Daily Telegraph: Iran erupted in a fresh frenzy of animosity towards its old imperial foe on Sunday as MPs chanting “death to England” voted to expel Britain’s ambassador to Tehran and threatened his mission with a reprise of the 1979 hostage crisis.
Tehran votes to expel Britain’s ambassador
Push to drop Khalq terror designation in US
AFP: A group of prominent Americans is lobbying President Barack Obama to lift designation of Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq as a terrorist group, The New York Times reported.
Oman to withdraw from Iran’s petrochemical project, Mehr says
Bloomberg: Oman will withdraw from a project to build a petrochemical plant in southern Iran, the Mehr news agency cited Abdolhossein Bayat, the managing director of the National Iranian Petrochemical Co., as saying.
Iran MPs vote to expel British ambassador
AFP: Iran’s parliament voted on Sunday to expel the British ambassador in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme and warned that other countries could also be punished.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says inflation rate at 19.3%, ISNA says
Bloomberg: Iran’s inflation rate is 19.3 percent, the state-run Iranian Students News Agency reported, citing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran says could target Turkey missile shield
Reuters: Iran could target installations in Turkey that are part of a planned NATO missile shield in any future conflict, a senior military official said on Saturday, upping the rhetoric against its neighbor with whom relations have soured in recent months.
We’ll hit NATO shield in Turkey if threatened: Iran
AFP: Iran will target NATO’s missile shield in neighbouring Turkey if it is threatened by military action, the commander of the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday.
Mysterious explosions pose dilemma for Iranian leaders
Washington Post: A massive blast at a missile base operated by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps nearly two weeks ago was the latest in a series of mysterious incidents involving explosions at natural gas transport facilities, oil refineries and military bases — blasts that have caused dozens of deaths and damage to key infrastructure in the past two years.
Analysis – EU may believe it can afford to ban Iran’s oil
Reuters: Europe is edging towards an Iranian oil embargo despite worries a ban would hit enfeebled euro zone members hardest, propel global crude prices higher and only hurt Iran by obliging it to rely on China to buy more crude at discounted prices.
US Treasury to brief UAE, Israel on Iran pressure
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury will send its top national security official to the United Arab Emirates and Israel this weekend to brief government officials on new U.S. actions to increase financial pressure on Iran.
