Reuters: Standard Chartered is close to wrapping up discussions to resolve U.S. investigations into its Iran-linked transactions and nearing agreement on a fine in the $300-million range, mirroring a much-publicized state settlement over similar allegations, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Standard Chartered close to U.S. settlement on Iran transactions
British millionaire pleads guilty in Iran missile scheme
Reuters: British millionaire Christopher Tappin pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas on Thursday to charges of attempting to sell missile parts to Iran, prosecutors said.
Netanyahu rival blasts his “obsession” with Iran
Reuters: Kicking off his election campaign, Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz on Thursday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being driven by an obsession to bomb Iran.
9 Iranian female prisoners go on hunger strike
AP: At least nine Iranian women political prisoners have gone on a hunger strike to protest snap body searches and abuse by prison guards at the main prison in Tehran, according to an Iranian opposition website.
Briton in missiles-to-Iran case to enter new plea
AP: A federal judge has scheduled a new plea hearing for a British man accused of trying to buy missile parts from undercover U.S. agents and illegally sell them to Iran.
Hollande warns Iran after meeting Israeli PM
AFP: French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said he wanted “concrete acts” from Iran to prove it was not pursuing a nuclear arms drive after his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Argentina, Iran end first talks on 1994 attack
AFP: Iran said Wednesday it has completed a first round of talks with Argentina on the 1994 bombing of a Jewish aid organisation in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and wounded 300.
Khamenei warns Iran’s top officials to avoid political spats
Bloomberg: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the country’s top politicians to focus on their job and avoid disagreements that may “feed the foreign media’s propaganda.”
US monitoring Iranian warships’ Sudan visit
AFP: The United States said Wednesday it was monitoring a visit by two Iranian warships to a Sudanese port this week, but had no details about it.
OPEC output rises, offsets more Iran shrinkage: survey
Reuters: OPEC oil output has risen slightly in October as extra supplies from Iraq, Angola and Libya have offset disruptions in Nigeria and a further decline in Iran to its lowest in two decades, a Reuters survey found on Wednesday.
