AFP: Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh told AFP on Wednesday she was in “good” condition after three years in prison, and that she would continue defending human rights.
Iran’s Sotoudeh says will continue defending rights
Israel accuses Iran of deception to buy time for atom work
Reuters: Israel accused Iran on Wednesday of using “deception and concealment” to buy time for its nuclear programme, signalling scepticism about the new Iranian president’s move away from the hardline stance of his predecessor.
No bail for African charged in Iran-uranium plot
AP: A West African man was ordered jailed Thursday until trial on U.S. charges that he attempted to broker an illegal deal to ship tons of uranium ore from Sierra Leone to Iran, including a trip to the U.S. with uranium ore samples concealed in shoes inside his luggage.
Iran frees prominent rights lawyer Sotoudeh
Reuters: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, seen by campaign groups as Iran’s highest profile political prisoner, was freed on Wednesday, in another sign that hardline policies may be easing under a new president.
US to seize New York skyscraper secretly owned by Iran
AFP: The United States is set seize control of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper prosecutors claim is secretly owned by Iran, the justice department said, though the ruling is to be appealed.
Obama pledges to test Iran’s willingness for dialogue
AFP: US President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to test the sincerity of signs that new Iranian President Hassan Rowhani may be ready for a newly productive nuclear dialogue with the West.
‘Technical glitch’ brings down Iran firewall
AFP: A technical glitch allowed some Iranians temporary access to banned social networking websites Facebook and Twitter, an Iranian Internet official said on Tuesday.
Iran’s Khamenei touts flexibility ahead of talks
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that flexibility was sometimes necessary in diplomacy as his negotiators prepared for new talks on his government’s controversial nuclear drive.
Iran confirms exchange of letters with Obama
Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday that President Hassan Rouhani had exchanged letters with U.S. President Barack Obama, confirming a rare contact between leaders of the two nations at loggerheads over Iran’s nuclear program, the Syrian war and other issues.
Lawmaker from Humble seeks U.N. action for Iranian exiles
Houston Chronicle: Texas GOP Rep. Ted Poe prepared a letter to U.N. Secretary General on Monday asking the international organization to consider deploying blue helmeted U.N. peacekeepers to Iraq to prevent further attacks on Iranian exiles who had been promised protection by the United States.
