Reuters: The wife of an Iranian opposition leader who has been under unofficial house arrest since February has been allowed out for medical treatment, a reformist website said on Saturday.
Iran opposition leader’s wife let out for treatment
Obama condemns ‘outrageous’ Syria violence, Iran aid
AFP: US President Barack Obama condemned Syria’s “outrageous” use of violence, accusing the regime of seeking Iran’s aid in a brutal month-long crackdown that left over 70 people dead Friday.
US sanctions czar to press allies on Libya, Iran
AFP: US sanctions czar David Cohen will travel to France and Turkey next week, hoping to keep up international pressure on regimes in Iran and Libya, the Treasury Department said Friday.
U.S. charges three over computer exports to Iran
Reuters: Three U.S. citizens and their two companies were indicted on Thursday for illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of computers to Iran via the United Arab Emirates, the Justice Department said.
Iran’s Guard says military range now reaching as far as Indian Ocean
AP: The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Friday that his forces are expanding capabilities to retaliate against possible enemy attacks from outside the Gulf, further suggesting that Tehran seeks to widen its military reach.
Iranian students protest outside Saudi mission: reports
AFP: Iranian students Thursday began a three-day sit-in outside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran to condemn Riyadh’s military intervention in Bahrain and to back protests there, media reports said.
Rights groups call on UN to protect Iranian exile camp
AFP: Human rights groups called Wednesday on the United Nations to protect an Iranian exiles’ camp in Iraq, after a deadly Iraqi army raid.
Iran engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan freed
AFP: Twelve Iranian engineers kidnapped in western Afghanistan have been released along with three Afghan colleagues, police and officials in the two countries said on Wednesday.
UAE calls for Iran to ‘respect’ Gulf neighbours
AFP: Iran should respect the unity of its Arab neighbours in the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates foreign minister said on Wednesday at a time of heightened regional tension.
Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says
Reuters: Kuwait’s foreign minister said an Iranian spy cell uncovered by the Gulf Arab state last year monitored the U.S. military presence and possessed explosives to bomb “strategic” facilities.
