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STOP THE BOMB – STOP THE BOMB protestiert bei Exporttag der oesterreichischen Wirtschaftskammer
STOP THE BOMB protestiert bei Exporttag der österreichischen Wirtschaftskammer
Kritik am Ausbau der Geschäftsbeziehungen mit dem Iran zum Jahrestag der iranischen Protestbewegung
Aktivisten von STOP THE BOMB haben heute, zwei Tage vor dem Jahrestag des Beginns der Proteste anlässlich der gefälschten Präsidentschaftswahlen im Iran, beim Exporttag der Wirtschaftskammer in Wien gegen Geschäfte mit dem iranischen Regime protestiert. Sie konfrontierten am Stand der Außenhandelsstelle Teheran sowohl den österreichischen Handelsdelegierten Michael Friedl als auch am Iran-Handel interessierte Geschäftsleute mit ihrer Kritik. Im Zuge dieser Gespräche gaben Vertreter der Wirtschaftskammer zu, dass man nicht ausschliessen könne, im Rahmen der österreichischen Iran-Geschäfte auch mit den Revolutionsgarden in Kontakt kommen, die mittlerweile große Teile des iranischen Außenhandels kontrollieren.

JP – Iran: Sanctions are trash
Ahmedinejad accuses West of abusing Security Council to attack Iran.

JP – Hamburg mosque hosts pro-Iran event – German official: „30 pro-Iranian Hizbullah meet in the Islamic Center.“
BERLIN – The Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg hosted a conference last week supportive of the regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and with the participation of advocates of revolutionary Islam.
Manfred Murck, a spokesman for the Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungschutz), the domestic intelligence agency, told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that there are „roughly 30 members of pro-Iranian Hizbullah“ in Hamburg „who meet in the Islamic Center Hamburg.“
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed the director of the Islamic Center Hamburg, which is part of the Imam Ali Mosque. The mosque’s imam, Ayatollah Reza Ramezani, used his platform to call for participation at the 2009 Al-Quds Day, an anti-West and anti-Israeli hate festival, whose goal is the „liberation of Jerusalem from the Zionist system.“

gloria-center – What’s Actually in the U.S. Sanctions on Iran Proposal? Strengths and Weaknesses – Barry Rubin
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JP – Germany may have blocked Iran nuclear shipment – Customs arrested businessmen delivering nuke technology to Iran – By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
BERLIN – Customs officials arrested German businessmen in a German airport recently on their way to deliver unlawful nuclear technology for the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
However, Rüdiger Hagen, a spokesman for the German customs control agency’s criminal division, told The Jerusalem Post there was „no ongoing investigation that can be attributed to“ Bushehr, the city on the southwestern coast of Iran where a nuclear power plant is being built in cooperation with Russia.

JTA – Major powers agree on Iran sanctions – May 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The five members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany have agreed on a sanctions package against Iran.
The agreement by the major powers on „strong“ Iran sanctions comes partly in response to Iran’s attempts to defang international efforts to monitor its nuclear development, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Die nächste Lüge Mottakis! Und Lula da Silva sowie Recep Tayyip Erdogan geben wie erwartet Geleitschutz (bd)
haaretz – Iran says three-way summit could finalize nuclear deal with West

Weekend meeting with Turkish and Brazilian presidents could see Tehran agree to export uranium for enrichment.
Tehran said it hoped that a trilateral summit between Iran, Brazil and Turkey at the weekend would lead to finalization of a uranium exchange deal, the news network Khabar reported Thursday.
„Brazilian President (Luiz Inacio) Lula da Silva and Turkish Prime Minister (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan have had sufficient talks with the world powers, including China, Russia and the United States over the nuclear issue,“ Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Khabar.
„Therefore, we hope that the trilateral summit will lead to the finalization of the uranium exchange deal,“ Mottaki added….

arabianbusiness – Iran test fires anti-sub torpedoes in Gulf exercise
by Bloomberg
 
MILITARY MIGHT: Iran has test fired anti-submarine torpedoes in Gulf waters as part of a military exercise. (Photo for illustrative purposes only)
Iran’s navy, which is conducting military manoeuvres in the Persian Gulf, test fired domestically built anti-submarine torpedoes, state-run Press TV reported on Monday.
The torpedoes were fired on Sunday from the 1,420-ton warship, Jamaran, which was deployed this year, the news channel said…. 

YNET – Envoys: Iran FM to meet UN Security Council
Diplomats say US, British and French ambassadors will not be attending meeting with Mottaki, but will be sending deputies instead
Facing the possibility of a new round of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, Iran’s foreign minister will meet with the United States and other members of the Security Council on Thursday, diplomats said.