Reuters: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to use a visit to Germany beginning on Sunday to lobby for tougher measures to force Iran to curb a nuclear programme he has called a threat to Israel’s existence.Iran high on the agenda for Olmert’s Berlin talks
Reuters: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to use a visit to Germany beginning on Sunday to lobby for tougher measures to force Iran to curb a nuclear programme he has called a threat to Israel’s existence.Iran begins pumping gas to Turkey: official
Reuters: Iran resumed the flow of its export natural gas supplies to Turkey from around midnight Friday, and will pump 2 million cubic meters of gas per day, a senior energy official told Reuters on Saturday. Iran to hold talks with US on Iraq next week: report
AFP: Iran and the United States are to launch a new round of talks on the future of war-ravaged Iraq next week in Baghdad, an Iranian official told student news agency ISNA on Saturday. Iran to privatize $90 bln of energy assets: report
Reuters: Iran plans to privatize 47 firms in its energy sector worth $90 billion and set up a holding company for these assets which it will list on four international exchanges, a National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) executive said. Prominent US senator raps China over Iran trade
AFP: A prominent US senator criticized China on Saturday for weakening international sanctions against Iran by looking to its own interests and increasing trade with Tehran. Iran envoy defends amputation
Daily Telegraph: Iran’s ambassador to Spain has compared chopping off the hands of thieves to a “surgeon amputating a limb to prevent the spread of gangrene”.Syria develops new missile with Iran’s aid
UPI: Syria says it has developed, with Iranian help, a surface-to-surface missile that could better target Israeli installations like airports and factories. U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by Iran nuclear reports
Reuters: An Iranian rocket launch and reports that Iran is testing an advanced centrifuge are “deeply disturbing” and strengthen the case for a third U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran, a top U.S. official said on Friday. Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq
Middle East Times: New information was brought to light Thursday revealing “an overwhelming amount of intelligence indicating a political-military buildup by Tehran’s mullahs, targeting not just the south, but the heart of Iraq.” US warns Iran over nuclear centrifuges
AFP: A top US envoy warned Iran Friday that its pursuit of more advanced uranium-enriching technology would intensify the long-running international standoff over its disputed atomic drive. 