Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed his chief of staff on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported, sidelining a controversial figure who is seen as a possible future presidential contender.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad fires controversial chief of staff
Iran gas pipelines explode, no reason given
Reuters: Three gas pipelines have exploded in an Iranain province south of the capital Tehran, a news agency reported Friday, saying the cause was unknown and giving no details of damage or casualties.
Eni says paid $888 mln to Iran oil company for crude in 2010
Dow Jones: Eni SpA (E), Italy’s biggest oil and natural gas company, said it paid $888 million to the National Iranian Oil Company for crude last year and purchased a further $1.1 billion of Iranian oil from others in the same period.
Iraqi forces kill 32 Iranian dissidents
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 08 – Iraqi forces on Friday raided a camp belonging to members of Iran’s main opposition group in Iraq’s Diyala Province, north-east of Baghdad, killing 32 people and wounding hundreds.
Malaysia arrests nine Iranians over drug haul
AFP: Malaysian police said Thursday they had dealt a major blow to a drugs syndicate operating across Asia after arresting nine Iranians and seizing more than 70 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.
Pentagon chief: Iran, Qaeda will exploit Arab unrest
AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Iraq Thursday that Iran and extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda would try to exploit the unrest sweeping the Arab world.
No solution yet to Iran oil fund row – India bank source
Reuters: No solution has yet been found to a dispute over how India could pay for Iranian oil imports, a source at the State Bank of India said on Thursday and a finance ministry official said the two sides were still exploring options.
U.S. says Iran is meddling in Bahrain
Wall Street Journal: Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. has “evidence” of Iranian meddling in Bahrain and other Middle Eastern countries hit by political turmoil.
Nuclear-related site detected in Iran: opposition
AFP: A group close to the Iranian opposition in exile said Thursday it has located an industrial site near Tehran that produces components for centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
Iran bans investor foreign exchange trade to prevent ‘fraud’
Bloomberg: Iran banned investors from trading on foreign exchanges in a move the Central Bank said was aimed at protecting Iranians from the risk of “fraud.”
