AFP: Iran has further restricted access to the Internet and blocked popular email services for the past few days, in a move a top lawmaker said could “cost the regime dearly,” media reports said on Sunday.
Iran blocks email, restricts net access: reports
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to travel to China before March 19, Fars says
Bloomberg: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accepted an invitation to travel to China before the end of the Iranian calendar-year on March 19, the state-run Fars news agency reported, citing Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
Iran speaker warns Gulf states not to side with US
AFP: Iran’s parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani warned Iran will not forgive Gulf Arab nations if they continue backing US “plots” against Tehran, local media reported on Sunday.
Iran to confront pre-election opposition protest
Reuters: Iranian authorities will crack down this week on any public protest against the year-long house arrest of opposition leaders, Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, an official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran: 30 million lose email access
AP: An Iranian news agency reports that more than 30 million people in the country have lost access to foreign email services such as Gmail, Yahoo mail and Hotmail.
Iran to announce nuclear progress: Ahmadinejad
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear program.
EU pressures India over Iran nuclear programme
AFP: The EU on Friday pushed India to use its influence to get Iran to resume talks over its disputed nuclear drive, a day after New Delhi said it wanted to boost trade with the Islamic republic.
Hamas ‘will never recognise Israel’: Gaza premier
AFP: Hamas “will never recognise Israel,” its Gaza prime minister said Saturday in a speech in Iran that is likely to complicate Palestinian efforts to form a unity government in the teeth of opposition from the Jewish state.
Hamas leader visits Iran after outreach to Gulf
AP: An Iranian semiofficial news agency reports that the Hamas prime minister of Gaza has arrived in Tehran. The visit may be an attempt by the Palestinian militant movement to avoid snubbing Iran even as it cultivates ties with the wealthy Gulf.
Underneath a bellicose posture, a decaying and fractured regime
UPI: Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a stern warning last week against the international community, which imposed sanctions last month targeting the regime’s vital oil exports and central bank.
