Reuters: Boeing Co accused rival EADS of having courted Iran and other countries at odds with the United States and said this should figure in awarding a potential $50 billion U.S. Air Force refueling plane contract.
Boeing cites Iran in tanker battle with EADS
Clinton: Iran nuclear fuel swap offer is ‘ploy’
AP: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says an Iranian plan to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel is a “transparent ploy” to try to avoid new U.N. Security Council sanctions over its suspect nuclear program.
Iran criticizes Russian stance on sanctions, stalled arms deal
Bloomberg: Iran’s ambassador to Moscow voiced frustration that Russia was giving tentative support for tougher United Nations sanctions and stalling the delivery of anti- aircraft weapons.
Report: Iran releases filmmaker Jafar Panahi
AP: Iran released an internationally renowned filmmaker and opposition supporter on bail Tuesday after more than two months in custody, state TV reported.
Iran deal seen as spot on Brazilian leader’s legacy
New York Times: When the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, went to Tehran two weeks ago, he was hoping to defuse a seemingly intractable crisis over Iran’s nuclear program and cement his reputation as an international statesman.
Iran and North Korea march on
Wall Street Journal: Pyongyang’s behavior shows why we must stop the mullahs from getting the bomb.
Iran says to revise fuel swap if sanctions imposed
Reuters: Iran will revise a nuclear fuel swap deal if world powers agree to impose further sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Tuesday by Interfax news agency.
Iran police crackdown ‘targets foreign cars’
Daily Telegraph: Iranian police have launched a crackdown on irreverent social behaviour, seizing foreign-made cars whose drivers were deemed to be harassing women, the state news agency said.
U.S. bill takes aim at Iran oil partners
Wall Street Journal: A U.S. House committee has proposed barring the Pentagon from buying fuel from companies that do business with Iran’s energy industry—a stance that is a long shot for becoming law but that underscores U.S. lawmakers’ continuing dissatisfaction with international efforts to slap tough sanctions on Tehran.
Gunmen kill Iraqi who won parliamentary seat: police
Reuters: Gunmen shot dead on Monday an Iraqi politician elected to parliament in March for the cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, police said.
