Reuters: Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday technical reasons were behind the delay in talks between Iranian and U.S. officials on Iraq and denied new U.S. charges that Tehran was stoking violence in its neighbour. Iran says U.S. talks delayed for technical reasons
Reuters: Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday technical reasons were behind the delay in talks between Iranian and U.S. officials on Iraq and denied new U.S. charges that Tehran was stoking violence in its neighbour. Iran ayatollah drops dead during election speech
AFP: An Iranian ayatollah died suddenly of a heart attack during an impassioned speech lashing out at insults against the family of revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the run-up to elections, the press reported on Sunday. Iran plays down Paris meeting it attended with USA
Reuters: Iran played down on Saturday the significance of an international anti-money laundering meeting in Paris that both the Islamic Republic and its old foe the United States attended. Iran reformists say most of its candidates barred
Reuters: Iran’s main reformist coalition said on Saturday government bodies had barred the vast majority of its key candidates from running in next month’s parliamentary election but that it still planned to contest the vote.Danish lawmakers cancel trip to Iran over cartoon
Reuters: Ten Danish lawmakers on Saturday cancelled a trip to Iran two days before their planned departure as diplomatic discord mounted after Danish newspapers this week reprinted a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad. UAE premier to discuss nuclear crisis, Lebanon in Iran and Syria
AFP: United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed al-Maktoum visits Iran next week for talks on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme, an official said on Saturday. Iran detains two women rights campaigners: activist
Reuters: Iranian police have detained two women’s rights campaigners and accused them of spreading propaganda against the Islamic state, a fellow activist said on Saturday. Iranian MPs approve $3 bln fuel import budget
AFP: Iran’s parliament on Saturday approved a three-billion-dollar spending plan to fund diesel and petrol imports during the next Iranian year, the official IRNA news agency reported. Syria denies joint Iran investigation
AP: Syria denied Iranian claims that the two countries would conduct a joint investigation into the assassination of a top Hezbollah commander, the Syrian state news agency reported. Iran may sell oil in rubles to break ‘dollar slavery’
Bloomberg: Iran, the world’s fourth-largest oil producer, may use the Russian ruble in trading on its new oil exchange, the country’s ambassador to Moscow said. 