Reuters: Fourteen prisoners were killed and 33 injured in an incident at an Iranian jail Wednesday, that state TV said was a brawl among inmates but which one news agency said was a foiled escape attempt.
Fourteen killed in Iran prison violence
Iranian cargo plane searched in Turkey, government won’t say what it was found
AP: Turkey’s government says a cargo plane from Iran has been required to land in Turkey so its shipment could be searched.
Israel seizes ship with Iran arms for Gaza-Netanyahu
Reuters: Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
Iran sends gasoline cargo to Afghanistan, seeks more exports
Bloomberg: Iran, which said last year that it had become self-sufficient in the production of gasoline, exported 1,000 metric tons of the fuel to Afghanistan, deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeighami said.
Iran objects to foreign troops in Bahrain
Reuters: The presence of foreign troops in Bahrain is “unacceptable” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday, a day after Saudi troops entered the island kingdom to help put down weeks of protests.
Iran intensifies crackdown against activists: UN chief
AFP: Iran has intensified its crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and the opposition, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report to be presented next week to the Human Rights Council.
China to build $2 billion Iran dam, power plant, Press TV says
Bloomberg: Iranian and Chinese officials will sign a $2 billion agreement for the construction of a dam and a power plant in Iran’s western province of Lorestan, Press TV reported.
Report: Iran’s paramilitary launches cyber attack
AP: Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard’s paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the “enemies,” a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare acknowledgment from Iran that it’s involved in cyber warfare.
Fire festival ‘endangers’ Iranian youth: judge
AFP: Iranian authorities warned young people against using Tuesday’s traditional fire festival as a springboard for counter-revolutionary activities, local media reported Monday.
Iran to start gas exports to Syria by end of 2011, Shana reports
Bloomberg: Iran plans export as much as 5 million cubic meters of natural gas daily to Syria by the end of this year after construction of a pipeline via south Turkey is completed, the Iranian Oil Ministry’s news website said.
