BBC: Amnesty International has condemned the hanging in Iran of Reza Hejazi, who was executed for a crime he committed when he was under 18 years old.
Iran condemned for youth hanging
Iran bans movie star from leaving for Hollywood
AFP: Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in a star-studded Hollywood production, the state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday.
Iran reluctant U.S. wheat buyer amid nuclear tension
Reuters: Iran has emerged as one of the top buyers of wheat from the United States this marketing year, but political tensions between the two countries make it unlikely that Tehran will be a regular buyer from the world's top wheat exporter.
Sources: Iran tried but failed to launch satellite
MSNBC: Last weekend's launch of an Iranian rocket sparked days of debate over what its intended mission was — and although officials in Tehran are characterizing it as merely a test of the launch vehicle, U.S. military intelligence officials now see it as a failed attempt to put a satellite in orbit.
Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official
AFP: An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday.
Iran satellite launch a failure, U.S. officials say
Reuters: Iran's attempted satellite launch was a failure that fell far short of claimed successes, U.S. security officials said on Tuesday, but an analyst said the test still marked progress toward a potential weapon.
Iran says talks with IAEA “positive”
Reuters: Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program — which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs — as "positive", the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Iran picks firms to hunt for new nuclear plant sites
AFP: Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported.
MRPL almost doubles diesel exports to Iran-MD
Reuters: Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd will sell an extra 210,000 tonnes of diesel by December to Iran, which is boosting imports ahead of heavy refinery maintenance works this year, its managing director said on Tuesday.
Iran offers to launch satellites
New York Times: A day after Iran declared that it had test fired a new rocket capable of launching a satellite, the country said Monday that it was prepared to help other Muslim countries send up satellites. But by then, Pentagon and military officials in Washington were concluding that the Iranian missile launching had been a failure.
