Reuters: An Iranian national pleaded guilty in Chicago on Tuesday to federal charges of trying to illegally export missile parts and radio test sets from the United States to Iran.
Iranian pleads guilty in Chicago to missile parts export plot
Iran parliament – Ahmadinejad ministry move illegal
Reuters: Iran’s parliament said on Wednesday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acted illegally by declaring himself caretaker oil minister and referred the case to the judiciary, increasing pressure on him to quit the post.
Daewoo Elec $513 mln takeover deal falls apart – source
Reuters: Daewoo Electronics creditors-turned-shareholders dropped the $513 million deal to sell the electronics maker to Iran’s Entekhab Industrial Group, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Inspectors pierce Iran’s cloak of nuclear secrecy
New York Times: The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to its board that laid out new information on what it calls “possible military dimensions” of Iran’s nuclear program, clarifying the central issue in the long clash between Tehran and the West over nuclear technology.
Iran and Armenia look to strengthen economic ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan met in Tehran on Monday at the 10th joint meeting of the Iran-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission.
Iran and Mauritanian bolster defence ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 – Iran’s Minister of Defence Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi and his Mauritanian counterpart announced on Tuesday that they plan to intensify defence cooperation between their two countries.
Merkel lands in India after Iran blocks plane
Reuters: Iran briefly refused to allow a plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to India to enter its airspace, forcing the government aircraft to circle over Turkey for almost two hours before giving clearance.
Iran Central Bank aims to increase deposit rates, Hamshahri says
Bloomberg: Iran’s Central Bank plans to increase interest rates for deposits in a bid to control fluctuations in the gold and foreign-currency markets, Hamshahri reported.
Iran hopes to agree oil payments with India by Tuesday
Reuters: Iran hopes to resolve a payments impasse with India over oil sales worth about $12 billion a year by Tuesday, the country’s envoy to India, Seyed Mahdi Nabizadeh, said on Monday.
Iran oil output ‘may drop drastically by 2015’
AFP: Iran’s oil production may fall to 2.7 million barrels per day within five years unless 150 billion dollars is invested in its energy sector, a top official said in a report on Monday.
