AP: Iran’s official news agency is reporting that Pakistani naval vessels have arrived at the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas for an upcoming naval maneuver. The report said Pakistani vessels include a warship, a submarine and a logistics vessel.
Report: Pakistani vessels at Iranian naval drill
Royce joins calls to reject new Iranian UN envoy
The Hill: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) on Thursday said the United States should deny a visa to Iran’s new ambassador to the United Nations. A number of lawmakers have voiced the same concern this week over Abutalebi.
Chinese man, Iranian indicted in US over Iran exports
AFP: A Chinese man, an Iranian and two Iranian firms were charged in the United States with conspiring to export devices to Iran that can serve to enrich uranium, an indictment unsealed Friday said.
Iran oil exports will be in line with sanctions target: U.S.
Reuters: The United States on Friday dismissed suggestions that Iran was exporting much more oil than it is allowed to sell under a preliminary nuclear deal with world powers and predicted that aggregate Iranian oil sales would meet targets set for Tehran.
Boeing says US OK’s sale of plane parts to Iran
AP: Boeing Co. said Friday that it received U.S. government approval to export certain spare parts for commercial airplanes to Iran. Officials at the Treasury Department, which oversees sanctions against Iran, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
US official: Iran nuke deal to be drafted in May
AP: World powers and Iran will start drafting a final nuclear agreement next month, a U.S. official said Friday in a surprisingly optimistic assessment that expressed hope that a comprehensive pact could be reached in July.
US voices concern about Iran envoy
AFP: The United States said Thursday it has voiced concern to Iran on its potential selection of a UN ambassador with alleged links to the 1979 seizure of the US embassy. Iran has sought a visa for Hamid Aboutalebi, who joined a student group behind the hostage-taking.
Austrian president poised for rare Western visit to Iran
Reuters: Austrian President Heinz Fischer has ‘in principle’ accepted an invitation to visit Iran, his office said on Wednesday, in what would be the first trip for many years by a Western head of state.
Iran, six powers start expert-level nuclear talks in Vienna
Reuters: Iran and six world powers began an expert-level meeting about Tehran’s nuclear program on Thursday, part of efforts to reach an agreement by late July on how to resolve a decade-old dispute that has stirred fears of a Middle East war.
Christian prisoner in Iran protests harsh treatment with hunger strike
Morning Star News: A convert from Islam in Iran sentenced to serve almost four years in prison for Christian activities has gone on a hunger strike to protest the government’s refusal to grant his request for release, religious freedom advocates said.
