Reuters: The $41.3 billion Massachusetts pension fund will have to sell investments in any company involved in Iran’s oil industry under new rules adopted on Wednesday.
Mass. pension to divest Iranian oil players
Iran stoning lawyer requests asylum in Turkey: UN
AFP: The lawyer of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is in Turkey and has requested asylum, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday.
Russian company: US sanctions bar Iran plane deal
Reuters: U.S. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme are preventing a state-connected Russian company from delivering five passenger jets to Iran under a 2007 contract, the head of the company said on Tuesday.
Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles
AP: Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems despite Russia’s refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semiofficial Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday.
Iran petchem plant explosion kills five – media
Reuters: Around five people died on Wednesday in an explosion at an Iranian petrochemical plant, Iranian media reported.
Ahmadinejad urges US to join nuclear swap talks
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the United States on Wednesday to join talks on a nuclear fuel swap deal, reiterating that Tehran was ready to start talks near the end of the month.
Iran presidency official denies grenade attack on Ahmadinejad, TV reports
Bloomberg: An unidentified official in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s office denied reports that there had been a grenade attack on the Iranian leader today, according to state-run Press TV’s website.
US urges Japan to get tough on Iran
AFP: Senior US officials on Wednesday urged Japan to follow Europe’s example and take “strong measures” to punish Iran over its contentious nuclear programme
US gets serious on Iran sanctions
BBC: For banks, oil companies and other big businesses around the world, from India to Japan, Russia and Germany, the US now has a clear message: you’re either with us or with Iran.
Iran’s account of woman’s crime shifting from adultery to murder
New York Times: Iran appears to be answering international criticism of its handling of the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning by suggesting that she is guilty not only of adultery, but also of murder.
