Reuters: Iran has pursued a longstanding effort to buy banned components for its nuclear and missile programs in recent months, a U.S. official said, a period when it struck an interim deal with major powers to limit its disputed atomic activity.
Iran pursuing banned items for nuclear, missile work – U.S. official
Iran dangles treatment before imprisoned U.S. Christian
WND: Iranian officials dangled needed medical treatment in front of an American pastor imprisoned for his faith then put him in shackles and denied treatment. “He’s an American citizen, and he remains in an absolute hell-hole in Iran.”
Iranian oil exports hit one-year high
Wall Street Journal: Iran’s oil exports have bounced along at one-year highs over the past two months, a top energy agency said Friday, amid a thaw in relations with the West that is already showing signs of boosting the Islamic Republic’s battered economy.
Iran says sabotage prevented at nuclear facility
AP: Iranian authorities have prevented attempted sabotage at the country’s heavy water nuclear reactor, a senior official said Saturday without giving specifics as to the nature of the attempted disruption or its suspected initiator.
Iran’s oppressed Christians
New York Times: In 2011 he narrowly escaped when Revolutionary Guards raided his underground Evangelical church. He watched as his friends disappeared into Iran’s prison system; Mori suspects they’ve been killed.
Rouhani has not stopped Iran suppressing human rights: U.N. envoy
Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani has made only “baby steps” to improve human rights in Iran where forces loyal to the supreme leader are “working to suppress the rights of people,” a United Nations investigator said on Friday.
Exiled Iranians urge to lift Iraq camp ‘blockade’
Middle East Online: An exiled Iranian opposition group on Friday urged the international community to help lift the “blockade” of a refugee camp near Baghdad and called for an investigation into killings at a second camp.
US ‘hopes’ Ukraine crisis will not hit Iran talks
AFP: Washington hopes any fallout from the Ukraine crisis will not undermine unity between the US, Russia and other powers in ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, a senior US administration official said Friday.
Leaked documents purport to reveal Turkish graft allegations
Reuters: A Twitter account behind a string of leaks in a Turkish corruption scandal has posted what it presented as prosecution files accusing former government ministers of involvement with an Iranian businessman in a bribery and smuggling racket.
UN Syria envoy to Iran on Sunday
AFP: The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will travel to close Damascus ally Iran for meetings with senior officials, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Friday.
