AFP: An Iranian film-maker and outspoken critic of his country’s regime who was missing in Germany for 12 days has resurfaced, prosecutors said on Monday.
Opposition Iranian film-maker resurfaces in Germany
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit China
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is heading to China this week to discuss the threat of new UN sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said world powers have the necessary votes at the Security Council.
Iraq protests to Tehran over Iranian incursion
AP: A senior Iraqi official says the government has complained to Tehran over what authorities say is an incursion by Iranian troops into Iraq’s northern Kurdish region.
Bomb concern makes Iran “special case”: IAEA head
Reuters: Iran is a “special case” because of concerns it may be working to develop an atom bomb, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday amid an Arab push to focus his agency’s attention on Israel’s presumed nuclear arsenal.
Clinton warns of likely Iranian ‘stunt’ ahead of UN sanctions vote
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday she expects Iran will “pull some stunt in the next couple of days” as a UN vote on tough sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program looms.
Iran Red Crescent to send two aid ships to Gaza
AFP: The Iranian Red Crescent has decided to send two aid ships to Gaza this week and has called for volunteers to act as relief workers and accompany the vessels, the state IRNA news agency reported.
Fatal fissures within Iran leadership aggravate
Iran Focus – Editorial: The memorial held last week for the founder of Iran’s theocratic state, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, offered a glimpse into the fractured state of a regime overcome by a year of popular protests.
Iran Revolutionary Guards ready to escort Gaza ships
Reuters: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards are ready to provide a military escort to cargo ships trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.
Iran using Dubai to smuggle nuclear components
Sunday Telegraph: Iran is using the Gulf port of Dubai to smuggle sophisticated electronic and computer equipment for its controversial uranium enrichment programme that are banned under United Nations sanctions.
Iran c.bank head denies report on selling reserves
Reuters: Iran’s central bank chief denied reports over the country planning to sell 45 billion euros from the country’s reserves to buy dollars and gold ingots, the Arman newspaper on Sunday quoted Mahmoud Bahmani as saying.
