Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday it would continue enriching uranium, defying efforts by major powers to pressure Tehran into stopping such work.
Iran says it will continue uranium enrichment work
EU to issue stronger Iran sanctions
AP: The European Union agreed Monday on the need to sharpen sanctions on Iran — possibly targeting the oil and gas sectors in what would mark Europe's strongest punishments yet to discourage Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Brown says Europe will tighten Iran sanctions
New York Times: Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday that Britain and the European Union would freeze the overseas assets of Iran’s largest commercial bank, joining the United States in intensifying financial pressure against Iran over its refusal to address international concern over its nuclear activities.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says oil price artificial
AFP: The current high price of oil is artificial and the market is well supplied with crude, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, pinning the blame on the sliding dollar.
New Iranian dress code crackdown
BBC: Police in Iran have begun a new campaign against Western-style clothing and hairstyles.
The wrong timing is right for tougher sanctions with Iran
The Times: Gordon Brown was right yesterday to threaten Iran with tougher sanctions immediately – if premature in announcing that the European Union had already formally agreed to do so, and if too grand in implying that freezing an Iranian bank’s assets was, on its own, a big step.
Iran to face new E.U. sanctions, Brown says
Washington Post: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Monday for new European sanctions against Iranian banking, oil and natural gas interests, signaling a growing willingness by Western allies to join President Bush in punishing Tehran for its nuclear enrichment program.
Iranian police crack down on dress code violations
AP: Police closed dozens of clothing stores and hairdressers and stopped cars and pedestrians in a crackdown on women who do not abide by Iran's strict Islamic dress code and men wearing fashions seen as too Western, Iranian media reported Monday.
Britain joins Bush in pressuring Iran
Washington Times: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave a ringing endorsement of President Bush's pro-democracy agenda in the Middle East, and said he will increase British troop levels in Afghanistan.
Make-up of Irans new foreign affairs committee
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 – The new members of the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Foreign Policy and National Security Committee were appointed on Monday. The following are members of the committee:
