AFP: Bahrain’s Shiite opposition leader on Wednesday urged Shiite Iran to keep out of the Arab country’s internal affairs, after government charges that Tehran had orchestrated month-long protests.

Reuters: A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday backed Iran in a dispute with Americans who demand that Persian antiquities in two Chicago museums be used to pay damages for victims of a 1997 suicide bombing in Israel.

AFP: Hong Kong said Wednesday it had passed laws to comply with UN sanctions against Iran, two months after 20 shipping firms in the city were accused of having links to Tehran’s weapons buildup.

AFP: Two Iranians and a Kuwaiti national, all serving in Kuwait’s army, were condemned to death on Tuesday for belonging to an Iranian spy ring, a judiciary source told AFP.

RFE/RL: A senior U.S. State Department official says possible changes in the Iranian regime remain a question that must be decided by the Iranian people.

Daily Telegraph: Israel has demanded that Argentina explain claims that it told Iran it would stop investigating two terrorist bombings on Jewish targets in return for better trade relations.

Reuters: The United States said on Tuesday it had imposed sanctions on Belarusneft, a state-owned Belarussian energy company, for its involvement in the Iranian petroleum sector.

The Guardian: The son of the former Iranian president Akbar Rafsanjani is being investigated by Oxford University after claims that his successful doctoral thesis proposal was written with the help of others.