BBC: A car bomb has exploded in the city of Karbala in central Iraq, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens more, officials say.
Iraq: Deadly car bombing hits Karbala
Young rappers arrested in Iran
CNN: Police in Tehran have arrested several members of underground Iranian rap groups, the semi-offical ILNA news agency reported.
Iran to boost electricity prices from December, Donya reports
Bloomberg: Iran will start increasing electricity rates from December as part of a wider plan to phase out subsidies of prices for energy and food, Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing an unidentified Energy Ministry official.
Leaving Iran’s middle class behind
Washington Post: Middle-class urbanites think they’re being singled out by a government plan that will soon cut off state subsidies and boost the prices of a wide array of everyday products.
Iran says ready to hold nuclear talks in Turkey
AFP: Iran said on Sunday it has informed Ankara that Tehran is ready to hold talks in Turkey with the six world powers over its controversial nuclear programme, turning to a country seen as an ally.
Iran’s leaders face rumblings as prices rise and sanctions bite
AP: The most potent challenge to Iran’s ruling system may not be international sanctions or the homegrown political opposition, but something as simple as a shopping list.
US senator sees ‘confrontation’ with China, war with Iran
AFP: The United States faces a possible war with Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions and a “period of confrontation” with China over its currency, a top US lawmaker warned Saturday.
Quake rattles northwestern Iran
CNN: An earthquake in northwestern Iran on Saturday injured at least 80 people, Iranian news agencies reported.
World powers are united on Iran uranium offer: France
AFP: The six world powers involved in negotiations with Iran are united on the need to update an offer to send some of Tehran’s uranium overseas for enrichment, France’s foreign ministry said Friday.
Controversial madrasah builds Iran’s influence in Kabul
RFE/RL: It is easy to spot the nearly three-acre campus of Khatam-al Nabyeen Islamic University in western Kabul.
