‘Hypocritical and dangerous’
BBC: Evidence is mounting that Iran is supplying weapons to the Taliban – and that British and other foreign troops are dying in Afghanistan as a result.
Iran-Turkey trade tops $4bln in first four months – report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 07 – The total trade between Iran and Turkey for the first four months of the current Persian calendar year amounted to $4 billion, an increase of 76.22% compared to the same period last year.
Iran exchange starts fuel oil trading in Kish island, Fars says
Bloomberg: The Iran Mercantile Exchange has started trading fuel oil in the Persian Gulf’s island of Kish, according to the Fars news agency.
UN nuclear watchdog turns up heat on Syria and Iran
AFP: UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano turned up the heat on Syria and Iran — both accused of illicit nuclear activity — as the body’s policy-making board of governors began a meeting in Vienna on Monday.
UN atomic watchdog meets on Syria, Iran
AFP: The UN atomic watchdog opens a week-long meeting Monday, with the United States and its western allies looking to pass a resolution against Syria over its alleged illicit nuclear activity.
