AFP: Ruling conservatives in Iran kept up their criticism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s inner circle on Monday, despite a plea for calm by all-powerful supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ahmadinejad’s clique under fire despite call for calm
Ahmadinejad’s Armenia visit “highly influential”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 06 – Armenian Ambassador to Tehran Grigor Arakelyan stated on Sunday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s upcoming visit to Armenia will be very important in strengthening ties between the two states.
Larijani highlights Iran’s influential role in the region
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 06 – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stated that Iran plays an “influential role” in the region despite attempts by its “enemies” to undermine it.
Iran yet to decide who heads OPEC delegation -Fars
Reuters: Iran has yet to decide who will head its delegation at this week’s meeting of OPEC oil producers, its OPEC governor was quoted as saying on Sunday by the Fars news agency.
Soccer-Iran to complain to FIFA over women’s ban
Reuters: Iran will complain to world soccer’s governing body FIFA after its women’s team were banned from a qualifying game for next year’s Olympics due to their Islamic dress, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.
“Dozens arrested” at service for Iran activist: report
Reuters: Dozens of people were arrested at a commemoration service Saturday for an Iranian activist who died at her father’s funeral earlier in the week after a scuffle with security forces, an opposition website reported.
Man in Pa. gets prison for shipping items to Iran
AP: An Iranian man who lives near Philadelphia has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for shipping banned products and equipment to his native country.
Khamenei calls for calm among conservatives
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader called on the ruling conservatives to end their divisions, in a speech on Saturday marking 22 years since the death of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Iran protest dispersed by force: witnesses
AFP: Iranian security forces on Saturday fired in the air to disperse several hundred people protesting against the death at her father’s funeral of political and social activist Haleh Sahabi, witnesses said.
Iran rebuffs UN atom body on military-linked queries
Reuters: Iran has rebuffed a request by the U.N. nuclear chief for prompt cooperation with a probe into possible military aspects of Tehran’s atomic activities, in a defiant letter underlining increasingly strained ties.
