Reuters: Iran says international crude oil prices will not rise with the onset of the cold season due to the continuing global economic slump, state broadcaster IRIB quoted an official on Saturday as saying.
Iran official sees West’s troubles curbing oil price
Free Iran’s freedom fighters: Those who slander the MEK know nothing about its promise
New York Daily News – By Wes Martin: As the first colonel to command Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where the main Iranian opposition movement, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) is located, I should like to think I can speak with some authority about this deeply misunderstood organization now at the center of a fierce debate in Washington.
Khamenei warns Arab revolts against trusting the West
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday warned those involved in popular Arab uprisings against trusting Western powers and their “promises,” saying they should instead confide in Islam for solutions.
Giving away Iraq
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Leaving only 3,000 U.S. troops will enhance Iran’s influence.
Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 17 – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan has said he will soon visit Iran.
Iran frees jailed Dutchman
AFP: A Dutch-Iranian man jailed in Iran for a year for “spreading the Christian faith” has been freed and is back in the Netherlands, the country’s foreign ministry said Friday.
Oman plane in Iran, awaiting U.S. citizens’ release
Reuters: The Gulf state of Oman has sent a plane to Iran for the expected release of two U.S. citizens convicted of spying, and they could be freed within 24 hours, an Omani Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.
Ahmadinejad to offer UN delegates special gift
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will bear gifts when he attends next week’s UN General Assembly, presenting delegates a book on the allied occupation of Iran during World War II, media reported Thursday.
Belarus denies violating U.N. sanctions on Iran
Reuters: Belarus on Thursday denied news reports that it was helping Iran skirt U.N. sanctions aimed at preventing Tehran from building up its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
EU concerned over arrest of Iranian rights lawyer
AFP: European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton voiced concern Thursday about Iran’s arrest of a prominent human rights lawyer, saying it signalled “the erosion of political and civil freedoms.”
