Daily Telegraph: America accused the Treasury of blocking attempts to close down “terrorist financiers” operating in Britain and being more concerned with protecting the interests of the City, leaked documents show.
WikiLeaks: Treasury ‘slow to act in blocking terrorist finance’
Iran jails lawyer who has defended activists
AP: An opposition website says a prominent Iranian lawyer who has defended opposition activists has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
India says no solution on Iran oil payment issue
AFP: India said Wednesday it is yet to resolve a crude oil payment problem with Iran after the South Asian nation’s central bank halted payments through a financial clearing house.
Italy’s 11-mos crude imports from Iran at 9.5 mln T
Reuters: Italy’s imports of crude oil from Iran, its second-biggest supplier, came in at 9.5 million tonnes in the first 11 months of 2010, despite political instability in Iran, Italy’s industry group Unione Petrolifera (UP) said.
China, Pakistan, Iran blocked from Indian airshow
AFP: India, which hosts South Asia’s biggest airshow next week, has not invited arch-rival Pakistan, China or Iran to the biennial event, organisers said on Tuesday.
Iran faces nuclear smuggling charges
Wall Street Journal: U.S. authorities disclosed charges and sanctions against operators of an alleged smuggling network that was accused of purchasing millions of dollars in equipment for Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
Iran executions three times last year’s rate -U.N.
Reuters: Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Wednesday and her office said the rate was three times that of last year.
Iran’s Khamenei to lead Friday prayers: reports
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead this week’s Friday prayers, his first sermon after nearly seven months, in which he could address the uprising in Egypt, reports said Tuesday.
Nigeria sets new trial date for Iranian in weapons case
AFP: A Nigerian court on Tuesday set a new trial date for later this month for an alleged Iranian Revolutionary Guard member charged over an illegal arms shipment seized in October in the West African country.
Iran seeks Salehi’s replacement as atomic chief
AFP: Iran will soon find a successor to atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi, who this week officially took over as foreign minister, a top aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
