Reuters: Patricia Russo, chief executive of the freshly merged Franco-U.S. group Alcatel-Lucent, will be barred, as a U.S. citizen, from doing business with Iran, she said on Friday.
Alcatel-Lucent’s Russo says no Iran business for her
Argentine judge: ex-Iran leader fugitive
AP: A court on Friday declared former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani and eight others fugitives from justice in Argentina, where they are wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center.
Lavrov says Rice agreed in Hanoi to limit Iran sanctions at UN
Bloomberg: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice agreed with Russia during a meeting in Hanoi last month that the United Nations should limit sanctions on Iran to blocking access to nuclear weapons-related materials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
FIFA chief expects Iran will meet reinstatement demands, avoid Asian Games expulsion
AP: The head of soccer’s world governing body expects Iran will meet FIFA’s requirements for full reinstatement in time to avoid any messy expulsion from the Asian Games.
Ahmadinejad, Assad and Hamas PM attend Games opening
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya were all attending the opening ceremony of the Asian Games on Friday.
Iran cleric says ‘trapped’ US forces have no choice but to quit Iraq
AFP: The United States has no choice but to pull its “trapped” forces out of Iraq, Iran’s official IRNA agency quoted top cleric Ahmad Khatami as saying during Friday prayers.
Europeans narrow scope of Iran UN sanctions draft
Reuters: New European proposals for U.N. sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program, aimed at meeting objections from Russia, would ease restrictions to be imposed on goods and technology Iran could buy and sell, diplomats said.
Security of Congo’s uranium worrying–diplomats
Reuters: Countries suspsected of seeking nuclear arms may have exploited lax security in the Democratic Republic of Congo to get their hands on uranium from the giant central African state, diplomatic and intelligence sources say.
Iran’s ‘Hercules’ cleared to compete in Doha
Reuters: Twice Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh is clear to compete at the 15th Asian Games after Iran’s weightlifting federation agreed to pay a $400,000 fine imposed for doping violations.
UN sanctions on Iran scaled back, European envoy says
Bloomberg: Britain, France and Germany scaled back proposed limits on Iran’s ability to acquire materials and technology for its nuclear program to gain Russian support for United Nations sanctions, a European diplomat said.
