AFP: Croatian tobacco company TDR, one of the Balkans' biggest tobacco firms, on Friday announced a 30-million euro (40-million-dollar) investment to build a factory in Iran. Croatian tobacco company to build Iranian factory
AFP: Croatian tobacco company TDR, one of the Balkans' biggest tobacco firms, on Friday announced a 30-million euro (40-million-dollar) investment to build a factory in Iran. Report builds Iran sanctions case: US
AFP: The United States said Friday that a UN report stating that Iran may be working on a nuclear warhead bolstered the case for tougher sanctions on the Islamic republic. U.S. crude hits $80 on Iran worries, French strikes
Reuters: U.S. front-month crude oil futures shot up to more than $80 a barrel in post-settlement trading on Friday, a five-week high, as geopolitical worries about Iran's nuclear program and strikes at French refineries. US lawmaker urges Iranian gasoline embargo
AFP: The United States should impose an embargo on gasoline deliveries to Iran in order to halt the Islamic republic's development of nuclear weapons, a US lawmaker said Friday. Russia will honour Iran missile deal: minister
AFP: Russia will honour a contract to deliver advanced air defence missiles to Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov said Friday. Inspectors say Iran worked on warhead
New York Times: The United Nations’ nuclear inspectors declared for the first time on Thursday that they had extensive evidence of “past or current undisclosed activities” by Iran’s military to develop a nuclear warhead, an unusually strongly worded conclusion that seems certain to accelerate Iran’s confrontation with the United States and other Western countries. To change Iran, target the Revolutionary Guards
St. Petersburg Times: As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed students in Doha this week, it appeared that President Barack Obama's administration had finally realized that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has taken on a controlling — not subservient — role among the Iranian leadership. German insurers wind down Iran business
Reuters: Germany's Munich Re and Allianz halted all remaining insurance business in Iran as their national representative body said it backed international moves toward tougher sanctions against Tehran. US voices concern after Iran ‘warhead’ report
AFP: The United States voiced renewed concern Thursday about Iran's nuclear program after a report by the UN's atomic watchdog suggested Tehran may be working on a nuclear warhead. Iran rejection of rights calls contemptuous: Amnesty
Reuters: Iran's rejection of human rights recommendations made by Western nations shows contempt for both international obligations and its own people, rights group Amnesty International said late on Wednesday. 