KUNA: Turkey is preparing to cancel an agreement to import natural gas from Iran signed in 1996 due to the Iranian insistence on not responding to Turkish request to decrease the Iranian gas’s price. The Turkish Jihan news agency said on Thursday that bilateral negotiations that kicked off after the Turkish premier’s visit to Tehran last year, aiming to modify the natural gas agreement, reached a dead end.
Turkey plans to cancel accord on importing natural gas from Iran
Iran’s president-elect was leader of movement behind 1979 hostage crisis – White House
AFP: The United States has concluded that Iran’s president-elect was a leader of the movement behind the 1979 hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran but is unsure whether he took part, the White House said Thursday. “In terms of the president, we’ve looked into the allegations that were made about his involvement in the 1979 hostage crisis…
U.S.: Iranian Cadre Training Hezbollah
AP: A top State Department official informed Congress on Thursday that Iranian cadre were training Hezbollah fighters
in Lebanon. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch told the House International Relations Committee the information was provided by “our own sources.”
White House: Iranian leader led movement
AP: The White House said Thursday that Iran’s incoming
president was a leader of the student movement that orchestrated the capture of the U.S. Embassy in 1979, but the United States still hasn’t determined whether he took hostages as alleged by some of those who were held.
Six former hostages have identified Iran’s ultraconservative president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as one of their captors during the 444 days they were held.
Iran president-elect a 1979 embassy siege student leader – US
Reuters: In its strongest statement so far, the White House
said on Thursday that Iran’s president-elect was a leader of the student movement that organized the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. But the United States has not yet determined whether Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was involved in the taking of hostages, a White House national security council spokesman said.
Iran smuggling steel for nukes – exiles
Reuters: Iran has been using front companies to import a type of steel that can be used for the casing of a nuclear bomb and for machines that can enrich uranium to weapons-grade, an exile group said on Thursday. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said the country was seeking to produce its own maraging steel and skirt international export controls by importing it.
U.S. warns Iran against violating nuclear deal
Reuters: The White House warned Iran on Thursday against resuming key work on its nuclear fuel cycle, saying it could prompt the United States and its European allies to pursue U.N. sanctions against Tehran. On Wednesday outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Iran would resume some work on its nuclear fuel cycle, which the West suspects is part of a clandestine effort to produce a bomb.
Iran importing extra-durable steel for nukes exile group
AP: Iran is violating international agreements by secretly importing an extra-durable steel for use in its nuclear program, an exiled Iranian opposition group alleged Thursday. Some of the group’s past information about Iran’s nuclear program has proved accurate. The Iranian government, which says it has no nuclear weapons program, routinely refuses to respond to its allegations from the opposition group.
Woman protestor killed by Irans security forces in Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Irans security forces gunned down a woman protestor in the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, on Wednesday during clashes between residents and government forces.
The woman was identified as Jamileh Khezri and was among three protestors killed by state security forces in Oshnavieh during the unrest.
Woman protestor killed by Irans security forces in Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Irans security forces gunned down a woman protestor in the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, on Wednesday during clashes between residents and government forces.
The woman was identified as Jamileh Khezri and was among three protestors killed by state security forces in Oshnavieh during the unrest.
