AP: Iran is lagging on equipping a bunker with centrifuges that will enrich uranium closer to weapons-grade but plans to boost output by using more machines than originally planned, diplomats tell The Associated Press.
APNewsBreak: Iran lagging in enrichment plan
India to make oil payment to Iran via Turkey: minister
AFP: India expects to make a first payment to Iran through Turkey for billions of dollars in unpaid crude oil bills as it seeks to avert a cut-off in fuel shipments, the oil minister said Friday.
‘US, Israeli mercenaries’ blow up Iran-Turkey gas line
AFP: A bombing of a pipeline carrying gas from Iran to Turkey early Friday was carried out by “mercenaries” in the pay of Israel and the United States, and forced a cut in supply, Iranian officials said.
Explosion on Iran-Turkey gas pipeline cuts supply – Mehr agency
Reuters: An explosion on a pipeline transferring natural gas from Iran to Turkey halted supplies early on Friday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
2 US hikers face Iranian court date on spy charges
AP: The families of two Americans imprisoned in Iran for nearly two years say they’re counting on a court hearing Sunday to end their ordeal at last.
Al Qaeda in Iran
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: The U.S. finally acknowledges the terror connection.
Bank deal may solve India-Iran oil pay impasse-media
Reuters: India’s government will likely resolve a payment impasse with Tehran for buying Iranian crude by having Indian companies to open rupee accounts in Union Bank of India, local media in India reported on Thursday.
Treasury accuses Iran of aiding Al Qaeda
New York Times: The Treasury Department on Thursday accused the Iranian authorities of aiding Al Qaeda and said it was imposing financial sanctions on six people believed to be Qaeda operatives in Iran, Kuwait, Qatar and Pakistan.
AP Exclusive: Shot Iranian said to be nuke expert
AP: A man shot dead on a Tehran street by motorcycle-riding gunmen last weekend was a scientist involved in suspected Iranian attempts to make nuclear weapons and not a student as officially claimed, a foreign government official and a former U.N. nuclear inspector have told The Associated Press.
Ahmadinejad: Iran and Iraq have common goals and enemies
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Iran’s hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Iraqi oil minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi on Wednesday and stated that both countries have the same enemies and that only cooperation would lead to the defeat of their common foes.
