(Thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his assistance in compiling)
Diplomacy
- Report of “Sixteen spy agencies robs the United States of any excuse to engage in a military adventure against Iran.”
- The German government opposes unilateral EU sanctions against Iran.
- Ahmadinejad at the GCC Summit in Doha presents a 12-point proposal ranging from expansion of economic ties and tourism, to environmental and security cooperation.
- In English, here.
- “Magnanimity of the Iranian president and the honor he has shown to an organization bearing the false name of the Gulf should be rewarded by an end to false territorial claims against Iran,” writes Tabnak, in reference to the United Arab Emirates-Iran territorial dispute with regard to three islands in the Persian Gulf, and Iran’s objection to the removal of the “Persian” from “Gulf.”
- Ahmadinejad: “United Nations Security Council’s composition is not just.”
- Iran-Canada relations worsen as the Islamic Republic declares Canadian ambassador to Tehran persona non grata.
- President of Turkmenistan: “Iran is the true friend and the reliable partner of Turkmenistan.”
- Mehdi Karrubi, former speaker of the Iranian parliament, visits China.
- Ahmadinejad proposes formation of International Islamic Court to punish international criminals.
Nuclear Issue
- Former Iranian parliamentarian, Ahmad Shirzad ridicules Moscow’s promises to finish Bushehr nuclear reactor.
Religion, Society, and Culture
- Imam Khomeini Research Institute in Qom headed by Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi convenes a “scientific seminar on the theological views of sex change operations.”
- Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi: “Mixture of male and female students at universities leads to corruption.”
- More than one thousand non-Iranians have graduated from Elmiyyeh Hojjatiyeh Theological Seminary in Qom.
- Deputy Physical training manager of the Islamic Republic: “Our schools have only the capacity to provide 20 percent of Iranian school children with sports facilities.”
Economy and Trade
- Sunni clerics of Iraq: “Purchase of Iranian products impermissible… We will treat Iranian products the way we treated Danish products.”
- Saudi Arabia to invest €500 million Euros in an electricity plant in Iran.
- South Pars Gas Field projects to be auctioned at Tehran Stock Exchange by presidential decree.
- Iran’s economic growth reaches 6.5 percent, claims Fars News Agency.
- Smuggling of mobile phones to Iran increases.
- Panic as the public rushes exchange agencies to buy U.S. Dollars.
- Six million Iranians to receive shares in state-owned Iranian companies.
Politics
- Ali Zadsar, member of the judicial committee of the Iranian parliament: “No one can acquit [former nuclear negotiator] Mousavian of guilt [in the espionage case against him] before a trial.”
- Hossein Razzaghi, newly-released from prison: “The thought of a ’velvet revolution’ in Iran is a conspiracy theory which only serves the purpose of exerting greater control of the civil society.”
- Didar unveils a U.S. conspiracy to topple the government of the Islamic Republic by means of a ’Velvet Revolution,’ accuses reformist news agencies and newspapers of receiving “$75 million.”
Human Rights and Labor
- Family of imprisoned human rights and civil-society activist Emad al-Din Baghi meet Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri and Ayatollah Sanei to seek advice.
Photo of the Day
- Ahmadinejad in Doha.
