Iran News – Treasury Adjusts Rules To Help People In Iran, Sudan, Cuba – NASDAQ

Treasury Adjusts Rules To Help People In Iran, Sudan, Cuba – NASDAQ
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Treasury Department has made a rule change that it says will help people in Iran, Sudan, and Cuba communicate with the outside world. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Monday amended regulations …

Iran urges China to resist sanctions pressure – YAHOO!
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Tuesday urged China to resist pressure by the United States and its allies for new sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program. Washington and other Western powers are seeking a new round of U.N. sanctions against Iran because of its refusal to halt uranium enrichment

Defiant Iran gets key backing over nuclear sanctions (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iran said on Tuesday it can deter attacks over its nuclear drive, as China and Turkey raised doubts about sanctions and the United States reassured Israel of its will to stop Tehran getting atomic arms.

New Iran destroyer test fires missile – report (TVNZ)
A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Wednesday, Iran’s Fars news agency reported

New Iran destroyer test fires missile – report (The Star)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.

Iranian women activists call for end to discrimination (Payvand Iran News)
A group of Iranian women activists gathered on the occasion of International Women’s Day to urge the Islamic Republic to release all women activists and end all discrimination against women in Iran. Zahra Ranavard was among the participants at the event.

Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Postpones Afghanistan Visit (HispanicBusiness.com)
Tehran (dpa) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has postponed a visit to Afghanistan which was scheduled for Monday, the Fars news agency reported.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Afghanistan Wednesday (EARTHtimes.org)
Tehran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Afghanistan Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran said Tuesday. Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters that Ahmadinejad would discuss bilateral and international issues with…

Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned Tuesday that Tehran has “great means of deterrence” to face any possible attack over its nuclear programme.

European Firm To Invest US$3.6 Billion In Iran Gas Field (Bernama)
TEHRAN, March 9 (Bernama) — Iran has finalized technical and financial terms with an Eastern European company on a contract worth US$3.6 billion to expand the Lavan gas field, the head of Iranian Offshore Oil Company Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh said, Mehr News Agency reports Tuesday.

For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
In the Iranian desert, at a sprawling industrial site ringed by barbed wire and antiaircraft guns, a shift in the enrichment of uranium is producing global jitters because it could shorten Iran’s path to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.

(S.D.)-Legislature Restricts State Investment in Iran – KCSR
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A measure barring the investment of state funds in certain oil companies that do business in Iran has won final approval from the South Dakota Legislature. The House voted 62-5 on Monday to pass the measure, which already has been …

Iranian, Italian scholars discuss methods to restore Pasargadae (Payvand Iran News)
A team of Iranian and Italian experts attended a conference last week to discuss methods to restore Pasargadae in Iran’s southern province of Fars. Italian experts are old hands at the restoration of ancient sites built from stone. -MNA

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