AFP: A Siberian tiger delivered to Iran by Russia in a swap deal last year has died from a disease which one official said it contracted before it was given to Tehran, reports said on Monday.
Iran’s Siberian tiger dies: reports
Ahmadinejad dismisses 14 advisers in latest shakeup of his administration
Bloomberg: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed 14 of his advisers in the latest shakeup of his administration, Press TV reported.
India and Iran sanctions
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Since Iran announced its intention to build a nuclear bomb, it has had a friend in India. How encouraging, then, that Delhi is changing its tune as sanctions momentum builds.
Iran’s first nuclear plant to start operations in February in latest delay
Bloomberg: Iran’s first nuclear power plant will start operations in February, later than planned, said Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization.
Standing up to Iran’s executioners
Iran Focus – Editorial: Last Tuesday, the Iranian regime’s malicious noose took another innocent life. Political prisoner Ali Saremi, 63, was hanged in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison after a lifetime of peacefully espousing human rights and democracy.
Iran Guards shoot down two ‘Western spy’ drones
AFP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have shot down two “Western spy” drones in the Gulf, the Fars news agency quoted a top commander of the elite military force as saying on Sunday.
Funeral services barred for Iranian political prisoner, son says
CNN: Iranian authorities have buried the body of a political prisoner who was executed last week without the presence of his family or friends, his son told CNN.
Iranian dissidents face a tragic final act at Ashraf
Sunday Telegraph: At Ashraf on the Iraq-Iran border, Iranian dissidents are under attack from both sides, writes Christopher Booker.
Qatar seeks to import natural gas from Iran, Press TV says
Bloomberg: Qatar is seeking to import natural gas from the South Pars field in Iran to help meet domestic demand for the fuel, Press TV reported, citing Iran’s state-run Mehr news agency.
Iran says shot down two spy planes in Gulf: report
Reuters: Iran has shot down two spy planes in the Gulf, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told the semi-official Fars news agency.
