AFP: Iran on Sunday opened its first centre to receive satellite images, a new stage in its space programme that coincides with celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iran opens centre for satellite images
Iran boosts fuel output at Shazand by 2 million liters a day
Bloomberg: Iran has completed the first phase of the Shazand refinery’s expansion, boosting gasoline output at the site by 2 million liters a day, Oil Minister Masoud Mir- Kazemi said.
Report: Iran executes 2 in torture deaths
AP: A pro-government web site says Iran has executed two prison officials convicted of the 2009 torture deaths of three anti-government protesters.
Deal signed to supply Iran fuel to Afghanistan
AFP: Iran said on Sunday it has reached an agreement with Afghanistan to supply it with Iranian fuel and that it has started delivering the products to the neighbour’s private sector.
Iran bans state TV from teaching foreign recipes
AP: A state-owned news website says Iran’s broadcasting authority has banned Iranian TV channels from showing cooking programs that present recipes for foreign cuisine.
Iran pipeline rupture causes Gulf oil slick -report
Reuters: A pipeline rupture in Iran has caused a 20-kilometre oil slick along the shores of the Gulf, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.
Iran parliament plans dress code for women reporters
AFP: Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament plans to implement a new dress code for woman journalists who cover its proceedings, the ILNA news agency reported Saturday.
Iran ‘has Mideast’s biggest oil refinery’
AFP: Iran claimed to have the largest oil refinery in the Middle East after the inauguration on Saturday of an expansion to an existing facility by Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi, media reports said.
Russia’s Lavrov against further Iran sanctions
AP: Russia’s foreign minister is indicating that he opposes slapping more international sanctions on Iran in the standoff over its nuclear program.
Iran’s FM too busy to attend security conference
AP: Iran’s foreign minister and nuclear chief says he is too busy to attend an international security conference where his country’s suspected nuclear weapons ambitions featured prominently in the past.
