AP: The website of an Iranian opposition leader says authorities have placed him under house arrest because of his calls for a rally in support of anti-government demonstrations in Egypt.
Report: Iran opposition leader under house arrest
Iran keeps options open to make nuclear arms, U.S. intelligence chief says
Bloomberg: Iran is keeping its options open on building nuclear weapons by pursuing “various nuclear capabilities,” the U.S. intelligence chief said today.
Barbour: Iran biggest threat to global security
AP: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says Iran is the world’s top threat to peace and stability.
Arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia: Iran ambassador
AFP: Tehran’s ambassador to Nigeria said Tuesday that arms seized in October at a port in Lagos were destined for the Gambia and followed an agreement between Iran and the small West African nation.
UK’s Iran ambassador Sir Simon Gass takes up Nato post
BBC: The UK ambassador to Iran is to leave his post in Tehran to take up a new role working for Nato in Afghanistan.
Iranian minister urges sex segregation in colleges
Reuters: Iran’s science minister has called for universities to enforce strict sex segregation, saying allowing men and women to mingle on campus is a sign of the influence of alien western values, media reported Wednesday.
India’s MRPL says no word yet on Iran oil row solution
Reuters: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, India’s biggest importer of Iranian oil, said on Tuesday there was no word yet from the government on an alternative payment mechanism for oil imports from Iran.
Iran, Turkey aim to triple trade to $30 bn
AFP: Iran and Turkey plan to triple two-way annual trade to $30 billion by 2015, officials of the neighouring states said on Monday ahead of a visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul to the Islamic republic.
EU could lift travel ban on Iranian minister: Ashton
AFP: The European Union is considering lifting a travel ban on Iran’s new foreign minister to boost hopes for a nuclear accord, officials said Tuesday.
Iran says oil output up 100,000 bpd
AFP: Iran’s daily oil output rose by around 100,000 barrels with the opening on Tuesday of the second phase of Darkhovin field in the southeast of the country, the oil ministry’s news agency reported.
