AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that embargoes are ineffective and the West should drop its aggressive approach if talks on Tehran’s nuclear program are to be successful.
Ahmadinejad: Embargoes won’t scare Iran
Nigeria reports arms cache from Iran to UN
AFP: Nigeria has reported the discovery of an illegal arms shipment from Iran to the UN Security Council, a foreign ministry spokesman said Wednesday, with the incident a possible violation of sanctions.
Credit hurdles remain hindrance to Iran oil trade
Reuters: Oil trade with Iran remains more difficult following tougher sanctions against the Islamic Republic, industry sources said, despite a message from the European Union that such operations are legal.
Iran warns against meddling with its Russian ties
AFP: Iran called Wednesday on foreign powers not to block cooperation between Tehran and Moscow, ahead of a summit between the two nations struggling to mend an unprecedented rift in bilateral ties.
Report: Iranian fencer goes missing
CNN: An Iranian fencer who competed at an event in France has gone missing, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported Wednesday.
Iran denies violence against French embassy staff
Reuters: Iran denied on Wednesday that its security men used violence against French embassy staff in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman told state television.
Iran intercepts mock intruders in air drill
AFP: Iranian forces scrambled warplanes in response to six separate mock intrusions by enemy aircraft during air defence drills this week, the spokesman for the exercise was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan,Iran to deepen energy cooperation-Aliyev
Reuters: Azerbaijan pledged to deepen energy cooperation with neighbouring Iran on Wednesday, signing a memorandum of cooperation with Tehran on gas supplies and electricity swaps.
Iran defuses two bombs in Kurdistan province: report
AFP: Iranian authorities have defused two bombs hidden in the western city of Sanandaj in Kurdistan province, Press TV quoted a provincial official on Tuesday as saying.
Jailed Germans given consular access in Iran: Berlin
AFP: A German diplomat received consular access to two jailed German reporters in Iran Tuesday for the second time in a month, the foreign ministry said, renewing its call for a “resolution” of the case.
