AP: Iran’s parliament has rejected a close ally of President Hassan Rouhani for a ministerial post. In a vote Sunday, 141 out of 261 lawmakers present voted against Reza Salehi Amiri, who Rouhani nominated as sports and youth minister.
Iran lawmakers reject president’s minister pick
Iranian capital takes down some anti-American posters
Reuters: Tehran authorities have taken down some anti-American posters, amid signs Iran is seeking better relations with the United States as the two sides prepare to hold talks over its nuclear program.
Melbourne Iranians join hunger strike over alleged murders
The Age: Local Iranian migrants have joined a global hunger strike to protest the alleged murders of an Iranian dissident group at the controversial Camp Ashraf, Iraq, and are calling on Australia to accept survivors, who have been classified by the UN as genuine refugees.
Iran denies it has stopped enriching uranium to 20%
AFP: A senior Iranian official has denied reports the Islamic republic has temporarily stopped enriching uranium to the 20 percent level, the state news agency IRNA said on Saturday.
Iran hangs 16 prisoners following deadly Pakistan border attack
Bloomberg: Authorities in Iran hanged 16 people imprisoned for alleged links with anti-regime groups in retaliation for the killing of 17 border guards in an ambush near the boundary with Pakistani.
Iraqi government and Iranian hostages
The Hill: Unspeakable torture and a high possibility of impending death awaits seven Iranian dissidents who are currently being held illegally by Iraqi forces. And it seems the international community is simply watching and waiting until this becomes a reality.
Iran launches ‘Down with America’ awards
Daily Mail:An award offering cash prizes for the best works of art that stir up hatred for the United States has been launched in Iran. The competition, named Marg bar Amrika, has a grand prize of 100million Iranian rial, which equates to £2,500.
House leader impatient about new Iran sanctions
UPI: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said this week that while Congress does not oppose the Obama administration’s new diplomatic outreach to Iran, the United States needed to continue applying pressure on Tehran over its controversial nuclear program.
No confirmation Iran has halted higher-grade enrichment -diplomats
Reuters: Diplomats accredited to the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday they had no information to substantiate word from a senior Iranian parliamentarian that Tehran has halted its most sensitive atomic activity.
US charges man for trying to buy missiles for Tehran
AFP: A man with dual US and Iran citizenship was indicted in a New York court Friday on charges of conspiring to buy surface-to-air missiles on behalf of the Iranian government.
