AFP: Iran has made several arrests in connection with the “current of deviation”, a term used to refer to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff and entourage, ISNA news agency said Monday.
Iran arrests officials for ‘deviation’: report
Iran threatens to attack rebels across Iraq border
AFP: Tehran “reserves the right” to attack the bases of an Iranian Kurdish separatist group across the Iraq border, the official IRNA news agency quoted an army official as saying on Monday.
Iran, Turkey discuss Syrian situation
AFP: Syria’s problems can be solved within “the family”, Iran’s foreign minister said during talks late Sunday with his Turkish counterpart, Fars news agency reported.
Panetta says Iranian arms in Iraq are a ‘concern’
New York Times: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Sunday that weapons supplied by Iran had become a “tremendous concern” for the United States in recent weeks in Iraq, where more American troops died in June in combat-related episodes than in any month since June 2008.
In Iran, sanctions aim at shipping lifeline
Washington Post: On June 30, the Danish shipping giant Maersk startled Iran’s trade officials by abruptly pulling out of the country’s three largest ports. Other shipping companies followed suit, and soon Iran was scrambling to find alternative ways to import food and other critical supplies.
India Essar owes $2bln to Iran, to buy LatAm crude
Reuters: Essar Oil owes $2 billion to Iran for oil imports since late December when the Indian central bank ended a long-standing payments mechanism for refiners, and it is ready to tap other sources of supplies if needed.
U.S. may act unilaterally vs Iran-armed Iraq militias
Reuters: The United States will take unilateral action when needed to deal with the threat to American troops in Iraq from Shi’ite militias armed by Iran, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said on Monday.
12 dead in Iran arms blast at Cyprus naval base
AFP: Huge blasts in a seized Iranian arms cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base in southern Cyprus killed at least 12 people on Monday, triggering power and water outages at the height of the summer.
Turkish FM to visit Iran
AFP: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran on Sunday to discuss a wave of unrest shaking Middle East countries, a senior Turkish diplomat said.
Iraqi farmers block Iran border post
AFP: Dozens of Iraqi farmers on Sunday blocked a border crossing with Iran in protest at its diversion of a river which helps to irrigate one of their country’s main agricultural regions.
