AFP: Iranian forces have carried out what they called cyber warfare tactics for the first time as the Islamic republic’s naval units staged manoeuvres in the key Strait of Hormuz, media reports said on Monday.
Iran ‘stages cyber warfare drill’
U.A.E recovering Iranian sunken cargo ship, Gulf News says
Bloomberg: The United Arab Emirates started recovering an Iranian-registered cargo ship that sank Dec. 28 in stormy seas carrying a heavy load of fibreglass, Gulf News reported, citing an unidentified official.
Huawei partner offered embargoed HP gear to Iran
Reuters: A major Iranian partner of Huawei Technologies offered to sell at least 1.3 million euros worth of embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator in late 2010, documents show.
Heathrow Airport opium batch found hidden in paintings
BBC: About 10kg of opium had been concealed within the frames of three paintings being shipped from Iran to Canada, via the west London airport.
Bomb kills 19 Pakistan pilgrims, 21 troops shot dead
AFP: The remotely-triggered bomb hit a convoy of three buses carrying about 180 pilgrims to Iran and set one of the buses ablaze in Mastung district, officials said.
Iran daily banned over cartoon to resume publishing, Donya says
Bloomberg: A Tehran-based newspaper banned by Iranian officials for publishing a cartoon deemed offensive will “soon” resume publishing, Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing the daily’s editor-in-chief, Mehdi Rahmanian.
Iran: US plane made emergency landing 3 weeks ago
AP: An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that a small American commercial plane made an emergency landing in an Iranian airport earlier this month.
Iran to move airport after oil found under runway
AFP: Iran plans to relocate an airport in the southwest of the country after discovering oil deposits under its runway, media reported on Saturday.
Obama falling for Iran deception again?
Commentary : Every time Washington believed the Islamist regime was finally embracing diplomacy and that a solution to the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions was imminent, the ayatollahs pulled the rug out from under its gullible Western adversaries.
A package deal on Iran and Syria
Washington Post: “Iran has responded to the toughening of sanctions by speeding up its work on a bomb, not slowing it down,” says Jean-David Levitte, former French ambassador to Washington and, until May, then-President Nicolas Sarkozy’s diplomatic adviser.
