AFP: Iran has expelled “several” Kuwaiti diplomats in a tit-for-tat retaliation for the expulsion of its diplomats accused of spying in the emirate, in a fresh blow to already tense relations in the Gulf.
Iran expels Kuwaiti diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Iran rebel deaths blamed on Iraq
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. State Department and Iraq’s government came under pressure from Congress Saturday over an Iraqi military attack on the camp of a controversial Iranian resistance movement that appears to have killed dozens.
Iraq blocks U.S. aid to camp of Iranian exiles after clash
New York Times: The government of Iraq continued on Saturday to block the delivery of American humanitarian aid to Iranian exiles who were wounded in clashes with the Iraqi Army at a camp north of Baghdad, an American military spokesman said.
Iraq denied assistance to Iran exiles: US military
AFP: Baghdad denied a US military request to provide humanitarian medical assistance to Iranian exiles wounded in deadly clashes with the Iraqi army, a spokesman for American forces said on Sunday.
Global oil market over supplied – Iran OPEC governor
Reuters: Iran sees the global oil market as over supplied, despite prices that have been pushed up by upheaval in the Middle East, its OPEC governor was quoted as saying in a newspaper on Saturday.
Russia begins refuelling Iran nuclear plant: report
AFP: Russia on Friday resumed loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant after it had to be removed because of an apparent technical fault, news reports said.
Iran confirms factory producing centrifuge parts
AP: Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday confirmed claims by an exiled Iranian opposition group that a factory west of Tehran is manufacturing centrifuge parts, but said the facility was no secret and that many other factories in the counrty were making components for Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad fires controversial chief of staff
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed his chief of staff on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported, sidelining a controversial figure who is seen as a possible future presidential contender.
Iran gas pipelines explode, no reason given
Reuters: Three gas pipelines have exploded in an Iranain province south of the capital Tehran, a news agency reported Friday, saying the cause was unknown and giving no details of damage or casualties.
Eni says paid $888 mln to Iran oil company for crude in 2010
Dow Jones: Eni SpA (E), Italy’s biggest oil and natural gas company, said it paid $888 million to the National Iranian Oil Company for crude last year and purchased a further $1.1 billion of Iranian oil from others in the same period.
