AFP: Iran on Monday urged Paris to take “a correct approach based on reality,” after the French defence minister stressed the need to prevent the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons.
Iran chides France over nuclear rights
Iran parliament apologises to Khamenei over row
AFP: Iran’s parliament has apologised to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for a heated row during an impeachment session, joining the president, speaker and chief justice in pledging obedience to the supreme leader.
China said to approve joining Iran high-speed railway project
Bloomberg: China’s State Council approved plans to take part in the construction of a high-speed railway line in Iran, two people familiar with the matter said.
Iranian dissident group is viable opposition: U.S. congressmen
Reuters: Four U.S. congressmen met an Iranian dissident leader on Sunday and urged President Barack Obama to treat her group as an alternative to Tehran’s government, four months after its removal from a list of terrorist organizations.
US Congress team warns Iraq after attack on Iranian refugees
AFP: A team of US Congressmen met with the Iranian dissident group MEK in Paris on Sunday and threatened to declare Iraq’s prime minister a sponsor of terrorism after a deadly attack on an Iranian exile camp there.
Hezbollah unmasked
New York Times: Hezbollah is helping to prop up the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and it acts as a proxy for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the region and beyond. In doing so, Hezbollah is putting the well-being of Lebanon and its people at risk.
Iran’s leader steps deeper into the political fray
AP: Iran’s supreme leader is supposed to be many things in the eyes of his followers: Spiritual mentor, protector of the Islamic Revolution, a moral compass above the regular fray.
Lawmakers chide Obama for not protecting Iranian dissidents
Reuters: Lawmakers complained on Sunday that President Barack Obama had failed to protect Iranian dissidents from persecution by Tehran following a deadly attack on their camp near Baghdad, and urged they be allowed back to their long-time base in Iraq.
Bahrain: Alleged terror cell tied to Iran, allies
AP: Bahrain’s interior minister says police have arrested eight members of an alleged terrorist cell linked to Iran and other countries following widespread clashes in the Gulf nation during protests marking the second anniversary of an Arab Spring-inspired uprising.
Series of bombings in Baghdad area kill dozens
AP: Multiple car bombs exploded within minutes of each other as Iraqis were out shopping in and around Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 100 in mainly Shiite areas.
