Wall Street Journal: India has tightened the web of sanctions around Iran by barring Indian companies from a range of deals transacted through a key trade-finance clearinghouse.
India joins U.S. effort to stifle Iran trade
Iranian sentenced to lose eye and ear over acid attack
The Guardian: In a literal application of the law of an eye for an eye, an Iranian man convicted of blinding another man in an acid attack has been sentenced to lose an eye and an ear.
2 Germans detained in Iran meet family members
AP: Two detained German journalists were allowed to meet their families, nearly three months after they were arrested while covering the highly publicized case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, Iranian and German officials said Tuesday.
Iran says no date set for nuclear talks
AFP: Iran is yet to agree on an exact date for the next round of nuclear talks with world powers due to be held next month in Istanbul, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.
Iran corruption claims stoke political infighting
AP: Corruption charges against one of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s most trusted political advisers provided the latest evidence of deep rifts within the Iranian president’s own conservative political camp.
Iranian dissident executed in prison
Iran Focus: Tehran/London, Dec. 28 – An Iranian political prisoner, Ali Saremi, was hanged in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on Tuesday on the charge of “Moharebeh”, or “waging war against God”.
Bosnian filmmakers protest jailing of Iranian directors
AFP: About 50 Bosnian filmmakers and actors gathered Monday in front of the Iranian embassy in Sarajevo to protest against prison sentences handed out to directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof.
Iran’s Intelligence Minister admits hacking into opposition e-mail
RFE/RL: Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has publicly admitted hacking into the e-mail of opposition members.
Right turn: HSBC’s shift on its Iran ad
Washington Post: The international bank HSBC says it is pulling an ad that juxtaposes a plug for the bank’s ability to find “potential in unexpected places” with a factoid about Iran: “Only 4% of American films are made by women. In Iran it’s 25%.”
RBI further curbs deals with Iran
Reuters: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday further curbed transactions with Iran, saying all current account transactions including trade deals with the Islamic Republic should be settled outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU).
