AP: Iran said Sunday it was “concerned” about a U.S.-Afghan security pact signed earlier this week that could keep American forces in Afghanistan for years to come.
Iran says US-Afghan pact will increase instability
US eyes more cuts in India’s oil imports from Iran
AP: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will use a two-day visit to India this week to urge further reductions in Indian imports of Iranian oil.
Iran slams Google for leaving Gulf nameless
AFP: Iran on Saturday criticised Google for leaving the body of water separating it from the Arabian peninsula nameless on its online map service, saying it would hurt the Internet giant’s credibility.
British MPs condemn Iraqi government’s conduct during transfer of Iranian dissidents
PRNewswire: The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF) strongly condemns the Government of Iraq’s outrageous conduct of returning the utility vehicles accompanying the fifth convoy of Iranian dissidents who were transferred from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty.
Iranian traders to visit India as Clinton arrives
AFP: A big Iranian trade mission will arrive in India on Sunday to explore commercial opportunities on the same day as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton starts her official visit, officials said.
Conservative factions dominate Iran’s run-off elections
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now out of favour with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suffered more setbacks in a run-off parliamentary election seen as a pointer for next year’s presidential race, results showed on Saturday.
Ahmadinejad rivals rout president in Iran runoff
AP: Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been reduced to a small fraction in Iran’s legislature, hugely outnumbered by the conservatives who once backed him but then turned against him after he was perceived to challenge the authority of top clerics, according to final results from a runoff parliamentary election announced Saturday.
Iran urges West to help end nuclear dispute
AFP: The West must take concrete confidence-building steps in its nuclear negotiations with Iran, a senior Islamic republic official preparing the next round of talks said Friday, after returning from discussions with China and Russia.
U.N. rights experts decry “mounting repression” in Iran
Reuters: Iran is cracking down on activists and their lawyers, meting out harsh sentences in an effort to quash pro-democracy activities, United Nations human rights experts said on Friday.
Iran may lose 9.5% of oil contracts as Asian buyers cut imports
Bloomberg: Iran is poised to lose at least 192,000 barrels a day of crude-supply contracts, or about 9.5 percent of its global exports, as Asian buyers curb purchases amid western sanctions targeting the nation’s oil trade.
