AFP: Tehran said Sunday it will keep talking with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme despite a US move to blacklist Iranian companies for evading sanctions.
Iran says nuclear talks continue despite US blacklist
MPs urge Cameron for protection of Iranian dissidenents
Scoop: Cross-Party MPs and Peers on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Cameron and Foreign Secretary Hague to urgently press the Government of Iraq to release seven Iranians at risk of forcible extradition to Iran and allow for United Nations protection for 3,000 Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty, Baghdad.
Iran arrests man on charges of spying for Britain
AP: Iran’s media says authorities have arrested a man on charges of spying for Britain. The semiofficial ISNA news agency said Saturday the man was arrested in the town of Kerman in southeastern Iran after authorities spent months tracking him down.
US denies breaking ‘spirit’ of Iran deal
AFP: The United States on Friday denied that blacklisting more than a dozen companies and people accused of evading sanctions against Iran had violated a landmark nuclear deal reached with Tehran.
Naghmeh Abedini pleads for husband imprisoned in Iran
UPI: The wife of U.S. pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2012, spoke before a House subcommittee on foreign affairs to plead for help securing her husband’s release.
Iran’s human rights abuses offer glimpse into Tehran’s power struggle
Fox News: These are vital questions as the U.S. and European nations grapple with the question of easing sanctions against Tehran in return for changes in Iran’s nuclear program. The truth is, no one has definitive answers.
Iranian hunger strikers gaining unity and resilience
Augusta Free Press: Iranian hunger strikers turn the worst of times into the best of times. By example, they turn Charles Dickens’ winter of despair into a spring of hope. Like Nelson Mandela’s pursuit of justice and reconciliation never wavered when facing persecution, so hunger strikers gain unity and resilience in face of tyranny.
Iran nuke deal keeps getting worse
Daily Beast: As more devilish details of the U.S.-brokered nuclear agreement are revealed, it’s becoming clearer that America got a raw deal. “The more we learn about the Iran nuclear deal, the worse it looks.”
U.N. Iran panel chair urges states to keep enforcing sanctions
Reuters: The Australian chairman of the U.N. Security Council’s Iran sanctions committee on Thursday urged the United Nations’ 193 member states to continue enforcing U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
Iran halts nuclear talks after US blacklist move
AFP: Iranian negotiators halted nuclear talks with major powers to return to Tehran for consultations after Washington blacklisted a dozen companies and individuals for evading US sanctions, state media reported.
