Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 – At 14.30 local time on Sunday, police and plain-clothes agents clashed with about 500 people who were chanting “death to the dictator” outside Polytechnic (Amir Kabir) University in central Tehran.
Clashes continue in Tehran on anniversary of Neda murder
Iran claims to have arrested 6 over bomb attack
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 – The local head of the judiciary in the northern province of Mazandaran said six people were arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents in connection with an attempt by members of the opposition People’s Mojahedin (PMOI) to plant bombs in several cities in the province, the state-run Jahan news website reported on Saturday.
Gates sees potential in Iran economic sanctions
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday that targeted economic sanctions on Iran had “real potential” to pressure Tehran to halt its nuclear program.
US envoy cautions Pakistan over Iran gas deal
AP: The U.S. warned Pakistan that a recently signed gas pipeline deal with Iran could run afoul of new sanctions being finalized in Congress, the U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan said Sunday.
Protest next to university
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 – Around 12:30 local time on Sunday, some 200 pro-democracy activists jeered and taunted police forces stationed under Hafez Bridge, near the prestigious Polytechnic (Amir Kabir) University, in Tehran.
Iran discovers major natural gas reserves
Reuters: Iran has discovered 2.19 trillion cubic feet of in-place natural gas reserves in the Islamic state’s northwest, an Iranian newspaper reported on Sunday.
First Iranian company sets foot in Cuba
AFP: Irrigation systems maker Tad.Co has become the first Iranian company to open an office in Cuba, the weekly Opciones said Saturday, amid signs of closer ties between the two adversaries of the United States.
Iran warns Germany over EU sanctions
AFP: The new European Union sanctions against Iran will not deter its efforts to gain nuclear technology, deputy foreign minister has told German officials, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
Tehran residents continue nightly chants of protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 19 – From the Grapevine… Residents in the capital’s districts of Tehran Pars (east), Nezam-Abad, Yusef-Ababd and Eshrat-Abad (central), Rah-e Ahan, Khazaneh and Nazi-Abad (south) chanted “Allah-o Akbar” (God is the greatest) and “Death to [Iran’s supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei” from their rooftops at night on Saturday.
Iran must bring Neda’s killer to justice: Amnesty
AFP: The killer of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer’s Iranian election was flashed around the world on the Internet, must be brought to justice, Amnesty International demanded on Saturday.
