Bloomberg: Iran’s government may have to abandon efforts to rein in inflation by forbidding producers to increase prices, the Jomhouri Eslami newspaper reported.

Reuters: At least two of Asia’s four top buyers of Iranian crude will keep imports flowing, though at overall reduced rates, as they find ways around an EU ban on insuring tankers carrying the Islamic country’s oil.

Bloomberg: Iran’s imports of automobile parts decreased by 47.8 percent to $254 million in the first two months of the current Iranian year compared with the same period last year, Shargh reported.

UPI: The international community can’t ensure basic energy security by shoving Iran out of the market, the country’s deputy oil minister said.

AFP: The United States and Israel collaborated to create the Flame computer virus as part of an effort to slow Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons drive, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

AFP: World powers stuck firmly to their demands on Iran during two tough days of talks in Moscow, refusing to budge on Tehran’s attempt to have various sanctions lifted, a senior US official said Tuesday.

Reuters: Brent crude edged lower on Tuesday on relief that negotiations to defuse the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program led to plans for technical talks in July, while hopes for more monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve helped lift U.S. crude.

Reuters: France said on Tuesday it would continue to strengthen sanctions against Iran after negotiations in Moscow over its nuclear programme ended without progress.

AFP: Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Bolivia for a brief visit with President Evo Morales Tuesday, before continuing on to Brazil for the UN summit on sustainable development.