AFP: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Tehran on Saturday and immediately went into talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, local media reported.
Syria’s Assad in talks with Ahmadinejad in Iran
Iran opposition figure Yazdi detained: report
Reuters: Iran detained opposition politician Ebrahim Yazdi Friday, the official IRNA news agency reported, in the latest crackdown on the pro-reform movement in the Islamic state.
Iran atom progress “slow but steady” – ex-IAEA aide
Reuters: Iran is making steady progress in its nuclear enrichment programme but there is still time to find a diplomatic solution over work the West fears is aimed at making bombs, a former top U.N. nuclear official said.
Syria’s Assad to visit Iran this weekend: SANA
AFP: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will travel to Tehran on Saturday for talks with Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on regional developments, the state SANA news agency reported.
Statoil eyes exit from Iran by 2012 or earlier
Reuters: Norwegian energy group Statoil said on Friday it would conclude work in Iran by 2012 at the latest and is now only providing technical assistance after finishing development of the South Pars project last year.
US hits Iranian energy firm with sanctions
AP: The Obama administration on Thursday slapped sanctions on a Swiss-based Iranian company involved in Iran’s oil and gas sector and claimed success in persuading several European energy firms to divest from the country.
Ahmadinejad visit a ‘provocation’: Lebanon alliance
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s expected tour of south Lebanon during his official visit to the Mediterranean country was criticised as a “provocation” on Friday by the largest bloc in parliament.
Iran blasts US ‘interference’ in domestic affairs
AFP: Tehran hit out Friday against US “interference” after Washington ordered sanctions against senior Iranian officials for alleged human rights abuses during a crackdown on post-election protests last year.
Obama meets with U.S. woman freed by Iran
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama met on Thursday with Sarah Shourd, an American hiker who was detained for more than a year in Iran, and vowed to press for the release of two U.S. men who are still being detained by the Iranian government, the White House said.
Japan Inpex may quit Iran over US sanction-minister
Reuters: Japan’s top oil explorer Inpex Corp may pull out of an oilfield project in Iran, joining other global energy firms in abandoning activities there to avoid U.S. sanctions, trade minister Akihiro Ohata said on Friday.
