Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: If an Iranian prosecutor has his way, a 43-year-old mother of two will soon be taken from her cell in Tabriz prison, wrapped in a white shroud, buried up to her chest in a dirt pit, and stoned to death. It will take time—maybe half an hour—for her to die.
Stoned in Iran
Iran threatens to blacklist foreign oil firms
AFP: Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi warned on Saturday that Iran will blacklist foreign firms like Russian energy giant Lukoil that pull out of projects because of sanctions against Tehran.
Iran Guards warn U.S. of “fallout” over bomb attack
Reuters: The United States will face “fallout” from a deadly rebel bomb attack in southeast Iran, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander was quoted as saying on Saturday by a semi-official Iranian news agency.
Iraqi cleric Sadr visits Syria from exile in Iran
AFP: Self-exiled Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visited Damascus on Saturday from his base in Iran for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Iraqi affairs.
Swiss ambassador briefly taken into custody, Iran media reports
CNN: Swiss Ambassador Livia Leu Agosti was arrested and released by Iranian authorities during a recent trip to the northern province of Khorasan, Iranian media reported Saturday.
Sanctioned Iran group pulls out of gas project
Wall Street Journal: The engineering arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said Friday it was pulling out of projects in a giant Iranian natural-gas field, blaming mounting sanctions from the West.
Iran denying medical treatment to prisoners: rights groups
AFP: More than a year after a crackdown over a disputed presidential election Iran is still holding more than 100 political prisoners and denying them basic rights such as medical treatment, two international rights groups said on Friday.
Court tells State Dept. to reconsider terrorist label for Iran opposition group
Washington Post: A federal appeals court Friday ordered the State Department to review its decision to label an Iranian opposition group as a foreign terrorist organization, strongly suggesting the designation should be revoked.
Iran opposition leader welcomes US court ruling on PMOI’s status
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 16 – Maryam Rajavi, who heads the main Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) welcomed a United States appeals court verdict Friday casting doubt on the terrorist status of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), the principal group within the NCRI.
Iran Guard firm pulls out of gas development deals
AP: Iran’s Oil Ministry says the powerful Revolutionary Guard’s engineering arm, recently hit by U.N. sanctions, has partially withdrawn from developing the giant South Pars natural gas field.
