AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Mali on Tuesday for a 24-hour visit to boost ties between the two nations, Mali’s foreign ministry said.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Mali for one-day visit: foreign ministry
EU urges Iran to halt woman’s stoning execution
AFP: European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged Iran on Tuesday to stop the execution of three people including a woman who faces death by stoning for adultery.
Canadian guilty of bid to send Iran nuclear material
AFP: A Canadian court found a Toronto man guilty on Tuesday of attempting to export nuclear-related materials to Iran in violation of sanctions, prosecutors said.
Iran opposition channel satire on Khomeini death anniversary
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 06 – This video clip was produced by Simay-e Azadi (iranntv.com), an Iranian opposition satellite television channel. It is a comedy skit which takes place at Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum and was broadcast around Khomeini’s death anniversary in June.
“Death to Khamenei” chanted in western Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 06 – From the Grapevine… Residents of Tehran’s western Ghisha district and Ekbatan township chanted “death to Khamenei” (Iran’s Supreme Leader) and “Allah-o Akbar” (God is the greatest) from rooftops Monday night.
Nuclear talks can resume from Sept 1 if conditions met: Iran
AFP: Iran on Tuesday set September 1 as a possible date to resume nuclear talks with six world powers that have been stalled since October, but insisted its conditions must first be met.
Iran says reports of planes denied refuelling are ‘false’
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday that claims made by some Iranian officials that its passenger planes were being denied refuelling by airports in Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates are “false.”
Ahmadinejad to meet Muslim leaders at D8 after new sanctions
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to meet fellow Muslim leaders at a summit in Nigeria on Thursday after Western nations recently piled fresh sanctions on his country over its nuclear programme.
New sanctions seen hurting Iran businesses in Dubai
Reuters: New sanctions on Iran are expected to complicate life further for Iranian businesses based in the United Arab Emirates, home to regional trade hub Dubai, and may force some to close down, one of their representatives said.
China objects to US sanctions against Iran
AP: China said Tuesday that the United States and other countries should not expand on the latest U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
