AFP: Iran’s influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday urged the hardline electoral watchdog to reinstate moderate candidates for next month’s parliamentary election.
Iran ex-president appeals to watchdog over candidates
US: Iran must confess to nuclear arms
AP: The U.S. on Friday demanded that Iran confess to trying to make atomic weapons, suggesting that anything short of that would doom an International Atomic Energy Agency probe of Tehran’s nuclear past.
US meets Iranian official to discuss “terror” funds
Reuters: In a departure from usual policy, a senior U.S. Treasury official met Iranian representatives in Paris last month as part of a multinational gathering to discuss “terror financing,” said U.S. officials on Friday.
US secretly met Iran banking officials
AP: A U.S. official met secretly with Iranian banking officials and senior government aides who oppose punishing the Islamic nation for not doing enough to stop money laundering and terrorism funding, The Associated Press has learned.
Irans Supreme Energy Council comes under Gov control
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Irans Supreme Energy Council (SEC) has been integrated into a government sub-committee, state media reported on Friday.
Irans Supreme Energy Council comes under Gov control
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Irans Supreme Energy Council (SEC) has been integrated into a government sub-committee, state media reported on Friday.
Iran urges India to cut ties with Israel
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Iran on Friday urged India to reconsider its ties with Israel.
Iran urges India to cut ties with Israel
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Iran on Friday urged India to reconsider its ties with Israel.
Surge general accuses Tehran of backing militias to weaken Iraq
The Times: A mastermind of Americas troop surge in Iraq accused Iran yesterday of trying to destabilise the Baghdad Government by supporting militias.
U.S. funding Iran
Washington Times: An Energy Department program in Russia designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons is helping fund Iran’s nuclear program, two members of Congress said.


