Iran News Roundup

Iran News Roundup August 31, 2010
Ahmadinejad’s office rejects reports on Mashaei’s meeting with former U.S. envoy; Rafsanjani calls for massive participation of Muslims at Quds Day rallies; Iranian foreign ministry criticizes local media calling French first lady ‘prostitute’; Supreme Leader calls on Muslims to help flood-hit Pakistanis; Rafsanjani accuses West of nurturing terrorism; Iranian intelligence minister accuses opposition leaders of receiving foreign aid; IRGC says Zionist regime to face annihilation; Iran to produce Tehran’s nuclear reactor fuel within year; Iran to resume export of natural gas to Turkey within week
Iran News Roundup August 29-30, 2010
Kayhan says U.S. pressures strengthening Revolutionary Guards in Iran; Ahmadinejad blasts U.S. performance in providing aid relief in Pakistan; former IRGC chief says U.S. leaves behind troops in Iraq to control country’s oil; Iran, China finalizing one-billion-dollar deal to develop petrochemical industry in Iran
Iran News Roundup August 25-26, 2010
Larijani brothers accused of being ‘secret’ Jews; Ahmadinejad says ‘movement of discord’ not dead; Iranian intelligence minister accuses ‘heads of discord’ of receiving over $1 billion from foreign enemies; Iranian defense minister claims working on missile defense system resembling Russia’s S-300; Iran says ready to sell arms to Lebanon; Pakistan’s former spy chief says Iran joining nuclear club good for Muslim world
Iran News Roundup August 24, 2010
Rafsanjani urges Iranian clerics to act in unison to foil domestic, foreign conspiracies; Ahmadinejad to visit flood-hit areas in Pakistan; Ahmadinejad says Israel too weak to attack Iran; Iranian defense minister warns Iran’s reaction to military strike to be ‘unpredictable’; Supreme Leader’s aide urges Iranian armed forces to hit enemy outside region; Iranian officials describe operation of Bushehr nuclear plant as failure of western countries’ anti-Iran policies
Iran News Roundup August 21-22, 2010
Alef News accuses Ahmadinejad government of ‘conspiracy’ to sideline clergy; Ahmadinejad says Tehran keen to expand ties with African countries; Ahmadinejad’s post-Ramadan visit to Lebanon to include ‘arms package’ for Lebanese army; Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader lauds inauguration of Bushehr’s nuclear plant; Iranian, Syrian oil ministers discuss natural gas deal; Iran mulling importing electricity from Russia, Georgia; Iran inaugurates gas pipeline
Iran News Roundup August 17-18, 2010
Controversy over Islam remarks by Ahmadinejad’s aide continues; Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses Saudi Arabia of meddling in Iran; Tehran demands compensation if Moscow cancels export of S-300 missile; Ahmadinejad meets Mohsen Rezai to explore ways of bypassing sanctions; Iran finalizing specifications of new sites for nuclear enrichment
Iran News Roundup August 16, 2010
Iranian journalist released from jail blasts Supreme Leader; Mohsen Rezai attacked by mob; hardliners intensify criticism of Ahmadinejad’s aide over Islam remark; Venezuela offers Iran gasoline supply of 20,000 barrels per day; Iran announces plans for new nuclear sites; Ahmadinejad introduces new law for nuclear safeguard; Iranian diplomat says adding fuel to Bushehr nuclear plant astonished enemies
Iran News Roundup August 13, 2010
Supreme Leader’s brother accuses regime of ‘hypocrisy’; hardliners step up criticism of Ahmadinejad’s aide over Islam remark; Iranian foreign minister warns U.S., Israel against conflict with Iran; IRGC commander says ‘We have no religious authorization to use nuclear bomb’; Bushehr nuclear plant to come into operation next week; Afghan analysts warn of Iran’s growing influence in Afghanistan
Iran News Roundup August 12, 2010
Ahmadinejad defends aide’s controversial Islam remark; Kayhan slams Clinton’s remarks on human rights abuses in Iran; IRGC chief warns against military attack on Iran; Swiss energy giant EGL says gas deal with Iran still on despite sanctions; Turkey to continue implementation of gas pipeline with Iran
Iran News Round up August 10-11, 2010
Ahmadinejad’s aide under fire over Islam remark; Azad University opens branch in Kabul; Iranian foreign minister arrives in Syria for talks; Iranian intelligence minister warns of anti-Iran conspiracies; Ahmadinejad downplays impact of new sanctions; senior Russian official to visit Iran for inauguration of Bushehr nuclear plant; Iran to hold nuclear talks with Vienna Group within two weeks; Iranian foreign ministry rejects direct talks with U.S. over nuclear issue; Turkey’s gasoline exports to Iran drop by 73%; Iran plans to hold international summit on Afghanistan