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AP: "Iran's atomic energy chief claimed on Thursday that
the U.N. nuclear watchdog misunderstood the nature of the experiments at a
Tehran laboratory mentioned in the agency's latest report." http://bit.ly/9OfWqB
WSJ: "An Iranian news report that the country's central
bank has begun switching €45 billion ($55.06 billion) of its foreign-currency
reserves into dollars and gold fueled fears that major holders of euros could
abandon the currency." http://bit.ly/d5c9e8
AP: "Iran's supreme leader pardoned 81 jailed opposition
supporters who had been found guilty of having a role in the unrest triggered
by last June's disputed presidential election. Wednesday's pardons were seen as a gesture of goodwill by Iran's leaders
just days before the anniversary of the June 12 election, when the opposition
says it will attempt to mount the first street protests in months." http://bit.ly/ciZU0h
Nuclear Program
AP: "The president of the U.N. Security Council says
members are making progress on the text of a resolution that would impose new
sanctions on Iran and a vote is expected soon." http://bit.ly/b1jgw8
AP: "Closing arguments began Wednesday in the trial of a
U.S.-educated man from Iran who is accused of violating the Iran trade embargo
in a case that puts a spotlight on the informal money transfer business in South
Asia known as an 'hawala.'" http://bit.ly/bs9Si7
Companies and Markets: "Moreover, the lobbying power of
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has increasingly become a thorn in Iran's
side and recent successful targets included Shell as well as manufacturer
Ingersoll Rand, which suspended the supplies to National Iranian Oil Company." http://bit.ly/bEGNmB
Human Rights
Radio Farda: "Seven Iranian Baha'i leaders incarcerated
since 2008 are scheduled to appear in court on June 12, the Baha'i
International Community representative to the United Nations in Geneva has told
RFE/RL's Radio Farda. Diane Ala'i said
on June 2 that it was not clear why the hearing has been set for the
anniversary of Iran's disputed presidential election." http://bit.ly/cGZIqg
Reuters: "An Iranian court has confirmed a sentence of 3
1/2 years in jail and 50 lashes for a journalist and filmmaker found guilty of
antistate propaganda and insulting the supreme leader, media reported. Mohammad Nourizad was arrested late last year
after he published on his blog letters deemed disrespectful to Iran's highest
authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other senior officials." http://bit.ly/dAElfH
LAT: "Almost one year after 25-year-old Kianoosh Asa was
killed during the unrest that rocked Iran and captivated the world following
the disputed 2009 presidential election, hundreds of students at the University
of Science and Technology in Tehran defied authorities by holding a
demonstration to commemorate him." http://bit.ly/dxsyGb
Opinion
WSJ Editorial Board: "Any day now, the U.N. Security
Council will take up sanctions on Iran, which the Obama Administration
considers a culmination of its year-plus-long diplomatic game plan. Alas in the
real world beyond Turtle Bay, Iran moves ever closer to building an atomic
bomb, and neither the U.S. nor its allies appear to possess any ideas, much
less a serious strategy, to stop it." http://bit.ly/apBAZX
Con Coughlin in WSJ: "Nuclear experts working for Western
intelligence agencies have identified a number of glaring discrepancies in
Iran's submissions to the IAEA, which suggest Tehran is making little effort to
build the facilities and infrastructure that are normally required for a
civilian program. Instead, Western officials have concluded that its civilian
program is nothing more than a cover designed to conceal its attempts to build
nuclear weapons." http://bit.ly/byWBuz
Golnaz Esfandiari for Radio Farda: "The Iranian
government and the opposition are each getting ready for the first anniversary
of the country's disputed presidential vote. Yet there's already talk about the
presidential election that should take place in three years -- and some names
are floating around as possible future candidates." http://bit.ly/d8gK6S
Babak Dehghanpisheh in Newsweek: "They're back. In recent
weeks, Tehran residents have seen an increase in the numbers of a familiar, but
not entirely welcome, sight: gashte ershad, or morals-police patrols. In the past,
these patrols have tried to keep women's Islamic dress, or hijab, in check.
(No-nos include showing too much hair or bare toes, for instance.)" http://bit.ly/agLSJo
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