Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 05 – Registration began on Saturday for parliamentary elections to be held later this year in Iran.
Registration begins for March 14 Majlis elections in Iran
New Jersey bans Iran investments
AP: New Jersey announced Friday it will prohibit state pension money from being invested in companies that do business in Iran.
Iran says many OPEC states can’t raise output-agency
Reuters: Many OPEC states are now producing as much oil as they can, limiting the ability of the cartel to raise output even if such a decision was made to help cool crude prices, an Iranian oil official was quoted on Saturday as saying.
Syrian FM and Iran’s Larijani discuss Lebanon: report
AFP: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and Ali Larijani, adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, on Friday discussed developments in Lebanon, the official SANA news agency reported.
Iran police chief vows to intensify clampdown
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan.05 Irans chief of police reiterated on Friday that the countrys State Security Forces would continue decisively with a nationwide clampdown on social vice.
Iran police chief vows to intensify clampdown
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan.05 Irans chief of police reiterated on Friday that the countrys State Security Forces would continue decisively with a nationwide clampdown on social vice.
Irans Bank Saderat loses 1/3 of foreign partners: FT
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 05 – Iran’s Bank Saderat has lost a third of its foreign partners because of unilateral sanctions by the United States, the Financial Times quoted the institutions managing director as saying on Saturday.
Irans Bank Saderat loses 1/3 of foreign partners: FT
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 05 – Iran’s Bank Saderat has lost a third of its foreign partners because of unilateral sanctions by the United States, the Financial Times quoted the institutions managing director as saying on Saturday.
Military cautious on Iran aid to militants
Washington Times: The spokesman for Gen. David H. Petraeus said that a quote he e-mailed to The Washington Times for the article in yesterday’s paper headlined “Iran no longer aids Iraq militants” was not clear and therefore misinterpreted.
Guardian’s Tehran correspondent expelled without explanation
Guardian Unlimited: The Guardian’s Tehran correspondent, Robert Tait, has been expelled from Iran without explanation after nearly three years of reporting from the country.
