Reuters: Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran on Tuesday and handed over documents which it says showed a missing Iranian nuclear scientist had been kidnapped by the United States, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran summons Swiss envoy over US “abduction” of scientist
Iran sanctions ‘practically agreed upon’: Putin
AFP: Fresh UN sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear programme have been “practically agreed upon”, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying here by Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency.
U.S. presses its case against Iran ahead of sanctions vote
New York Times: With a vote on new sanctions against Iran only days away, the Obama administration is making the case to members of the United Nations Security Council that Iran has revived elements of its program to design nuclear weapons that American intelligence agencies previously concluded had gone dormant.
Iran opens first women-only bank branch
AFP: Iran has opened a women-only branch of a bank in the religious northeastern city of Mashhad in a bid to promote Islamic culture, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Iran says key nuclear scientist being held in US
AFP: Iran said Tuesday it will use legal channels to secure the release of its nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who in a video clip screened on Iranian television channels said he was kidnapped by US agents.
New Iraqi parliament to convene June 14: presidency official
AFP: Iraq’s new parliament will convene on June 14 for the first time since March 7 elections that have yet to produce a new government, a presidency official said on Tuesday.
Web of shell companies veils trade by Iran’s ships
New York Times: On Jan. 24, 2009, a rusting freighter flying a Hong Kong flag dropped anchor in the South African port of Durban.
Iran says no talks on nuclear issue if sanctioned
AFP: Iran will not agree to talks on its nuclear programme if the UN Security Council adopts fresh sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.
Russia, Iran in joint venture for nuclear plant
AFP: Russia and Iran will establish a joint venture to operate Tehran’s first nuclear plant set to come online this summer, Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of Russia’s nuclear state corporation, said on Tuesday.
The UN must try Iran’s 1988 murderers
The Guardian: The mass murderers of 1988 now hold power in Tehran. The world must make them face justice
