US must play chess with Iran: Tehran official

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ImageAFP: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday said the United States must stop "boxing" with Iran and adopt itself to a game of "chess" with the Islamic republic, local news agencies reported.

OPEC met 70 percent of agreed supply cut in Jan: Iran

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ImageReuters: Iran's OPEC governor said the oil producing organization in January met 70 percent of its pledge to reduce output and that this was very good, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Wife of jailed student activist arrested in Iran

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ImageRFE/RL: Sahar Yazdanipour, the wife of a jailed student activist, has been detained by authorities, Radio Farda reports.

Petrobras may confirm Iran oil commercial ‘in weeks’

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ImageBloomberg: Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state controlled oil company, may determine “in weeks” whether oil it found in Iran is commercial, a company executive said.

Turkmen President visits Tehran

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 – Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov arrived in Tehran late on Friday for a two-day visit. 

Turkmen President visits Tehran

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 – Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov arrived in Tehran late on Friday for a two-day visit. 

Envoy suggests expanded nuclear talks

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ImageWashington Times: Italy's envoy to the United States suggested Thursday that nuclear negotiations with Iran now limited to major powers be expanded to include some of Tehran's largest trading partners, such as Japan and India, because of their stronger leverage.

Cyprus to unload suspect cargo on Iran ship-TV

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ImageReuters: Cyprus will offload a cargo of weapons from a ship detained for violating United Nations sanctions on Iran, the island's state broadcaster said on Thursday.

Starting at home, Iran’s women fight for rights

ImageNew York Times: In a year of marriage, Razieh Qassemi, 19, says she was beaten repeatedly by her husband and his father. Her husband, she says, is addicted to methamphetamine and has threatened to marry another woman to “torture” her.

Iran nuclear arms bid unclear: US intel chief

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ImageAFP: US intelligence does not know whether Iran intends to develop nuclear weapons, but at a minimum Tehran is keeping that option open, the new US intelligence director said.