Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 24 – Relatives of protestors arrested by the regime's security apparatus during the recent unrest in Tehran gathered on Wednesday outside the notorious Evin Prison where they believe authorities are holding them.
Relatives outside Evin Prison demand loved ones be released
Relatives outside Evin Prison demand loved ones be released
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 24 – Relatives of protestors arrested by the regime's security apparatus during the recent unrest in Tehran gathered on Wednesday outside the notorious Evin Prison where they believe authorities are holding them.
OMV may walk away from Iran’s South Pars project
Reuters: Austrian oil company OMV AG has resisted Iranian pressure to push ahead with investment in a gas project and is prepared to be dropped as a partner, rather than invest now, an executive said on Wednesday.
The end of the beginning
New York Times: Iran’s 1979 revolution took a full year to gestate. The uprising of 2009 has now ended its first phase. But the volatility ushered in by the June 12 ballot-box putsch of Iran’s New Right is certain to endure over the coming year. The Islamic Republic has been weakened.
Mousavi’s wife urges Iran to free detainees
AFP: The wife of Iranian opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has called for the release of people arrested following the June 12 election.
Kerry: U.S. energy independence would pressure Iran
Reuters: The best U.S. option for pressuring Iran's hard-line government is to drive down oil prices by reducing America's dependence on imported energy, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday.
Neda’s legacy
Washington Post – Editorial: The footage is wrenching: a young woman dying on the pavement, covered in blood. Her name was Neda Agha Soltan, and she was 26 years old.
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. contacted Iran’s ayatollah before election
Washington Times: Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself.
GS Construction says wins $500 mln plant order from Iran
Reuters: South Korean builder GS Engineering & Construction Corp won a $500 million order to build a liquefied natural gas plant in Iran, company officials said on Wednesday.
Iran’s Mottaki not planning to go to G8 meeting
Reuters: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday he had no plans to attend a G8 meeting in Italy this week on the situation in Afghanistan, the ISNA news agency reported.
