AFP: Iran’s decision to enrich 20 percent its stock of uranium was never part of the negotiations behind the nuclear fuel swap deal Brazil and Turkey struck with Tehran last week, Brazil’s foreign minister said.
Uranium enrichment not discussed in Iran deal: Brazil
US House approves Iran sanction
AFP: The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to bar companies that do business with Iran’s energy sector or provide Tehran with sensitive weapons technology from getting US military contracts.
UN warns of dangers posed to Iranian dissidents in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, May 29 – As Iraqi politicians struggle to form a new government, the fate of 3,400 members of the main Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), has been hanging in the balance, with Iran demanding that authorities in Baghdad clamp down on the group.
Exclusive: Millions allocated to recruiting Bassij militia
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 29 – Iran is spending millions of dollars and reorganising the paramilitary Bassij Force to attract new volunteers following low morale and widespread defections during last year’s anti-government nationwide uprising.
Tortured and raped for protesting in ‘Doghouse’ prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 28 – Inmates of a prison cellblock in Karaj known as the “Doghouse” are harassed and tortured; their hands, feet or jaws sometimes broken in brutal treatment by the head of the unit, where they are sent for protesting, Iran Focus has learnt.
Minister under fire for fake degree
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 28 – The hard-line government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again faces embarrassing controversy over the academic credentials of a top official.
APNewsBreak: Diplomats say Iran removed equipment
AP: U.N. nuclear inspectors revisiting an Iranian laboratory to follow up on activities that could be linked to a secret nuclear weapons program recently discovered that some equipment believed used in the experiments has disappeared, diplomats said Friday.
Clashes in central Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 28 – Serious clashes broke out on Thursday between a group of people and security forces near a petrol station in Tehran’s Vali-Asr (Mossadeq) Street.
Iran awards Pars gas phases to Revolutionary Guards: report
AFP: Iran has awarded a business unit of the elite Revolutionary Guards the rights to develop phases 13 and 14 of the giant South Pars gas field, the Mehr news agency announced on Friday.
Senate panel votes new Iran constraints
Reuters: The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require Pentagon contractors to certify that they are not doing any banned business with Iran.
