Reuters: President Barack Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice played host to a series of meetings with Israeli officials last week to try to gain their support for an interim deal with Iran aimed at containing Tehran’s nuclear program.
White House adviser consulted Israeli officials on Iran deal
Iran not holding Levinson, says foreign minister
AFP: A retired FBI agent who disappeared more than six years ago during a visit to an Iranian island in the Gulf is not incarcerated in Iran, the country’s foreign minister said Sunday.
Kerry says U.S. has not abandoned ex-FBI agent missing in Iran
Reuters: Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States has not abandoned a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran six years ago and that he personally has raised the issue, according to an interview with ABC News.
Iran says nuclear talks continue despite US blacklist
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.
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.
