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.
US monitoring Iranian warships’ Sudan visit
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.
Iran insists it obtained drone images of Israel
AFP: Iran insisted on Wednesday that it had obtained images of sensitive areas of Israel from a Hezbollah drone before it was shot down, despite the Jewish state questioning if the aircraft carried a camera.
Iranian warships leave Sudan port
AFP: Two Iranian warships left a Sudanese port on Wednesday, an AFP photographer said, after a visit coinciding with Khartoum’s denial that Iran is involved in making weapons in Sudan.
Netanyahu says strike on Iran would be good for Arabs
Reuters: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East.
‘Heroic’ Iran, ‘resistive’ Syria behind Sandy, pro-Assad group claims
CNN: When it comes to natural disasters, the divide between assumption and reality can be stark. Or downright absurd.
Agritel says Iran purchased 50,000 tons of wheat from Germany
Bloomberg: Iran purchased 50,000 metric tons of wheat from Germany, farm adviser Agritel said today in a report on its website. The wheat is for delivery in November or December, the Paris-based company wrote, without saying where it got the information.
Iran temporarily put nuclear bomb ambitions on hold: Barak
AFP: Iran averted a showdown over its nuclear programme by putting a third of its medium-enriched uranium to civilian use, but the respite may be short-lived, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday.
European lawmakers cool to Obama’s Iran sanctions
Fox News: President Obama’s efforts to isolate Iran’s rogue regime is drawing a cool response from some key European lawmakers, who may be putting trade over principle.
US, EU hopeful of new Iran nuke talks
AP: The U.S. and the European Union said Tuesday they’ll press on with sanctions against Iran, even as they hope the promise of new negotiations could lead to a diplomatic solution ending the nuclear standoff.
