Reuters: The Iranian rial slumped on Saturday to a historic low against the U.S. dollar, according to Iranian media and currency tracking websites.
Iran’s rial currency dives to historic low
Syria’s Assad to win, victory to be Tehran’s too: Iran official
Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will defeat an uprising against him, scoring a victory over the United States and its allies in a move that will also represent a triumph for Iran, an advisor to Iran’s supreme leader was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Iranian news agency picks up Onion article as fact
AP: An Iranian news agency picked up — as fact — a story from the paper about a supposed survey showing an overwhelming majority of rural white Americans would rather vote for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than President Barack Obama.
Iran nuclear tensions sharpen
AFP: Western powers stepped up pressure on Iran on Friday, as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama stressed their “shared goal” to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb.
Landmark decision by U.S. State Department a victory for justice
UPI: U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has belatedly, and despite resistance from within her department, allowed justice to prevail by delisting as a Foreign Terrorist Organization the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.
Israelis see no Iran war this year after Netanyahu’s speech
Reuters: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.N. speech about Iranian nuclear advances has dampened speculation in Israel that he could order a war this year.
Argentina, Iran meet over Jewish center bombing
AFP: The foreign ministers of Argentina and Iran met at the United Nations to discuss the deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, officials said.
Romney ‘stands with’ Netanyahu on Iran
AFP: White House hopeful Mitt Romney expressed solidarity Thursday with Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli leader called for a “red line” on Iran to stop it from reaching nuclear weapons capability.
China says Iran nuclear talks at “crucial stage”
Reuters: China said on Thursday that the disagreement over Iran’s nuclear program had reached “a new, crucial stage,” calling for Tehran to begin a new round of talks with world powers, something a U.S. official said could happen at some point.
UK tells Iran to end Assad support
AP: Iran should only play a role in international diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Syria if it withdraws support for President Bashar Assad’s regime, Britain’s Middle East minister said Thursday.
