Iran News Round Up

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by Ali Alfoneh, Ahmad Majidyar and Michael Rubin.  To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online.
 
(E) = Article in English

Diplomacy

• Ahmadinejad invites Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi to visit Iran.

Military and Security

• Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi warns that he will not allow "repetition of the 2009 sedition." 

• [E] A senior Iranian lawmaker lauded the achievements of the recent missile wargames conducted by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and underlined that the drills showed Iran's full information about the US bases in the region. 

Economy

• Alef News urges the economy minister to solve the problem of multiple exchange rates in Iran. 
• [E] The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) announced that the country's iron ore production in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 20 - June 20, 2012) exceeded 7,550,000 tons, showing a 8.7% growth compared with the same period last year. 

Trade

• Kenya stops importing oil from Iran fearing the U.S. reactions.
• [E] A senior Iranian trade official lauded the close ties between Iran and China in trade fields, and stressed the two countries' determination to further boost economic exchanges. 

Religion, Society and Culture

• Alef News releases a poem by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei lamenting the absence of the Imam of the Era. 
  • A cleric falls asleep in the middle of a television program. Video:

Nuclear Issue

• [E] China lauded the progress made in the experts meeting between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany), and expressed the hope that the two sides could continue negotiations in a pragmatic way. 
• [E] Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised the outcomes of the recent experts meeting between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany), and noted that the talks have entered a "constructive" phase. 

Iran in the Afghan Media

• Afghan police arrested an Iranian narcotics smuggler in Herat Province.
• Iran blocks oil shipments into Afghanistan. 

Photos of the Day

• Khamenei at the Jamkaran Mosque, the alleged sanctuary of the Imam of the Era. 
• Ahmadinejad waiting for a delayed guest: speaker of the Syrian parliament.