AFP: Syrian rebels posted Sunday an online video of Iranians kidnapped in Damascus, charging they were elite Revolutionary Guards, and warning Tehran of further abductions over its support for Damascus.

Daily Telegraph: Britain has voiced renewed concern over Iran’s military ambitions after Tehran claimed it had successfully test-fired an upgraded version of its short-range ballistic missile.

AFP: Iran has fired an upgraded version of its Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile in a “successful” test of its ability to hit stationary land or sea targets, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday, according to state television.

AFP: A fire that broke out at Iran’s biggest petrochemical plant killed at least one person and injured 15 others before it was put out, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

AFP: The arming of Syria’s rebels will have “very bad implications in the region,” Iran’s Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday, according to state television.

AP: In a brazen daylight kidnapping, gunmen snatched a bus filled with 48 Iranian pilgrims from a Damascus suburb Saturday as they headed to visit a shrine holy to Shiites, reported Iranian state television.

UPI: Iran is reported to be putting the finishing touches on a secret new space center to launch satellites into orbit, a step Western analysts say will move the Islamic Republic closer to developing intercontinental ballistic missiles.

AP: The commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard says the biggest threat to Iran is a “soft war” launched by its enemies.

AFP: The West, especially the United States, is to blame for the failure of the Syria peace plan worked out by Kofi Annan, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday, state media reported.