Reuters: Italy’s import of crude oil from Iran, a major supplier, jumped 80.6 percent in 2010, despite tightening international sanctions against Tehran, data from Italy’s industry group Unione Petrolifera (UP) showed.
Italy 2010 Iran oil import jumps despite sanctions
Fourteen killed in Iran prison violence
Reuters: Fourteen prisoners were killed and 33 injured in an incident at an Iranian jail Wednesday, that state TV said was a brawl among inmates but which one news agency said was a foiled escape attempt.
Iranian cargo plane searched in Turkey, government won’t say what it was found
AP: Turkey’s government says a cargo plane from Iran has been required to land in Turkey so its shipment could be searched.
Israel seizes ship with Iran arms for Gaza-Netanyahu
Reuters: Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
Iran sends gasoline cargo to Afghanistan, seeks more exports
Bloomberg: Iran, which said last year that it had become self-sufficient in the production of gasoline, exported 1,000 metric tons of the fuel to Afghanistan, deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeighami said.
Iran objects to foreign troops in Bahrain
Reuters: The presence of foreign troops in Bahrain is “unacceptable” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday, a day after Saudi troops entered the island kingdom to help put down weeks of protests.
Iran intensifies crackdown against activists: UN chief
AFP: Iran has intensified its crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and the opposition, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report to be presented next week to the Human Rights Council.
China to build $2 billion Iran dam, power plant, Press TV says
Bloomberg: Iranian and Chinese officials will sign a $2 billion agreement for the construction of a dam and a power plant in Iran’s western province of Lorestan, Press TV reported.
Report: Iran’s paramilitary launches cyber attack
AP: Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard’s paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the “enemies,” a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare acknowledgment from Iran that it’s involved in cyber warfare.
Fire festival ‘endangers’ Iranian youth: judge
AFP: Iranian authorities warned young people against using Tuesday’s traditional fire festival as a springboard for counter-revolutionary activities, local media reported Monday.
