Reuters: Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visited Qatar in the past week to discuss the fate of 48 Iranians kidnapped by rebels in Syria, a deputy foreign minister said on Saturday, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.
Iran’s Salehi visits Qatar to discuss Iranians seized in Syria
Iran could halt 20 percent uranium enrichment if given fuel: officials
Reuters: Iran would negotiate on halting higher-grade uranium enrichment if given fuel for a research reactor, senior officials said, reviving a previous offer in a possible attempt to show flexibility in stalled nuclear talks with world powers.
Iran denies steep plunge in oil exports
Reuters: Iran’s oil exports have remained steady in recent months, Iran’s OPEC governor said on Saturday, denying a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that Iran is struggling to arrest a decline in its oil sales.
The Iranian director who makes Westerns
AFP: Negahdar Jamali is an Iranian filmmaker who has for the past 35 years made American-inspired westerns complete with cowboys and Indians in the deserts surrounding the city of Shiraz.
US thinks Iran behind cyberattack in Saudi: ex-official
AFP: The United States believes Iran was behind a major cyberattack on Saudi Arabia’s state oil company and a Qatari gas firm, a former US official who has worked on cybersecurity issues said.
UN experts ask Iran to stop executions
AP: Three top U.N. human rights experts appealed Friday to Iran to halt 11 executions they say are scheduled to take place Saturday and to declare a moratorium on the death penalty.
US warning reflects fears of Iranian cyberattack
AP: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s pointed warning that the U.S. will strike back against a cyberattack underscores the Obama administration’s growing concern that Iran could be the first country to unleash cyberterrorism on America.
EU moves closer to new Iran sanctions
Reuters: The European Union provisionally approved new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on Friday, with senior diplomats giving their backing to measures against Tehran’s banking sector, industry and shipping.
Iran blames economic woes on tougher sanctions
AFP: Falling oil exports, sliding currency, soaring inflation, slipping industrial output and rising unemployment — just some of the economic woes Tehran blames on ever-tougher international sanctions it is enduring over its nuclear drive.
Affleck film ‘Argo’ recounts Hollywood role in Iran crisis
AFP: Actor-director Ben Affleck’s latest movie tells the incredible story of Hollywood’s role in an attempt to get a group of US diplomats out of Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis.
