AP: Germany has summoned Iran’s ambassador to express anger that two detained German journalists in Iran weren’t able to meet with relatives over Christmas despite earlier promises by authorities.
Germany summons Iran’s ambassador over journalists
Iran condemns ‘Zionist spy’ to death: prosecutor
AFP: An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced a “spy working for the Zionist regime” to death, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Sunday.
Iran halts execution of Kurdish student: lawyer
AFP: Iran has halted the execution of Kurdish student Habibolah Latifi, who was due to be hanged on Sunday for backing a separatist rebel group, his lawyer told the ISNA news agency.
Family fails to meet detained journalists in Iran
AP: Relatives of two German journalists detained in Iran since October were not allowed to see their loved ones for Christmas despite traveling to Tehran in hopes of seeing them, an official in Berlin said Sunday.
Iran says market oil balanced and prices likely to increase
Reuters: Iran’s OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi said on Sunday that the oil market was stable and the crude prices could reach $100 per barrel, the Oil Ministry’s website SHANA reported.
Iran agrees to release fuel tankers: Afghan VP
AFP: Afghan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim said on Sunday that Iran has agreed to lift a ban on fuel tankers crossing into Afghanistan that has left hundreds of trucks stranded at the border.
Iran opposition leaders barred from travel abroad
AP: Iran’s opposition leaders are barred from leaving the country, a prominent conservative lawmaker said Saturday, hiking up the pressure on the reform movement.
Amnesty appeals for life of Kurd student in Iran
AFP: Amnesty International has appealed to Iran to commute the death sentence of a Kurdish law student who it said is set to be executed on Sunday.
Let jailed reporters see family, Germany urges Iran
AFP: Germany’s foreign minister called on Iran to allow two jailed journalists to see their families, who have travelled to Tehran in the hope of a Christmas visit, in an interview published Sunday.
Iran to launch ‘reconnaissance’ satellite
AFP: Iran will launch a reconnaissance satellite dubbed the “Fajr” in the next few months, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in a report Saturday by the official IRNA news agency.
