Reuters: Anti-government demonstrations in Syria are part of a plot by the West to undermine a government that supports “resistance” in the Middle East, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
Iran calls Syrian protests a Western plot
Crescent says no agreement on gas prices with Iran, Mehr reports
Bloomberg: Crescent Petroleum Co., the biggest shareholder in Dana Gas PJSC (DANA), hasn’t reached an agreement with Iran on natural-gas prices for exports to the United Arab Emirates, according to Mehr.
Iran to build ‘4 to 5’ nuclear research reactors
AFP: Iran will continue enriching uranium to 20 percent level to fuel “four to five” nuclear research reactors it intends to build in the “next few years,” a top official told the ISNA news agency on Monday.
Bahrain tries three for spying for Iran
AFP: One Bahraini and two Iranians are on trial in Bahrain on charges of spying for Iran, which the kingdom has accused of meddling in its internal affairs, the official BNA news said on Tuesday.
Germany rebuffs U.S. calls to shut Iran bank
Wall Street Journal: Germany is resisting international pressure to freeze the activities of an Iranian-owned bank based in Hamburg that U.S. officials say provides the financial lifeblood for some of Iran’s blacklisted companies.
EU slaps sanctions on 32 Iranians over rights abuses
AFP: The European Union imposed assets freezes and travel bans on 32 Iranian officials on Tuesday, saying they had been involved in human rights violations.
NATO ships on Gulf tour amid Iran tension
AFP: NATO warships were Monday moored in Dubai’s main port alongside a slew of cargo vessels on a mission to boost military ties with Gulf Arab states, which have increasingly tense relations with Iran.
Hardship blunts Iranian interest in Arab protests
Reuters: Iran’s leaders say uprisings in the Arab world were inspired by its 1979 revolution, but most ordinary Iranians are too worn down by economic hardship to care about the export of their system of Islamic rule.
Iran econ minister says India oil payment row solved
Reuters: Iran’s economy minister said on Monday a dispute with India over payments for Iranian crude oil had been resolved, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Iran plans currency reform, seeks dollar parity: report
AFP: Iran plans to slash four zeros from its national currency in “one to two years”, seeking parity between its rial and the US dollar, Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani has said.
