AFP: Lebanon’s Saudi-backed ruling camp on Tuesday brushed aside comments by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who dismissed a UN probe into the murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri as “null”.
Lebanon PM ‘respects’ but brushes off Iran supremo
Iran quake kills seven, wrecks villages
AFP: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Iran, wrecking villages, bringing down power lines, and killing up to seven people and injuring hundreds more, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
U.S. tightens pinch on Iran’s finances, shipping
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury Department announced new measures on Tuesday aimed at choking finances for Iran’s military and for a shipping line that Treasury says engages in illegal activity.
Treasury targets Iranian banks, investment firm for sanctions
Bloomberg: The U.S. Treasury Department today said it targeted an Iranian investment firm and other entities for financial sanctions aimed at preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Iran central bank repatriating foreign bank deposits
Reuters: The Central Bank of Iran has decided to repatriate an unspecified amount of its deposits from foreign bank accounts, its governor said on Monday, citing global economic conditions as the reason.
Ahmadinejad appoints fourth woman to cabinet
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacked the head of Iran’s National Youth Organisation on Monday and appointed a woman to the cabinet post, official media reported.
11 militant Sunnis hanged in south-eastern Iran
DPA: Eleven members of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundollah were hanged Monday in Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the Khabar news network reported.
Iran filmmaker Panahi gets six years in jail: lawyer
AFP: Celebrated Iranian filmmaker and vocal backer of the opposition movement, Jafar Panahi, has been handed six years in jail and banned from making films and leaving Iran for 20 years, his lawyer said Monday.
Ahmadinejad, Turkey to discuss economic cooperation, Sabah says
Bloomberg: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will discuss deepening economic ties with Turkey during a visit to the country this week, Sabah said.
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits southern Iran – TV
Reuters: An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude jolted southeastern Iran on Monday, Iranian state television reported, but a local official said there were no initial reports of casualties.
