AFP: Gambia and Senegal said Tuesday there was no cloud hanging over their relationship after a diplomatic spat over a shipment of Iranian weapons intercepted in Nigeria and believed bound for Gambia.
Gambia, Senegal in ‘perfect harmony’ after Iran weapon saga
Iran lifts ban on reformist weekly – report
Reuters: An Iranian court Tuesday lifted a ban on a leading reformist weekly, a semi-official news agency said, while keeping at least a dozen more off the streets in a crackdown dating to the disputed 2009 presidential election.
Iran says ships seized in Singapore freed
Reuters: Three Iranian cargo ships seized in Singapore several months ago due to a financial dispute linked to sanctions on the Islamic Republic have been released, news agencies in Iran reported on Wednesday.
Moderate earthquake hits southern Iran
CNN: A moderate earthquake rattled southern Iran Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
India, Iran try new oil-sale conduit
Wall Street Journal: Days after India’s government clamped down on the main conduit Indian companies use to pay for Iranian oil, New Delhi and Tehran have opened a temporary channel for transactions, a senior Indian official said Tuesday—one that involves routing payments through an Iranian bank that is already under U.S. sanctions.
Iran warns Germany not to pressure over jailed reporters
Reuters: Iran warned Germany on Tuesday against trying to pressure the Islamic state into freeing two German reporters detained while interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery.
U.S. dismisses Iran’s nuclear tour invitation as ‘public relations stunt’
Bloomberg: The U.S. dismissed as a “public relations stunt” Iran’s invitation to representatives of the European Union and other powers for a tour of its nuclear facilities.
US memo: Iranian hard-liners blocked nuke deal
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought some kind of nuclear fuel swap deal more than a year ago, but faced internal pressures from hard-liners who viewed it as a “virtual defeat,” according to U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
Iran opens nuclear sites to selected nations
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday it will open its atomic sites to some world powers, in a rare move swiftly dismissed as “antics’ by the United States, which along with Britain, France and Germany, is not invited.
Iran arrests Christian missionaries: official
AFP: Iran has arrested a number of Christian missionaries in Tehran province and vowed to detain more of them, the provincial governor was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.
