AFP: Iran’s judiciary said on Wednesday that no decision has been taken on releasing two US hikers convicted of spying, a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted the duo would be released soon.
Iran’s release of US hikers in doubt
Iran to pardon US hikers jailed for spying: Ahmadinejad
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in interviews Tuesday that Iran “in a couple of days” would release two US hikers convicted on charges of spying but who claimed to have accidentally strayed into the country.
Aide to Ahmadinejad ally freed on bail: prosecutor
AFP: An aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff has been released on bail, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Monday.
Man who tried to export jet to Iran sentenced
AP: A California man who admitted trying to sell a fighter jet and other items to Iran was sentenced to almost four years in prison Monday.
Britain to accuse Iran of ‘hypocrisy’ over Arab Spring
AFP: British Foreign Secretary William Hague will accuse Iran of “breathtaking hypocrisy” for supporting revolutions in the Arab world while crushing domestic dissent in a speech Tuesday, The Times said.
Amnesty urges Iran to free detained rights lawyer
AFP: Iran must immediately free Abdolfattah Soltani, a prominent human rights lawyer rearrested at the weekend after spending months behind bars between 2005 and 2009, Amnesty International said on Monday.
Russia says Gazprom to consider Iran oil deal
Reuters: Russia said its gas firm Gazprom , which once withdrew from Iran’s energy sector due to tightening international sanctions on the country, might take part in developing an Iranian oil field, state television reported on Monday.
Iran plant shows it does not need enrichment: US
AFP: The fact that Iran’s first nuclear power plant is now onstream is proof that the Islamic republic does not need the ability to conduct uranium enrichment, the US State Department said Monday.
U.N. nuclear chief says more concerned about Iran
Reuters: The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog said he was increasingly concerned on Monday about possible activity in Iran to develop a nuclear missile and accused Tehran of failing to cooperate fully with his inspectors.
Iran hit by massive ‘$2.6 bn banking scam’
AFP: Several Iranian banks have been targeted in one of the biggest frauds in the Islamic republic’s history, losing nearly $2.6 billion in more than two years, media reports said Sunday.
