Sunday Times: Criminal Assets Bureau takes action against Thomas and Sean McGuinn who are estimated to have generated in excess of €100m from their global smuggling operation
Iran weapon dealers’ €7m assets frozen
Iran speaker: will ditch fuel plan if new sanctions
Reuters: Iran will abandon an atomic fuel swap plan brokered by Turkey and Brazil if the United States imposes new sanctions on the Islamic state, Iran’s parliament speaker said on Sunday.
Iran aims to become gasoline exporter – official
Reuters: Iran seeks to become self-sufficient in gasoline in two years’ time and then to start exporting the fuel, an official said on Sunday, as some traders and international oil firms cease sales to the Islamic state.
Shanghai defence bloc won’t accept Iran as member – report
Reuters: A security bloc grouping Russia, China and Central Asia will not accept Iran as a member while there are U.N. sanctions against it, a Russian diplomatic source said on Saturday.
Iran opposition figure lashes out at regime
AP: A senior opposition figure accused Iran’s hardline judiciary and conservative lawmakers of being instruments in the intimidation of pro-reform activists and the trampling of constitutional rights.
Tehran residents call for June protests
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 23 – Residents of south Tehran’s Salsabil and Khosh districts on Saturday distributed leaflets and wrote political graffiti on walls urging people to join the 10-day anti-government protests called for next month.
Exclusive: Profile of an assassin-turned-diplomat
Iran Focus: London, May 23 – Iran announced on Friday that it had officially protested to the United Nations against the United States for denying a visa to its deputy foreign minister. Iran Focus has learnt that the US may have rejected the visa request because the diplomat, Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh Basti, had in fact played a key role in the assassination of a prominent Iranian opposition leader near Geneva in 1990.
U.S. makes concessions to Russia for Iran sanctions
New York Times: As it sought support for international sanctions on Iran, the Obama administration gave Moscow two concessions: lifting American sanctions against the Russian military complex and agreeing not to ban the sale of Russian anti-aircraft batteries to Tehran.
U.S. makes concessions to Russia for Iran sanctions
New York Times: As it sought support for international sanctions on Iran, the Obama administration gave Moscow two concessions: lifting American sanctions against the Russian military complex and agreeing not to ban the sale of Russian anti-aircraft batteries to Tehran.
Iran presses opposition with attacks and jail time
New York Times: As Iran approaches the first anniversary of a contested presidential election that touched off a deep political crisis, opposition supporters remain under intense pressure, with student leaders receiving long prison terms and a prominent opposition politician and a filmmaker being attacked.
