RFE/RL: When Iranian foreign policy is mentioned, one image that immediately comes to mind is of the brash rantings of radical fundamentalist President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. But one of Tehran's major foreign-policy priorities that is rarely mentioned publicly is to perpetuate the blacklisting by the West of the principal Iranian opposition force.
What Tehran fears most
Iran TV says Israel strikes Gaza office, two hurt
Reuters: An Iranian state television station said two people were wounded by an Israeli rocket strike on the building housing its office in Gaza on Friday. Former Pentagon chief predicts Iran crisis soon
AP: William Perry, who headed the Pentagon during a 1994 nuclear standoff with North Korea, predicted on Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama will soon face a nuclear crisis with Iran. Iran’s Larijani slams proposals on Gaza
Reuters: A senior Iranian politician on Thursday described proposals put forward by Middle Eastern and European states to end the Gaza conflict as "honey injected with poison" that would not protect Palestinian rights. Iran’s Larijani meets Hamas in Damascus
Reuters: A senior Iranian politician met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Wednesday as the Palestinian Islamist group considered an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Iran buys 3 mln barrels of gas oil from Singapore
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 08 – Iran has bought three million barrels of gas oil from Singapore trader Hin Leong to compensate a loss of supplies from India.
Iran buys 3 mln barrels of gas oil from Singapore
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 08 – Iran has bought three million barrels of gas oil from Singapore trader Hin Leong to compensate a loss of supplies from India.
BBC to launch Persian-language TV channel
AP: The BBC said Thursday it will launch a Persian-language TV channel next week that can be seen in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and elsewhere, despite Iranian claims that it will be used to recruit spies. Iran biggest Mideast challenge for Obama – W.House
Reuters: President-elect Barack Obama should seek tougher sanctions against Iran, which will be his biggest Middle East challenge, outgoing White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Wednesday. Reliance to stop gasoline sales to Iran – report
Reuters: India's Reliance Industries Ltd has decided to stop gasoline supplies to Iran after fulfilling all contractual obligations, the Business Standard newspaper reported on Wednesday. 