Washington Post: Iran announced yesterday that it had uncovered new evidence against two imprisoned Americans and had launched an expanded investigation into their alleged activities against the Islamic republic.
Iran widens investigation of two jailed Americans
Iran starts new probe over detained U.S.-Iranians
Reuters: Iran’s judicial authorities have launched investigations based on fresh evidence in the cases of two Iranian-Americans detained on spying charges, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.
UN nuclear envoy to meet Iran’s Larijani
AFP: The deputy head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Wednesday, Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA told the semi-official Fars news agency on Tuesday.
Third US aircraft carrier heads to the Gulf
AFP: Another US Navy aircraft carrier is heading towards the Middle East, boosting the number of the giant warships in the region to three, the navy said in a statement on Tuesday.
UN rights chief urges Iran to stop stonings
AFP: UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour on Tuesday condemned the stoning to death of an Iranian man for adultery, and urged Tehran to spare his partner the same fate.
Norway summons Iran’s ambassador to protest stoning
AFP: Norway summoned the Iranian ambassador in Oslo on Tuesday to protest against the “barbaric” stoning to death of a man convicted of adultery in northwestern Iran.
Iran says man stoned to death for adultery
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday that a man convicted of adultery had been stoned to death in a village in northwestern Iran, the first time it has confirmed such an execution in five years.
Imam accused in JFK plot wanted help from Iran
New York Sun: A Shiite imam accused of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport wanted to seek Iranian backing for the terrorist plot.
Dubai dhow captains defy U.S. sanctions with shipments to Iran
Bloomberg: Sailors with skin baked to leather by the Persian Gulf sun stack Hewlett-Packard Co. laser-jet printers alongside a 40-foot wooden dhow in Dubai Creek as Ali Reza, an Iranian merchant, watches them sweat.
Beverly Hills may join push for Iran divestment
Los Angeles Times: Beverly Hills’ Iranian-born Mayor Jimmy Delshad plans to call today for the city to eliminate its pension fund investments in foreign companies operating in Iran. The largely symbolic action is intended to rally support for a movement in California and other states to isolate the Middle Eastern nation.
