AFP: The United Arab Emirates is keen to protect legitimate trade with Iran even though it is enforcing tough new sanctions against its neighbour across the Gulf, media reports said on Tuesday.
UAE keen to protect Iran trade despite sanctions: reports
After Green Movement, Iran’s conservative factions turn on each other
RFE/RL: Last year’s crackdown on Iran’s opposition Green Movement united the various factions of the country’s ruling establishment. Recently, however, there are signs of conflict among these competing groups, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seems to be having trouble balancing among them while simultaneously favoring President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s “militaristic-messianic” faction.
Attack on nuclear plant is ‘international crime’: Iran
AFP: Iran warned on Tuesday that an attack on its first nuclear power plant would amount to an “international crime,” as the countdown started for the launch of the Russian-built facility.
Relentless bloodshed across Iraq – Chrono
AFP: At least 59 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide attack against an army recruitment centre in central Baghdad. Here are some of the major attacks this year.
Iranian government sells 5% of its shares in Dana Insurance Co. in IPO
Bloomberg: The Iranian government sold all 5 percent of the shares in Dana Insurance Co. that were made available in an initial public offering, the Tehran Stock Exchange said.
Israel has ‘8 days’ to hit Iran nuclear site: Bolton
AFP: Israel has “eight days” to launch a military strike against Iran’s Bushehr nuclear facility and stop Tehran from acquiring a functioning atomic plant, a former US envoy to the UN has said.
Briton will fight US extradition over Iran sale
AP: A retired British businessman accused by the United States of attempting to sell equipment to Iran for use in surface-to-air missiles said Tuesday he will fight attempts to extradite him to stand trial.
Iranian fighter jet crashes near nuclear plant
AP: A semi-official Iranian news agency says an Iranian F4 fighter jet has crashed in the country’s south, near a nuclear power plant that is expected to be launched next month.
Iran tells West to stay out of woman’s stoning case
AFP: Iran told Western nations on Tuesday to stay out of the case of a woman who faces death by stoning, warning it will not tolerate any interference in the matter still under examination.
Man gets 2 ½ years for breaking Iran embargo
New York Times: An Iranian immigrant who had earned a Ph.D. from Princeton and aspired to a career in biotechnology was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday for violating the Iran trade embargo by using an informal money-transfer system known as hawala to move millions of dollars between the United States and Iran.
