Iran news headlines on Tuesday include Iran launching Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Sea in the near future; Iranian Muslim clerics criticizing Ahmadinejad for hugging Chavez's mother; Iran condemning UN report on country's human rights violation; Iran considering suing Hollywood over 'Argo' and fall of Iran’s March crude exports due to sanctions.
 
Iran to launch Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Sea: Defense minister
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says the country plans to launch the indigenous Jamaran 2 destroyer in the Caspian Sea in the near future.


Vahidi said on Monday that the new warship is the symbol of the power of the Defense Ministry’s Marine Industries.
Iranian Muslim clerics criticize President Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s behavior at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s funeral displeased Iran’s conservative Muslim leaders.


According to Iranian media, the fact that Ahmadinejad hugged Chavez’s grieving mother caused a storm of controversy among Muslim leaders.


Tehran condemns UN report on alleged human rights violations in Iran
Monday’s session at the Human Right Council in Geneva has focused on Iran. In a report, U-N special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed criticized Iran’s justice system and human rights situation.


As in the case of previous report, the new statement by the Commission of Inquiry on Iran has faced tough criticism from Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Mohammad-Javad Larijani.
Iran mulls suing Hollywood over ‘Argo’
Iranian media say authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning “Argo” because of the movie’s allegedly “unrealistic portrayal” of the country.

Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said on Tuesday that French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where to file the lawsuit.
Iran’s March crude exports to fall to lowest since sanctions kicked in
Iran’s crude oil exports in March may plunge by a quarter from a month earlier to the lowest since tight Western sanctions came into effect in 2012, industry sources said, squeezing income for Tehran as sanctions cast doubt over its future revenues.

The fall may result in a revenue loss of about $1 billion for Iran, according to Reuters calculations based on current oil prices, just as the country’s parliament debates President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s spending proposals.

 

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