AP: Iran has condemned a ruling issued by a U.S. federal judge approving plans to sell a 36-story Manhattan office building and other properties owned by Iran nationwide in what will be the largest terrorism-related forfeiture ever.
Iran denounces US ruling to sell property
Iran says plane at airport leased to Ghana after U.S.-flagged plane sighting
Reuters: Iran says that a plane which landed in Tehran airport flying the American flag was leased to Ghana’s presidential office and carrying a business delegation from the West African nation. A plane owned by the Bank of Utah was parked in Mehrabad Airport in Tehran on Tuesday.
Iran general urges Tehran to make new UN pick
AP: A senior Iranian military official has urged the foreign ministry to name a new envoy to the U.N. after the U.S. blocked its chosen ambassador over alleged ties to the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Iran says it watered down, converted over 200 kg of enriched uranium
Reuters: Iran said on Saturday it had completed watering down and converting more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) of enriched uranium under a deal reached in Geneva last November with world powers over its disputed nuclear program.
Ex-marine held in Iran asks official for help
New York Times: Amir Hekmati, an American incarcerated in Iran since August 2011, recently wrote to its foreign minister seeking help in gaining his release, after Mr. Hekmati learned from his new lawyer that he had been secretly tried and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
Obama signs bill aimed at blocking Iran’s UN envoy
AP: President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday aimed at blocking Iran’s chosen ambassador to the United Nations because of his ties to the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. But the president says he’s only treating the legislation as guidance.
Iran may supply gas at $3/mmbtu to India’s proposed urea plant
Business Standard: Iran is likely to supply gas at USD 3 per mmbtu for India’s proposed urea and ammonia plant to be set up in the Persian Gulf nation. Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (RCF) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals (GNFC) have been jointly working on this project.
Iran gets an unlikely visitor, an American plane
New York Times: Iran had an unlikely visitor: a plane, owned by the Bank of Utah, a community bank in Ogden that has 13 branches throughout the state. Bearing a small American flag on its tail, the aircraft was parked in a highly visible section of Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.
Iran says will firmly deter any attacks as military displays might
Reuters: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic had the might to deter any attacks as its military displayed a range of drones and missiles at an annual parade in Tehran, state television reported on Friday.
Iran: Rouhani talks peace at army parade
AP: Iran’s president has underscored his moderate policies and outreach to the West during a military parade marking the country’s National Army Day. Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that Iran has no hostile intentions toward anyone in the world, including the United States.
