AP: Iran is continuing to use front companies and other concealment methods to circumvent U.N. sanctions but the bans have succeeded in slowing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, according to a report by U.N. experts obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
APNewsBreak: Sanctions slow Iran nukes program
US boosts ‘cyber defense’ aid for Iran activists
AFP: The United States is ramping up efforts to help anti-government activists in Iran skirt the government’s mobile telephone and Internet surveillance and censorship, a top US official said Wednesday.
Al-Jazeera says missing journalist held in Iran
AFP: Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvez, missing since she arrived in Syria late in April is being held in Tehran, the Doha-based television channel said on Wednesday.
EU says nuclear talks with Iran again in limbo
AFP: The European Union cast doubt Wednesday on hopes of a quick resumption of stalled nuclear talks with Iran, saying a message from Tehran to kickstart the negotiations offered nothing new.
Ahmadinejad says Syria needs no foreign intervention
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the government of Syria can solve its “problem” without foreign intervention, state television reported on Tuesday.
Iran tells EU’s Ashton next atom talks must be “just”
Reuters: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator replied on Tuesday to a letter from the EU foreign policy chief on a resumption of talks over Tehran’s atomic programme, saying they must be held without pressure, state television said.
Iran Bushehr nuke plant reloaded, power in July: report
AFP: Iran has finished reloading fuel into its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, with expectations it will start producing electricity in July, local media reported on Tuesday.
Iran oil minister to leave amid ministries merger, Arman reports
Bloomberg: Iran’s Oil Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi and other officials will probably step down following planned mergers by a number of ministries, Arman reported.
Fate of Camp Ashraf residents unresolved
CBS: A month after more than 30 Iranian dissidents were killed and several hundred wounded when Iraqi army forces entered Camp Ashraf, the fate of the 3,400 camp residents is still uncertain.
Iran’s parliament signs off on $508 billion budget based on oil price at $81.5 a barrel
AP: Iran’s parliament has signed off on a $508 billion budget bill that is about 40 percent bigger than that approved the previous calendar year, state media reported on Monday.
