The Observer: A British company has been closed down after being caught in an apparent attempt to sell black-market weapons-grade uranium to Iran and Sudan, The Observer can reveal.
MI6 probes UK link to nuclear trade with Iran
Iran condemns G-8 stance on nuke program
AP: Iran has condemned a G-8 warning that it could face more sanctions over its controversial nuclear program, the country’s official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
PREVIEW – IAEA meet to scrutinise defiant Iran’s nuclear gains
Reuters: Iran faces heightened criticism over its escalating nuclear activity at a U.N. watchdog meeting this week that will provide a barometer of sentiment for broader sanctions against Tehran.
U.S. imposes sanctions on four Iranian nuclear firms
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 09 The United States imposed sanctions on four Iranian firms on Friday for their role in Irans proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement.
U.S. imposes sanctions on four Iranian nuclear firms
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 09 The United States imposed sanctions on four Iranian firms on Friday for their role in Irans proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement.
No. 3 U.S. pension fund reviews Iran investments
Reuters: Calstrs, the third-largest U.S. pension fund, said on Friday it is calling on 13 energy companies in its $171 billion investment portfolio to reconsider their investments in Iran.
U.S. businessman jailed, Iran confirms
Washington Post: A semi-official Iranian news agency reported yesterday that California businessman Ali Shakeri is in custody in Tehran and is under investigation for possible national security violations. It is the first confirmation by Iran of his detention after repeated statements from the Tehran regime that it had no information on Shakeri.
Iran seeks to undermine U.S. energy plan for Europe
Bloomberg: Iran plans to import more oil and gas from Central Asia as it seeks to undermine a U.S.-backed project to build pipelines from the Caspian Sea to Europe.
Rice interview: No Iran hostage crisis
AP: Iran’s detention of at least four Americans is not a new hostage crisis akin to the seizure of U.S. diplomats three decades ago, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
Text of G8 statement on Irans nuclear defiance
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 09 The worlds main industrialised nations in a statement on Friday condemned Irans failure to comply with UN Security Council resolutions calling on it to suspend its sensitive nuclear work.
