Fox News: Two multinational corporations that have earned millions of dollars in U.S. government contracts are conducting business with Iran in violation of the recently signed sanctions law, according to an Iran watchdog group that has provided its research to FoxNews.com.
EXCLUSIVE: Firms contracting with U.S. government flout Iran sanctions law, watchdog says
Clinton renews appeal to Iran to free US hikers
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the mothers of three young US nationals detained without charge in Iran for 12 months renewed appeals Friday for the trio’s release.
Iran talks gas transit with Iraq
UPI: A working group from Iran has left for neighboring Iraq to discuss a possible natural gas transit deal, Iran’s deputy oil minister said.
Lack of Iraq government ’embarrassing’: FM
AFP: The lack of a government in Iraq nearly five months after general elections is “embarrassing” and is impeding any long-term decision-making, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Thursday.
Iran starts feeling heat
Washington Post: President Ahmadinejad has a penchant for the somewhat loony, as when last weekend he denounced Paul the Octopus, omniscient predictor of eight consecutive World Cup matches, as a symbol of decadence and purveyor of “Western propaganda and superstition.”
Iran ready for immediate nuclear fuel talks
AFP: Iran said on Friday it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium.
How the CIA got it wrong on Iran’s nukes
Wall Street Journal Europe: In 2007, U.S. intelligence said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program. Analyst policy bias and disinformation from Iranian double agents may explain the mistake.
Iran Air plans share sale to finance growth, fleet upgrade amid sanctions
Bloomberg: Iran Air, the state-owned flag carrier, plans to sell its first shares to the public and buy as many as 100 new aircraft to expand in the face of tighter international sanctions, the company’s chairman said.
Standardized English tests to resume in Iran amid sanctions
New York Times: The Educational Testing Service, the company that offers the Test of English as a Foreign Language, announced Thursday that it would resume registering students for its tests inside Iran after striking a deal with a bank willing to process payments.
Canada jails man for attempting nuclear exports to Iran
AFP: A Canadian court on Thursday sentenced a Toronto man to four years and three months prison for attempting to export dual-use nuclear-related items to Iran, in violation of UN resolutions.
