AFP: Iran has supplied military aid to the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza locked in a conflict with Israel during which it has fired missiles at Tel Aviv for the first time, the parliament speaker said Wednesday.
Iran speaker confirms military aid to Hamas
Ahmadinejad off the hook as Iran’s parliament withdraws summons
Reuters: Iran’s parliament called off plans to grill President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said they must not act in the interests of Iran’s enemies.
US sides with Iran and N. Korea in record UN vote over the death penalty
Daily Telegraph: A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
Cyber attacks from Iran and Gaza on Israel more threatening than Anonymous’s efforts
New York Times: Anonymous, the loose coalition of hackers waging war on Israeli Web sites, is the least of Israel’s cyber problems. Its campaign against Israel is a minor annoyance compared with a wave of cyber attacks that have hit the country over the last year from Iran and Gaza.
Iran earns more than $112 million in fishery exports
Bloomberg: Iran has earned more than $112 million in eight months through the export of sea products, the state-run Mehr news agency reported, citing Issa Golshahi, an official with Iran’s Fisheries Organization.
China’s Iran crude imports decline 23% in October, customs says
Bloomberg: China’s imports of crude oil from Iran fell 23 percent in October from a year earlier to 1.94 million metric tons, according to data released today by the General Administration of Customs. September’s imports were 1.57 million tons.
Ericsson helps Iran telecoms, letter reveals long-term deal
Reuters: The Swedish firm Ericsson is working with Iran’s largest mobile telecom operator to expand its network and has promised to support another Iranian mobile carrier until 2021, according to interviews and an internal company document.
World powers to mull improving Iran offer: diplomats
AFP: Six world powers will discuss on Wednesday in Brussels making a “more creative” and sweetened offer to persuade Iran to scale back its controversial nuclear programme, diplomats said.
IAEA: Iran nuclear program unaffected by sanctions
AP: The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog says he has no evidence that international sanctions against Iran have had any impact on its nuclear program.
Iranian charged in export of US military antennas
AP: An Iranian citizen has been charged with a plot to export military antennas from the United States in violation of the Arms Export Control Act
