AP: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he is willing to “do anything” to save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction and has offered to travel to the Iranian capital to plead her case.
French minister pledges to help save Iranian woman
U.A.E. studies impact of Iran sanctions
Wall Street Journal: The United Arab Emirates central bank is studying the economic impact of United Nations sanctions against Iran and has asked lenders in the U.A.E. to declare remittances sent to Iran on a monthly basis, bankers said Monday.
Hit on Iran would spell Israel’s ‘eradication’: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel’s destruction.
Iran Guards deny siege on Iran opposition leader
AFP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday denied they and Islamist militiamen had besieged opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home, but urged that the cleric and “seditionists” like him be tried.
Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case “brutal”
AP: The Vatican is raising the possibility of a diplomatic effort to try to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
Most UAE banks stop transfers to Iran after latest sanctions
AFP: Most banks in the United Arab Emirates, an important trading partner for Iran, have stopped money transfers there after the latest round of sanctions on the Islamic republic, bankers said on Sunday.
Top Iran cleric rejects Holocaust as ‘superstition’
AFP: A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, dismissed the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II as a new “superstition” for the West, media reported on Saturday.
Palestinian leader blasts Ahmadinejad over Mideast peace comments
CNN: The administration of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday, a day after Ahmadinejad criticized Abbas for renewing direct peace talks with Israel.
Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks
AFP: The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
IRAN: Prominent human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran
Los Angeles Times: Iranian authorities on Saturday arrested the prominent lawyer and women’s rights activist Nasrine Sotoudeh, her husband told Babylon & Beyond.
