UPI: Iran, facing tough U.S. and European sanctions, reached a deal with India to accept 45 percent of payment for its oil in Indian currency, its ambassador said.
India-Iran work out oil payment deal
Oil prices rise as Iran threatens EU supply cut
AP: Oil prices climbed above $98 per barrel Tuesday after Iran again threatened to cut off supplies to Europe.
EU, US must accept Camp Ashraf residents: Iranian dissident
AFP: The EU and United States must take in ailing and wounded residents from a camp in Iraq housing thousands of Iranian dissidents, the leader of an Iranian opposition group said Tuesday.
US trial set for Iranian-American in death plot
AFP: A US judge Tuesday set an October 22 trial date for an Iranian-American accused of plotting with senior Tehran officials to hire Mexican gangsters to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Hezbollah says gets support, not orders, from Iran
Reuters: Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that his militant movement received financial and material support from Iran, but denied it took instructions from the Islamic Republic.
Iran lawmakers may summon President on mismanagement, Fars says
Bloomberg: Iran’s parliament may summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions about his alleged economic and political mismanagement, the state-run Fars news agency reported.
Iran calls new US sanctions ‘psychological war’
AP: Iran’s foreign ministry has dismissed the new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, saying they are part of a “psychological war” meant to sow discontent among Iranians.
Iran MPs say ready to ban oil exports to some EU states
Reuters: Iran’s parliament said on Tuesday it was ready to impose a ban on oil exports to some European states, the country’s English-language Press TV reported.
Iran detains alleged BBC Persian journalists – reports
BBC: Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC’s Persian Service, which is banned in the country.
Shell, UOP among companies put on blacklist by Iran, Mehr says
Bloomberg: Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi has ordered five European companies, including Royal Dutch Shell Plc, to be put on a blacklist for failing to meet their commitments in the nation’s refinery projects, Mehr reported.
