AP: Iran’s state television says the country will send an aid ship to the blockaded Gaza Strip with 1,100 tons of relief supplies.
Iran to send aid ship to Gaza
Ban on two UN inspectors is ‘notice’ to IAEA chief: Iran
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday its barring of two nuclear inspectors serves as “notice” to the chief of the IAEA, but added Tehran was ready for talks with the UN atomic agency as suggested by France.
Report: Iran summons German envoy after Iranian woman was injured in embassy scuffle
AP: The Foreign Ministry summoned the German Ambassador Tuesday to protest over a scuffle at the German Embassy that sent an Iranian woman to hospital, state television reported.
Foreign banks hit in proposed new U.S. Iran sanctions
Reuters: Iran’s financial partners would be hit with new unilateral sanctions under draft legislation proposed by U.S. House of Representatives and Senate negotiators, lawmakers announced on Monday in a move aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
Switzerland stops 30 exports to Iran
WRS: Swiss authorities have refused to allow 30 exports to Iran since the beginning of UN sanctions against the country in December 2006.
Brazil is dropping role in Iran nuclear dispute
AP: Brazil’s foreign minister says his country’s active support of Iran in its dispute with the West over its nuclear program is being scaled back after the U.N. Security Council decision to move for a fourth set of sanctions.
62,000 ‘badly veiled’ women warned in Iran holy province
AFP: Iranian police have issued warnings to 62,000 women who were “badly veiled” in the Shiite holy province of Qom as part of a clampdown on dress and behaviour, a newspaper said on Monday.
Iraqi electricity minister resigns over shortages
AP: Iraq’s electricity minister resigned Monday as the government scrambled to do damage control in the face of angry protests over the lack of power despite years of promises that the situation would improve.
Tehran residents chant “Allah-o Akbar” from rooftops
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 – From the Grapevine… Residents of Tehran’s Narmak, Ferdowsi and Enqelab districts took to rooftops late on Sunday, chanting “Allah-o Akbar” (God is the greatest) and “Death to the dictator”.
The Iranian Resistance and us
The New Republic: One year ago this week in Iran, the desire for democracy gave birth to an indigenous political reform movement that is more promising and more consequential than anything the Middle East has seen in a generation.
