AP: A senior Iranian official says the country has created a special unit to defend the Islamic Republic against cyber attacks.
Iran creates unit to defend against cyber attacks
Iraqi ‘resistance’ forced US pull-out: Khamenei
AFP: The Iraqi people’s “unified resistance” forced the United States to pull its military out of their country, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Sunday.
Iran lawmakers find minister liable in fraud, Tehran Times says
Bloomberg: An Iran parliament committee has held several senior officials accountable for the biggest bank fraud in the country’s history, Tehran Times reported.
Iran parliament to question Ahmadinejad over fraud
AP: Iran’s parliament is set to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over an economic scandal and his polices after the required number of lawmakers signed a petition Sunday, the latest salvo in a long battle between the president and his rivals.
Iran sees no need for emergency OPEC meeting -ISNA
Reuters: Current OPEC president Iran does not envisage holding an emergency meeting of the oil producers’ group ahead of a scheduled one in Decmber, Iran’s OPEC Governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi was quoted as saying by the student news agency ISNA on Sunday.
Iran cyber police cite U.S. threat
Washington Post: An Iranian police unit that was formed this year to counter alleged Internet crimes is playing a key role in an escalating online conflict between the United States and the Islamic Republic.
Iran downplays report India paying for oil via Russia
Reuters: An Iranian Oil Ministry source played down on Saturday a report that Indian oil buyers had started paying for their crude through a bank in Russia as a new way to get around sanctions-related difficulties in making international bank transfers.
Blast kills one at Iran oil rig, fire hits refinery
AFP: An explosion at a state-run oil field in southern Iran killed a worker and injured three others on Friday, while a refinery in central Iran was hit by a fire, the Mehr news agency reported.
Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr ‘released’
BBC: An Iranian actress who was sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes has been released after three months in custody, according to Amnesty International.
Some Chinese missile sales to Iran may escape U.S. sanctions law
Bloomberg: U.S. sanctions don’t clearly prohibit China from selling to Iran short-range cruise missiles that might threaten Persian Gulf oil supplies, a congressionally created commission concludes in a draft report.
