Reuters: The United States does not expect Iran to receive a Russian air defence system this year, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday of the shield that would make any strike on Tehran's nuclear sites more difficult.

Reuters: Iran is in talks with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) and India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to develop oil and gas reserves in the Caspian Sea, Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari told Reuters on Tuesday.

Washington Times: Several hundred people rallied today in front of the White House to call on the U.S. military not to hand over control to the Iraqi government of a refugee camp that is home to Iranian dissidents.

AFP: The start-up of the first reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant will be "irreversible" by February next year, a senior Russian nuclear official was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying Monday.

AFP: Iran's income from oil and gas exports topped 81 billion dollars in the year to March, a 31 percent jump on the previous year thanks to soaring prices, a central bank report released on Monday said.

AFP: An advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Interior Minister Ali Kordan to do the "brave" thing in a row over his university qualifications in comments posted on his blog on Monday.

Bloomberg: Iran agreed to build 30,000 housing units in Nigeria at a total cost of $1.71 billion, Iran Daily reported, citing an official.

AFP: Iranian MPs have withdrawn an impeachment motion against Education Minister Alireza Ali-Ahmadi who had stood accused of not doing enough to improve teachers' pay, reports said on Monday.