Reuters: Iran will continue to provide motorists with rationed gasoline for another month, again delaying a risky fuel subsidy cut feared to ignite street protests in the Islamic state, a senior official was quoted as saying by the students’ news agency ISNA.
Iran again delays phasing out fuel subsidy-agency
German paper calls on Iran to release its journalists
AFP: Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper called on Iran on Sunday to release two of its journalists arrested six weeks ago and accused of spying.
US defense chiefs warns LatAm nations on Iran cooperation
AFP: Latin American nations need to be cautious with Iran and its motives when negotiating development of their nuclear capacities, the US defense chief warned here Sunday.
Iran explores layer of 34 bln barrels -ministry
Reuters: Iran has explored a layer of 34 billion barrels of crude under an offshore gas field in the Gulf, the Oil Ministry’s website Shana reported on Sunday.
Iran nuclear talks likely in Geneva next month: EU
AFP: Stalled negotiations between world powers and Iran on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme will likely resume on December 5 in Geneva, the European Union’s top diplomat said Monday.
U.S. hikers in Iran seek move to embassy, lawyer says
Bloomberg: The lawyer representing two U.S. Americans detained in Iran for more than a year on espionage charges said he’ll request that they be allowed to move to the Swiss embassy in Tehran while awaiting trial.
Missile threat today comes from Iran: Sarkozy
AFP: France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday that Iran poses the main threat of the type of rogue attack that NATO’s planned anti-missile defence shield is designed to foil.
Stuxnet may be part of Iran atom woes – ex-IAEA aide
Reuters: Iran has been experiencing years of problems with equipment used in its uranium enrichment programme and the Stuxnet computer virus may be one of the factors, a former top U.N. nuclear inspections official said.
Nigeria seizes Europe-bound heroin from Iran
AFP: Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency said Saturday the seizure of more than 130 kilos of heroin at Lagos port, believed to be shipped from Iran, was destined for Europe.
Ahmadinejad urges girls to marry at 16
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged young girls to marry at age of 16 in his latest rejection of the country’s once effective family planning program, local newspapers reported on Sunday.
