Reuters: The U.N. atomic watchdog on Monday rejected Iranian claims that its inspectors had falsely reported information about Tehran’s nuclear work, after the Islamic Republic barred two of its officials from the country.
IAEA has “full confidence” in barred Iran inspectors
UAE closes firms violating Iran sanctions: report
AFP: The United Arab Emirates has closed down 40 international and local firms as part of a crackdown on companies that violate UN sanctions on Iran, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Iran bars UN nuclear inspectors
AFP: Iran has barred two UN inspectors from entering the country after they filed a “false” report about Tehran’s nuclear programme, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi was Monday quoted as saying.
Iraq’s Allawi fears plots to assasinate him
AFP: Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi, who is locked in a struggle to form a new government after inconclusive polls, said in an interview Monday he had been warned of plots to assassinate him.
Iran’s Green movement moves to bypass its leaders
Iran Focus – Op-Ed by Mahmood Delkhasteh: The gap between the reformist leaders of the Green movement and its supporters began to show itself when the initial question ‘where is my vote?’ was replaced by the chant: ‘freedom, independence, Iranian republic’.
Iran jails Getty photographer for three years: website
AFP: Iran has sentenced a freelance photographer for Getty Images photo agency to three years in prison for taking pictures of 2009 election protests, an opposition website reported on Sunday.
Baghdad suicide bombers kill 26 in crowded street
AFP: Suicide bombers in two cars killed 26 people and wounded 53 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday when they drove down a crowded street and blew themselves up simultaneously, security officials said.
False claims underscore fragility of regime
Iran Focus – Editorial: Iran’s state TV on 17 June aired “confessions” by two unidentified individuals who it claimed were “terrorists” linked to the main opposition group People’s Mojahedin (PMOI). The supposed confessions exposed the regime’s remarkable political lapses.
Iran’s new spymaster
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 – An Iranian cleric who is little known in the West is heading an intelligence operation that was formed only last year to counter political unrest, and which has rapidly become the Tehran regime’s main security force.
Iran hangs Jundollah leader Abdolmalek Rigi
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 – The leader of the Sunni dissident group Jundollah, Abdolmalek Rigi, was hanged at dawn on Sunday in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, the Judiciary announced.
