AFP: Iran has starkly warned Gulf states not to make up for any shortfall in its oil exports under new US and EU sanctions, adding yet another layer of peril to the international showdown over its nuclear programme.

AFP: Pakistan deported three Iranian border guards after they were pardoned in court by the family of a man killed in a cross-border attack, officials said.

AP: Britain’s Foreign Secretary said Sunday that European nations will intensify pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, but insisted the West wasn’t pressing for military action.

AP: Iran’s official news agency says the country is holding both the United States and Britain accountable for the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.

AFP: Iranian Navy speed boats harassed US naval vessels in two recent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior US defense official said, confirming a CNN report.

AP: Britain’s High Court said Friday a retired businessman who allegedly plotted to sell missile components to Iran should be extradited to the United States.

Reuters: Saudi Arabia says it has enough oil output capacity to meet global customers’ needs if new sanctions keep Iran from exporting oil, a top U.S. Republican said on Friday.

Reuters: British Prime Minister David Cameron told Al Arabiya television during a visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday that economic pressure on Iran would force it to reconsider its position, a banner on the bottom of the screen read. The interview will be broadcast by the Dubai-based channel later.

AFP: The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria’s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative spearheaded by Tehran’s revolutionary guard supremo, according to senior US officials.