AP: An Iranian news agency says government forces have ambushed and killed several suspects of a bombing last week that killed 12 people.
Iran kills bombing suspects in border clash
Iran, Pakistan, U.A.E. face 5-year EU taxes on bottle material
Bloomberg: The European Union imposed five- year tariffs against Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on a material used in plastic bottles, saying EU producers are victims of trade-distorting subsidies.
Iran revokes acclaimed director’s filming permit
AFP: Iranian authorities have revoked the filming permit for internationally acclaimed director Asghar Farhadi’s unfinished movie over his support for dissident filmmakers, newspapers reported on Sunday.
Report: Oman talking to Iran on US prisoners
AP: An Iranian newspaper reported that a delegation from nearby Oman will visit Iran Sunday to pursue the release of two American men imprisoned for more than a year.
Iran denies nuclear plant computers hit by worm
AFP: The malicious Stuxnet computer worm has hit 30,000 industrial computers in Iran, officials said on Sunday, but denied the Islamic republic’s first nuclear plant at Bushehr was among those infected.
Obama is an ‘international villain’: Iranian speaker
AFP: Iran’s parliament speaker on Saturday called US President Barack Obama an “international villain” for saying the United States supports the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations.
Iraq election winner rules out working with PM
AFP: The winner of Iraq’s March election has ruled out participating in any new government led by current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, his bloc said.
In brief: News from Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 25 – From the Grapevine… Tehran – Greater Tehran authorities have given the go-ahead for four new prisons to be built on the outskirts of the Iranian capital. Officials say the new detention centres will help with their plan to move prisoners out of the capital.
Iran bazaar in new strike over VAT increase-report
Reuters: Iranian merchants closed their shops in Tehran’s main bazaar on Saturday to protest government plans to raise value-added tax (VAT), a website said, in a move which represents a new challenge to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran’s nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm
AP: Iranian media reports say the country’s nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites in Iran and is capable of taking over power plants.
