Reuters: Iran’s oil minister voiced concerns on Monday about investment in the energy sector, saying the country’s ability to export crude would be put at risk without it, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
Iran oil minister voices concern about investment
Artifact returns to British Museum after Iran loan
AP: A 2,500-year-old Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world’s first human rights charter was returning to the British Museum Monday after a seven-month loan to Iran.
Saudi Arabia urges Iran to protect its diplomats
Reuters: A Saudi minister urged Iran on Monday to protect its diplomats in the Islamic republic and threatened unspecified measures if it failed to do so.
Ahmadinejad accuses US of creating Iran, Arab tension
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday accused Tehran’s arch-foe the United States of wanting to create tension between Iran and Arabs, adding that the attempt would fail.
Iran has foreign exchange reserves of $100 bln, Press TV reports
Bloomberg: Iran’s foreign exchange reserves stand at $100 billion, Press TV reported, citing Shamseddin Hosseini, the economy and finance minister. The country’s foreign debt is about $20 billion, he said, without giving details, according to the state-run news channel.
Iran oil supply stable, payment talks ongoing: India
Reuters: India continues to receive normal shipments of oil from Iran and discussions between the two countries are ongoing over how India will pay for its crude imports, the country’s oil minister said on Sunday.
Khamenei reinstates Iran’s intelligence minister: reports
AFP: Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi, who resigned from his post, was reinstated by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei despite the resignation being accepted by the president, reports said Sunday.
Iran parliamentary elections set for March 2012
AFP: Iranians will go to the polls in March 2012 to elect deputies to a four-year tenure in the parliament, the interior minister told the state broadcaster on Sunday.
Iran aims to complete first exploration well for Caspian crude by March
Bloomberg: Iran expects by next March to finish drilling its first exploration well for oil in the Caspian Sea, where it hopes to catch up with neighboring countries that are already developing major crude deposits.
PRESS DIGEST – Iran – April 17
Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
