AFP: World oil prices rose Monday, with New York crude reaching the highest level for three and a half months on tensions between Iran and Israel, and economic recovery hopes, analysts said.
Oil hits 3.5-month high on Middle East tensions
Israeli buzz on attacking Iran aims to pressure US
AFP: A high-volume public debate in Israel over a possible imminent military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities is designed to pressure Washington to back its ally more firmly, experts say.
Official: Iran tensions delay Israel immigration
AP: A top Israeli immigration official says tensions with Iran are causing some Jews to postpone plans to move to Israel.
US, Israel view Iran threat with different ‘clocks’: general
AFP: The United States and Israel have different interpretations of the same intelligence reports on Iran’s nuclear programme, the US military’s top general said.
Iran rejects allegation of role in deadly Afghan bombings
Reuters: Iran has rejected Afghan government claims that Tehran orchestrated a series of suicide bomb attacks earlier this week that killed at least 28 people in Afghanistan, Iran’s English-language Press TV reported on Sunday.
Iran leader says ‘tumour’ of Israel is biggest problem
AFP: The “cancerous tumour” of Israel is the biggest problem confronting Muslim countries today, Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday, repeating an epithet slammed just days earlier by UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US and EU officials.
U.S. says Iraqis are helping Iran to skirt sanctions
New York Times: The Obama administration is not eager for a public showdown with the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki over Iran just eight months after the last American troops withdrew from Baghdad.
Egypt’s Morsi to attend summit in Iran: state media
AFP: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi plans to attend a summit in Iran this month, state media reported on Saturday, on the first such visit since Cairo severed ties with Tehran more than three decades ago.
Obama urged to show strength against Iran
UPI: The best way for U.S. President Obama to prevent war with Iran is to provide credible support for Israel, a former Israeli intelligence chief said Saturday.
EU’s Ashton condemns “hateful” Iran remarks on Israel
Reuters: The EU foreign policy chief said on Saturday that comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a “cancerous tumour” with no place in a future Middle East, were “outrageous and hateful”.
