AFP: Iran has made arrests over a scientist’s assassination last week blamed on Israel and the US, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Monday, vowing his country would avenge the death using “non-terrorist” tactics.

Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it had received a letter from the U.S. government about the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial oil shipping lane that Tehran has threatened to close if sanctions prevent it exporting oil.

AP: An Iranian news website says a court has sentenced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s press adviser to one year in prison on the charge of insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

AFP: Iran has starkly warned Gulf states not to make up for any shortfall in its oil exports under new US and EU sanctions, adding yet another layer of peril to the international showdown over its nuclear programme.

AFP: Pakistan deported three Iranian border guards after they were pardoned in court by the family of a man killed in a cross-border attack, officials said.

AP: Britain’s Foreign Secretary said Sunday that European nations will intensify pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, but insisted the West wasn’t pressing for military action.

AP: Iran’s official news agency says the country is holding both the United States and Britain accountable for the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.

AFP: Iranian Navy speed boats harassed US naval vessels in two recent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior US defense official said, confirming a CNN report.

AP: Britain’s High Court said Friday a retired businessman who allegedly plotted to sell missile components to Iran should be extradited to the United States.

Reuters: Saudi Arabia says it has enough oil output capacity to meet global customers’ needs if new sanctions keep Iran from exporting oil, a top U.S. Republican said on Friday.