AFP: Saeed Jalili, a top aide to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, arrived in Damascus on a surprise visit on Tuesday for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian state television reported.
Top aide to Iran supreme leader in Syria to meet Assad
Iran accusations wipe $15 bln off StanChart shares
Reuters: The market value of Standard Chartered Plc had tumbled $15 billion by early Tuesday after New York’s bank regulator threatened to tear up its state banking licence for hiding $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran.
Iran’s Salehi to visit Turkey over abducted pilgrims
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will pay a snap visit to Turkey late Tuesday for talks on the Syrian crisis and 48 Iranians kidnapped in Syria, officials and the media said.
Syrian rebels: govenment attack kills 3 Iranian captives
Reuters: Syrian rebels said three Iranian captives were killed on Monday during an air attack in Damascus province by government forces, and threatened to kill the remaining Iranians in their custody unless the army stopped its attack.
UK bank accused of Iran money laundering scheme
AP: A British bank schemed with the Iranian government to launder $250 billion from 2001 to 2007, leaving the United States’ financial system “vulnerable to terrorists,” New York’s financial regulator charged Monday.
Time is short for Iran diplomacy
Wall Street Journal: Iran is the world’s leading terror sponsor without nuclear weapons. With them, it can commit incalculable atrocities.
Iran and the next American tragedy
FoxNews: According to Reuters, NYPD intelligence analysts have determined that the Islamic Republic of Iran and its terrorist proxies were behind nine plots targeting Israelis and Jews outside of Israel just in this year alone.
India instructs private firm Gesco to ship Iranian oil
Reuters: India’s shipping ministry has told private company Great Eastern Shipping Co (Gesco) to supply tankers to import Iranian oil for state-run refiner MRPL, which had to slash imports from Iran in July because the shipper was unwilling to carry them.
Speaking fee for Obama aide raises Iran questions for White House
Reuters: One of President Barack Obama’s closest aides was paid $100,000 by a company doing business with Iran just before joining the White House staff, the Washington Post reported on Monday, raising awkward election-year questions for the Democrat trying to get tough with Tehran.
Iran currency plunges five percent
AFP: Iran’s currency plunged five percent on Monday in street trading after the central bank announced an imminent decision to revise upwards its official fixed exchange rate used as a market reference.
