ABC News: The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman.
New evidence of Iran support to Assad, while congress moves to arm rebels
Iran moves to impose steep export duty on iron ore
Reuters: Iran’s government is negotiating a tax of up to 40 percent on iron ore exports to take advantage of a surge in sales to China, aiming to replace revenue from oil and other sources eroded by sanctions.
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president
AFP: Iran’s moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month’s presidential election, along with a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Saudi arrests 10 Iran spy suspects: ministry
AFP: Saudi authorities have arrested 10 more suspects in an alleged Iranian spy ring unveiled two months ago, an interior ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity: diplomats
Reuters: A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be put to developing atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday.
Iran to list approved presidential candidates
AFP: Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday when the Guardians Council releases the approved list of candidates who have passed muster under the vetting process.
Kerry to help ink $2.1 bln defense deal in Oman
AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry will help ink a major estimated $2.1 billion proposed deal with Oman to supply a US-made air-defense system to the Gulf nation, officials said Tuesday.
Could this be Obama’s Iran-Contra?
Bloomberg: This might be the worst Washington scandal since Iran-Contra, in which 14 members of President Ronald Reagan’s administration were indicted, including U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
Iran pilgrims ‘killed in Iraq blasts’
AFP: A car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad on Monday, killing eight people, Iraqi police and a local official said.
Iran election overseers may bar former president
AP: Iran’s election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month’s presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners.
