Reuters: Iran rejected accusations from Gulf Arab states that it was meddling in their affairs, saying those countries were “running away from reality”, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday.
Iran rejects interference accusation by Gulf Arabs
Netanyahu launches re-election bid centred on Iran
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday put Iran at the top of on his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran’s nuclear programme would be his first priority as premier.
Israel hedge funds defy Iran threat multiplying in tech center
Bloomberg: Tal Keinan, an Israeli fund manager, was ready for the question he’s always asked when he met with investors in New York in October: Why put your money with a manager whose country Iran has threatened to obliterate.
Iran begins naval war games: reports
AFP: Iran on Tuesday launched naval manoeuvres in the Gulf, and announced plans for another exercise in the strategic Strait of Hormuz later this week, media reports said.
Iran’s currency plummeted again
Iran Focus: The rate of Iranian currency, rial, against the US dollar has again plummeted. The dollar sold between 3,500 to 4,100 rials in parts of Tehran. The rate had stabilized between 2,900 and 3,300 rials for each dollar. The rate has increased to 3,500 to 3,700 rials in recent days.
GCC to form unified military command amid Iran ‘threats’
Bloomberg: The Gulf Cooperation Council said it will form a unified military command structure at a time when Iran poses a “very serious” security threat to the Middle East.
Iran denies foiling cyber attack on industrial units: report
AFP: A local civil defence official denied an earlier account that a fresh cyber attack on industrial units in the southern province of Hormuzgan had been repelled, Iran’s state broadcaster website reported Tuesday.
Iran pays Russian women to cover up in nuclear plant: MP
AFP: Iran is paying Russian women working as technicians at its sole nuclear power plant to adhere to the Islamic dress code, an Iranian lawmaker told the ISNA news agency on Tuesday.
Gulf states lash out at Iran, urge rapid Syria transition
AFP: The six Gulf states sharpened their tone against their Shiite neighbour Iran on Tuesday, demanding an immediate halt to its “interference” in their internal affairs while urging a rapid political transition in its ally Syria.
Iran: New wave of crackdown on the youth
Iran Focus: The State Security Forces (SSF) paraded 150-170 youths on a flat-bet truck in the Capital’s eastern Nezam-abad district accusing them of hooliganism and theft. They had been handcuffed and were being cursed at by the SSF.
