Reuters: Iran said it would produce in a year the nuclear fuel needed for a medical reactor in Tehran, a news agency reported on Monday, days after the Islamic state began loading fuel into its first atomic power plant.
Iran to make medical reactor fuel in year – report
Iran sets 2020 target for nuclear fusion reactor
AP: Iran says it has set a 2020 target date to build its first experimental nuclear fusion reactor, a feat that has yet to be achieved by any nation.
Iran ex-prosecutor suspended over prison deaths
AFP: Tehran’s notorious former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and two judges have been suspended over the prison deaths of three anti-government protesters, Iranian newspapers reported Monday, quoting MPs.
U.S. commander fears political stalemate in Iraq
New York Times: The departing commander of American forces in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, said Sunday that a new Iraqi government could still be two months away and warned that a stalemate beyond that could create demands for a new election to break the deadlock, which has lasted since March.
Iran media calls Carla Bruni ‘prostitute’
AFP: French first lady Carla Bruni was branded as a “prostitute” and “immoral” by Iranian news outlets on Monday after she expressed support for an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.
Iran shifts assets out of Europe banks
New York Times: Iran has transferred assets out of European banks in its latest effort to defend itself against the effects of sanctions that are part of what Iranian officials have called an “economic war” against the country by the United States and other Western countries.
Swedish-Iranian Oriflame employee charged: Swedish ministry
AFP: A Swedish-Iranian employee of Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame was charged in Iran for establishing a pyramid scheme and deriving illegal earnings from it, Sweden’s foreign ministry said Sunday.
ANALYSIS-Iraq no pushover in regional power struggle
Reuters: The weakness and wealth of Iraq, now shorn of all but 50,000 U.S. troops, tempt its anxious neighbours to vie for influence among Iraqi factions struggling to form a government nearly six months after an election.
Woman sentenced to death by stoning denied visits from lawyer, family
CNN: The Iranian woman awaiting possible execution by stoning was denied visits from her family and attorney this week, just days after her lawyer’s home was ransacked and searched.
Swedish firm Oriflame aimed to harm Iran regime: minister
AFP: Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame on Saturday of trying to harm Iran’s security after five of its employees were arrested amid allegations of espionage.
