AP: On a cold March morning last year, an Iranian diplomat was flown home nearly 15 months after being kidnapped by gunmen in an ambush on the Pakistani side of the Khyber Pass.
Top al-Qaida ranks keep footholds in Iran
Iran says fires missiles to Indian Ocean for first time
Reuters: Iran said on Saturday it test-fired two long-range missiles into the Indian Ocean earlier this year, the first time it has fired missiles into that sea, according to state television.
Iran says OPEC will not lift output ceiling
Reuters: Iran’s caretaker oil minister said on Saturday that OPEC was opposed to any increase in output ceilings in the absence of “well-studied justifications”.
Iranian commander: US carriers target if attacked
AP: A senior Revolutionary Guard commander threatened Saturday that U.S. aircraft carriers would be targeted if Iran came under attack amid a standoff with the West over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Report: Iran on pace for record year for capital punishment
Fox News: Iran has reportedly executed at least 183 people during the first six months of 2011, with reports of an additional 130 executions that have gone unacknowledged.
Judge to decide if reporter must testify at trial
AP: Lawyers for a New York Times reporter argued Thursday that the First Amendment should shield him from having to testify about his sources when prosecutors put a former CIA officer on trial for allegedly leaking classified information about Iran.
Britain, Canada, US boost Iranian travel ban
AFP: Canada, the United States and Britain joined forces Friday to tighten travel sanctions on Iranian leaders suspected of human rights abuses or of links to Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
Saudi moves in oil market ‘rivalry’, Shargh says citing Khatibi
Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia’s activities in the crude market appear like rivalry and Iran’s oil officials need to be wary, Shargh reported, citing Iran’s OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi.
IAEA chief says to meet Iran FM, wants cooperation
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear chief said on Wednesday that he planned to meet with Iran’s foreign minister next week and that he was “quite concerned” over plans by Tehran to triple uranium production capacity.
Any force deal with Iraq must address Iran: Mullen
Reuters: Iran is directly supporting extremist Shi’ite groups that are killing U.S. troops in Iraq and any agreement to keep American forces there beyond the end of the year would have to address the problem, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday.
