New York Times: The outside world may be focused on Iran’s intensifying confrontation with the West over its nuclear program. But at home, Iranians are more concerned with an ambitious and risky new effort to overhaul the country’s troubled economy. Iran’s plan to phase out subsidies brings frenzied debate
New York Times: The outside world may be focused on Iran’s intensifying confrontation with the West over its nuclear program. But at home, Iranians are more concerned with an ambitious and risky new effort to overhaul the country’s troubled economy. Iran prison doctor ‘was poisoned’, prosecutors say
BBC: The doctor who died at an Iranian detention centre holding opposition supporters was poisoned, the Iranian authorities have said. PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Dec 2
Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. British yachtsmen held for a week ‘freed by Iran’
BBC: The Foreign Office says it is "actively investigating" reports that five UK yachtsmen held by Iran's Revolutionary Guard for a week have been freed. Iran editor gets 9-year jail term for vote protest
Reuters: A newspaper editor and well-known critic of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sentenced to nine years in jail for fomenting unrest after June's disputed elections, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Calif. insurers say $12 billion invested in Iran
AP: California's insurance commissioner said Tuesday he will push insurance companies doing business in California to divest up to $12 billion in indirect investments in Iran's defense, nuclear, energy and banking industries. Iran “not obliged” to tell IAEA of home-made sites
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday the country did not have to tell the U.N. nuclear agency about its plans to build nuclear sites unless it used imported technology. Iran considering reducing ties to UN nuclear body
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Tehran is reviewing the option of decreasing cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after it issued a resolution critical of Iran last week. India Reliance not selling gasoline to Iran-co source
Reuters: India's Reliance Industries has not sold gasoline to Iran since April, a senior company official told reporters on Tuesday. Iran offers 40 pct stake to Indian cos in gas field
Reuters: Iran has offered Indian firms a 40 percent interest in the development phase of its largest gas field in return for six million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the managing director of National Iranian Oil Co said on Tuesday. 