AFP: Iran has prevented a leading filmmaker from leaving the country to attend the Toronto film festival, where his documentary about a detained co-director is being shown, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
Filmmaker barred from leaving Iran
Iran VP in Cuba for trade talks
AFP: Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi met with his Cuban counterpart Jose Machado Ventura in Havana on Wednesday at the start of a two-day visit aimed at bolstering trade ties, local media reported.
Ignore Iranian regime’s lies on opposition group
Philadelphia Inquirer: While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton edges closer to deciding to remove the Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedeen e Khalq (MEK), from a U.S. list of banned organizations, the international media has been awash with Iranian regime propaganda attempting to demonize the group.
Iran’s Abadan refinery catches fire, four injured
Reuters: An Iranian oil refinery caught fire on Wednesday in southwestern part of the country, but firefighters quickly had the blaze under control, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that four people were injured.
Iran sentence on US hikers an ‘abomination’: nominee
AFP: US President Barack Obama views Iran’s eight-year jail sentence against two US hikers for espionage and illegal entry as “an abomination,” a top White House diplomatic nominee said Wednesday.
Iran using Syria, Libya chaos to boost nuclear bid: envoy
AFP: Iran is taking advantage of chaos in Syria and Libya to boost efforts to build a nuclear weapon, a western envoy told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
Iran’s striking traders reject tax deal-reports
Reuters: Striking Iranian merchants have rejected a deal aimed at getting them to reopen their shops in Tehran’s main market and end a standoff with the government, media reported on Wednesday.
Iranian troops kill senior Kurd rebel -reports
Reuters: A senior member of the Kurdish rebel group that is being pursued by the Iranian military on the border with Iraq has been killed, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
Cases of cholera detected in Iran: health minister
AFP: A number of cholera cases have been detected in Iran, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Wednesday, blaming “foreigners” and contaminated vegetables for the outbreak.
Dutch launch Iran IT hacking probe
AFP: The Dutch secret service has opened an investigation to determine who falsified 531 Internet security certificates in order to snoop on users in Iran, the Dutch Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
