Reuters: An Iranian cargo plane was forced to land in southeast Turkey for the second time within a week on suspicion it was carrying weapons or bomb-making material to Syria, Turkish media reported Sunday.
Second Iranian plane forced to land in Turkey: report
Obama denounces Iran’s ‘campaign of intimidation’
AFP: US President Barack Obama on Sunday denounced the Iranian government’s “campaign of intimidation and abuse” of regime opponents as he told the country’s young people, “I am with you.”
EU vows to sanction Iran human rights violators
AFP: The European Union on Monday agreed to rapidly slap sanctions against Iranians responsible for human rights violations, a declaration adopted by foreign ministers showed.
Iran expels Bahraini diplomat in tit-for-tat move
Reuters: Iran ordered a Bahrainian diplomat to leave the country on Sunday after Bahrain expelled Iran’s charge d’affairs amid rising tensions over protests in the Gulf island state.
Iran ‘frees 80-year-old opposition head’
AFP: Ebrahim Yazdi, the 80-year-old head of a banned liberal party who was arrested last October 1, was released from prison on Sunday, state news agency IRNA reported.
Bahrain expels Iran charge d’affaires – source
Reuters: Bahrain has expelled the Iranian charge d’affaires, a diplomatic source told Reuters by telephone on Sunday, in another sign of rising tensions between the Sunni Muslim-ruled island kingdom and non-Arab Shi’ite Iran.
Ex-US officials, thousands of Iranians back opposition group
Iran Focus: Berlin, Mar. 20 – Top former United States and German officials joined several thousand Iranians on Saturday in calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to revoke the terrorist designation of the principal Iranian opposition movement.
Clinton says Iran undermining Gulf stability
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Iran on Saturday of undermining peace and stability in the Gulf by trying to advance its agenda in neighbouring countries.
Son sees Iran opposition’s Karroubi after 38 days
AFP: A son of top opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi said he met up with his father at the family home after a separation of more than five weeks, denying he was in jail, an Iranian opposition website reported late on Friday.
Saudi slams ‘attacks’ on Iran diplomatic missions
AFP: Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry on Saturday slammed the “attacks” on its diplomatic missions in Iran, a day after Iranian protesters reportedly threw stones at a Saudi consulate.
