AFP: Iranian women have been forced into slavery, the former lawyer for Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, the Iranian woman facing death by stoning, said Thursday.
Iranian women ‘in slavery’: stoning woman’s lawyer
Lawyer wants sanctions on Iranian leaders’ travel
Reuters: The European Union and United Nations should tighten curbs on Iranian leaders’ foreign travel over alleged human rights violations, the lawyer who defended an Iranian women sentenced to death by stoning said Thursday.
EU’s Ashton suggests new Iran nuclear talks in November
AFP: The European Union’s foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, who represents world powers in nuclear talks with Iran, on Thursday proposed a new round of meetings in Vienna next month.
Iran says detained Germans admitted breaking law
Reuters: Iran’s prosecutor-general has said that two Germans who were arrested in Iran when they tried to interview the son of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death had admitted breaking the law, state media reported on Friday.
Japan’s Inpex to quit Iran Azadegan oilfield project
Reuters: Inpex Corp, Japan’s top oil explorer, has pulled out from Iran’s Azadegan oil field project as expected, after U.S. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme posed a potential threat to the company’s business.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says “Zionists are mortal”
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised what he called the Lebanese resistance against Israel and declared that ‘Zionists are mortal’, according to a live Iranian state television broadcast of his speech in southern Lebanon.
Sanctions an ‘opportunity’ for local companies: Iran
AFP: A large-scale withdrawal from Iran by international companies as part of economic sanctions represent an “opportunity” for domestic companies, the Islamic republic’s oil minister said Thursday.
Iran to hold Opec presidency for first time in 36 years
BBC: Iran will assume the presidency of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) for the first time in 36 years.
Iran ‘arrests son of prominent conservative cleric’
AFP: Iran has arrested Mehdi Khazali, the son of a prominent conservative cleric who has been fiercely critical of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an opposition website said.
FEATURE-Iran currency drop, strikes show unease over reforms
Reuters: In Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the vaulted alleys that normally ring to the hammers of goldsmiths, have been quiet recently; the doors of the gold merchants shut.
