AP: Iran says it has successfully blocked a cyberattack on the computer network of its offshore drilling platforms, a semiofficial news agency reported Monday.

AP: The plunge of Iran’s currency appears to be slowing as the rial is holding at its rebound level for the third straight day.

AFP: The long-haul arm of budget carrier AirAsia said Monday it would suspend operations to Iran, citing currency “volatility” as the carrier mounts new profitable destinations across the Asia-Pacific.

Reuters: Republican Senator Mark Kirk, who last year co-authored a package of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s banking and oil sectors, is working on new legislation that would further tighten the economic noose on Tehran, an aide to the lawmaker said Monday.

AFP: The Republican White House hopeful, Mitt Romney, said he would keep Iran in check, chase terrorists in Libya, put conditions on US aid to Egypt and help arm Syrian rebels.

Bloomberg: Iran has few policy options to end turmoil in its currency markets, as the U.S. and allies seek to inflict enough economic pain to force the Islamic republic into concessions over its nuclear plans, analysts said.

AP: Just as Iran’s currency was rattling near bottom after a stunning free fall, officials in Tehran opened a trade exhibition that included advanced engineering tools, heavy machinery and robotics.

AFP: The open forex market in Tehran was still largely paralysed on Sunday, four days after Iran’s national currency dropped more than 40 percent prompting protests in the capital’s symbolic Grand Bazaar.

AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak have “agreed” on fighting the Iranian threat in all its forms and on managing ties with the United States, a joint statement said.