AFP: A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that some local British embassy staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election violence, a move set to put further strain on their frayed ties.
Iran to put British embassy staff on trial
EU considers Iran envoy summons, visa bans
Reuters: EU countries were studying steps to protest at Iran's crackdown on dissent on Friday, including a coordinated summoning of Tehran's ambassadors in Europe and visa bans on Iranian officials, diplomats said.
Six hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 03 – Iranian authorities on Thursday hanged six people in the holy city of Qom, central Iran.
Six hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 03 – Iranian authorities on Thursday hanged six people in the holy city of Qom, central Iran.
EU mulling travel bans on Iran officials: report
AFP: The European Union is considering banning certain Iranian officials from travelling to Europe in response to the recent political unrest, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on Friday.
British calls for diplomatic walkout from Iran are rejected by EU partners
The Times: British calls for a mass walkout of European Union ambassadors from Tehran were shot down by more cautious nations led by Germany and Italy yesterday as the carefully constructed European consensus on responding to Iran came under intense strain.
Iran eyes oil pipeline to Basra
UPI: Five Iranian companies have expressed interest in bidding on the construction of the Abadan-Basra pipeline to Iraq, Iranian officials say.
US puts sanctions on Iraq Shiite group, Iran adviser
AFP: The United States imposed financial sanctions Thursday on an adviser to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a Iraq-based Shiite group Kata'ib Hezbollah, branded a foreign terrorist outfit.
Obama: Iran cannot be permitted to be nuke power
AP: President Barack Obama says he is "not reconciled" to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.
Iran plans major investments at South Pars
UPI: Major investments in Iran's South Pars gas field will exploit billions of undeveloped reserves and provide a boost to the local economy, officials say.
