Reuters: Crates of weapons including rocket launchers and mortars seized in Nigeria this week were loaded in Iran by a local trader, the company which shipped the containers said on Saturday.
Weapons seized in Nigeria came from Iran-shipping company
Iran forex reserves exceed $100bln: Ahmadinejad
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the foreign exchange reserves of sanctions-hit Iran were higher than the World Bank’s estimate of 100 billion dollars.
Iran Air considers legal case over EU fuel denial
Reuters: Iran’s state-owned airline is considering legal action to force European companies to fuel its planes, official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
Iran’s supreme leader demands support of clerics
Los Angeles Times: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns the leaders of the Shiite Muslim clergy if they embrace Western ideals or oppose President Ahmadinejad’s hard-line government, the Islamic Republic could collapse.
Palin, US State Department in Twitter duel
AFP: A tongue-in-cheek US birthday message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over Twitter may not have reached the intended recipient, but triggered a rebuke from someone else — Sarah Palin.
Suicide bombing kills 25 in Iraq’s Diyala province
Los Angeles Times: The nighttime attack targets a cafe popular with Shiite Kurds and may have been aimed at escalating religious and ethnic tensions in restive Diyala.
Iran ready for nuclear talks after Nov. 10
Reuters: Iran is ready to hold its first talks with world powers in more than a year about its disputed nuclear program any time after Nov. 10, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Friday.
Singapore tightens trading rules with Iran, North Korea
Dow Jones: Singapore said Friday it will tighten its trading regime with North Korea and Iran in line with United Nations’ sanctions from November to curb “illicit diversions of strategic controlled goods.”
Arms shipment found in Nigeria loaded in Iran: firm
AFP: An illegal arms shipment including rockets and grenades discovered in Nigeria this week was loaded in Iran by an Iranian trader, the firm that operates the vessel that delivered it said on Friday.
Finland grants asylum to former Iranian diplomat
Reuters: A former senior diplomat at Iran’s embassy in Helsinki, who resigned and joined the opposition, said Thursday he had been granted political asylum by Finland only weeks after applying for it.
