CNN: An Iranian fencer who competed at an event in France has gone missing, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported Wednesday.

AFP: Iranian forces scrambled warplanes in response to six separate mock intrusions by enemy aircraft during air defence drills this week, the spokesman for the exercise was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Reuters: Azerbaijan pledged to deepen energy cooperation with neighbouring Iran on Wednesday, signing a memorandum of cooperation with Tehran on gas supplies and electricity swaps.

AFP: Iranian authorities have defused two bombs hidden in the western city of Sanandaj in Kurdistan province, Press TV quoted a provincial official on Tuesday as saying.

AFP: A German diplomat received consular access to two jailed German reporters in Iran Tuesday for the second time in a month, the foreign ministry said, renewing its call for a “resolution” of the case.

Reuters: Acclaimed movie maker Jafar Panahi has gone on trial in Iran, accused of making a film without permission and inciting opposition protests, according to a statement released in Italy.

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to hold talks in Azerbaijan on Wednesday ahead of a summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in the capital Baku, the foreign ministry said.

Reuters: Iran began what it said was its biggest ever air defense drill on Tuesday to test its ability to deter air strikes, which the United States and Israel have not ruled out to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons