DPA: Switzerland moved Wednesday to toughen its sanctions on Iran, with new bans to affect exports of technology and so-called dual-use instruments, including items that can be used for suppression of the opposition.
Switzerland tightens sanctions on Iran
Iran authorities hang 10 men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 19 – Iranian authorities on Wednesday hanged 10 men in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, state media reported.
Iranian minister visits Senegal after weapons row
AFP: Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Senegal Tuesday, officials said, amid a diplomatic storm between the one-time allies over a huge cache of weapons from Iran that was intercepted in Nigeria.
Iran bans production of Valentine’s Day gifts
Reuters: Iran has banned the production of Valentine’s Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating romantic love to combat what it sees as a spread of Western culture, Iranian media reported.
UN panel in Nigeria to probe Iranian arms seizure
Reuters: A United Nations panel of experts on Iran met with Nigeria’s foreign minister on Monday as part of a mission to assess whether an arms shipment seized last year in the West African country put Tehran in breach of U.N. sanctions.
Iran: Sanctions won’t stop nuclear drive
AP: Iran’s president says not even 100,000 U.N. Security Council resolutions will stop his country’s nuclear ambitions.
Afghan businessmen halt business with Iran to protest fuel blockade
AP: Afghan businessmen have vowed to stop doing business with neighbouring Iran until it stops blocking thousands of fuel trucks from crossing into Afghanistan.
Iran to develop all of South Pars gas field by 2015, Shana says
Bloomberg: Iran plans to complete the development of its South Pars gas field by March 2015, the oil ministry’s news website Shana reported, citing National Iranian Oil Co. Managing Director Ahmad Qalebani.
Ahmadinejad, Medvedev agree to boost ties: report
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to boost ties between their countries, in a a telephone conversation, state media reported on Monday.
Iran says it will end Afghan fuel blockade
AP: Iran told the Afghan government on Tuesday that it will stop blocking thousands of tanker trucks trying to move fuel into Afghanistan, authorities announced.
