Colombo Gazette: According to the police there Iran nationals were arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with fake visas to travel to Malta.
Three Iranians arrested in Sri Lanka
Earthquake jolts northeastern Iran
Trend News: An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Ghouchan in Khorassan Razavi province, Northeastern Iran, on Sunday morning, FARS News reported.
Iran calls for calm in North Korea showdown
AFP: Iran’s foreign ministry on Sunday urged against “provocative conduct” in the Korean peninsula, saying stability there has been compromised by an American military build-up, media reported.
Iran’s diplomacy of denials
Arab News: When Mottaki visited Sanaa and met his Yemeni counterpart, he was confronted with hard evidence of Iran’s espionage activities in Yemen. He did not dare say that the evidence was a fabrication. All he said was that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was behind these activities.
What are the long-term ambitions of the Iranian regime?
Albany Tribune: The answer to that conundrum, if indeed it has been fully formulated, is a secret restricted to Ayatollah Khamenei (the “Supreme Leader”), and the tight group of oligarchs of which he is head.
Egypt, Iran resume direct flights after decades
AP: A commercial airliner left Egypt for Iran on Saturday in what was the first direct passenger flight between the two countries in more than three decades, Egyptian airport officials said.
Iran hopes ‘forward movement’ continues in nuclear talks
AFP: Iran said on Friday it is hopeful “forward movement” continues during talks with major world powers over its controversial nuclear drive, the state broadcaster and ISNA news agency reported.
Commanders of Iran’s Guard wounded in Damascus airport strike: FSA official
Al Arabiya: Spokesman for the opposition Syrian Military Council, said Friday a number of commanders belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were wounded in Thursday’s incident when the Free Syrian Army (FSA) destroyed a plane allegedly carrying arms from the Islamic republic.
Syria, Iran and the N.R.A. versus everybody
New York Times: It was always wishful thinking to expect that all of the United Nations’ 193 member states would approve the treaty regulating global trade in conventional weapons that was negotiated in New York this week.
Iraq says it will search more Syria-bound flights
AP: Iraq says it will stop more aircraft moving through its airspace and vehicles traveling overland to search for weapons being sent to the Syrian civil war, a senior Iraqi official said Friday.
