AFP: Iran has sentenced a prominent reformist journalist to 16 months in jail on charges of insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and undermining the Islamic regime, he told AFP on Sunday.
Prominent Iranian journalist ‘jailed for 16 months’
Woman in stoning sentence ‘confesses’
Scotland on Sunday: An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed on state television to helping a man kill her husband.
British ambassador’s rights criticism angers Iran
AFP: Several conservative MPs on Sunday slammed British ambassador Simon Gass for criticising Iran’s human rights record on his embassy website and calling for the release of a prominent lawyer.
Iran sees no increase in OPEC quotas
Reuters: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will not increase quotas at a meeting on Saturday in Quito, Iran’s oil minister said, a view that chimed with other ministers gathering in the Ecuadorian capital.
U.S. and allies plan more sanctions against Iran
New York Times: Three days after the first nuclear talks with Iran in more than a year adjourned with no progress, President Obama’s chief nuclear adviser said on Friday that the United States and its allies planned a new round of sanctions against the country in coming weeks, part of an effort to test “how high Iran’s pain threshold is” and force the country into suspending its production of nuclear fuel.
Total says terms, not sanctions, block Iran deals
Reuters: French oil major Total will not invest in Iran because the financial terms are poor, not because of increasingly tough sanctions, Chief Executive Officer Christophe de Margerie said on Friday.
Canada first lady ‘saddened’ Iranian woman still held
AFP: Canada’s First Lady Maureen Harper said Friday she was “deeply saddened” that an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has not been released as reported earlier.
Security Council told of two reported arms embargo violations by Iran
CNN: Iran continues to evade and violate a U.N.-imposed arms embargo, according to a sanctions committee report released Friday to the Security Council.
Iran raises Jan Light crude prices to Asia
Reuters: Iran has raised its official selling prices for January-loading crude to Asia, trading sources said on Friday.
Iran TV denies report stoning woman was released
Reuters: An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has not been released, state-run Press TV said on Friday, denying a report by a European human rights group which quoted “sources in Iran” as saying she had been freed.
