Reuters: Top exporter Saudi Arabia approved sales of 3 million barrels of extra crude to India for August to make up for a loss of shipments from Iran due to a payment dispute, sources with direct knowledge of the sale said on Tuesday.
Saudi strikes India oil deal after Iran cuts supply
US General says Iran may be seeking a mass-casualty event in Iraq
AP: Iran’s stepped-up arming of Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq who are targeting American troops may be designed to trigger a “Beirut-like moment” of mass U.S. casualties, the Obama administration’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Tuesday.
Iran police chief blames West for crime rise
AFP: Western powers are responsible for a recent spike in crime in Iran, the state television website on Tuesday quoted police chief Esmaeel Ahmadi Moghaddam as saying.
Iran shelling kills 2 in Iraq’s Kurdish region
VOA: Cross-border shelling by Iranian forces has killed two people and wounded at least two others in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
Iran to release actresses on bail: judiciary
AFP: Iran’s judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie announced on Monday the release on bail of Iranian actress and filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani and actress Marzieh Vafamehr, IRNA news agency said.
US denies killing scientist, presses Iran
AFP: The United States on Monday denied Iranian accusations it assassinated a scientist and urged the Islamic regime not to use the incident to “distract attention” from its contested nuclear program.
China, Iran eye barter plan to bypass U.S. sanctions – FT
Reuters: Iran and China are discussing using a barter system to exchange Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, as U.S. sanctions have blocked China from paying at least $20 billion for oil, the Financial Times said.
Iran’s top leader names mediator in power struggle
AP: Iran’s top leader on Monday appointed a mediator to resolve an ongoing dispute between the country’s president and parliament that has also challenged his own authority.
Iran to ink gas contact with Syria, Iraq
Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it reached a trilateral agreement with its allies Syria and Iraq to build a pipeline which would boost its gas exports, a senior official was quoted as saying by the media.
Iran Foreign Min to visit India amid oil row
Reuters: Iran’s foreign minister will visit India in the coming weeks, news agency ISNA quoted an official on Saturday as saying, as the two countries seek a way of ending a standoff over unmet payments for oil exports.
