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.
Iraqi ‘resistance’ forced US pull-out: Khamenei
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.
U.S. criticizes Iran leaders as “hypocritical”
Reuters: The United States on Thursday accused Iran’s leaders of hypocrisy and said it has taken actions that suggest it might not meet its international obligations.
