Reuters: Iran temporarily halted flows of natural gas to Turkey on Sunday for technical reasons, a gas official was quoted as saying by the ILNA news agency.
Iran halts gas flow to Turkey to do repairs – report
Syrian, Saudi leaders to discuss Iran ties, Iraq
Reuters: Syria’s ties to Iran and the political void in Iraq are expected to figure in talks on Sunday when Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah meets Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, analysts and diplomats said.
Hezbollah chief ‘deceived’ Iran leader with gun gift
AFP: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah deceived Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by giving him a gun he claimed was taken from an Israeli soldier in the 2006 war, an Israeli newspaper said Sunday.
Former Iraqi prime minister takes aim at Iran
CNN: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi accused Iran of working to destabilize the Middle East in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”
Talks collapse leading to new strike at Tehran’s Gold Bazaar
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 17 – From the Grapevine… Negotiations between representatives of gold and jewellery traders and government officials collapsed Saturday, resulting in the resumption of a strike at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar.
Total says has halted oil products trade with Iran
Reuters: French oil major Total has halted all its trade in oil products with Iran in compliance with a European embargo, Total Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said in an interview.
US businessman freed from Iran prison: reports
AFP: A US businessman jailed for over two years in Iran on accusations he passed money to an anti-regime terror group was freed on Saturday from the country’s notorious Evin prison, US media reported.
3 female students go missing in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – Three politically active female students at Honar (Art) University in the Iranian capital have disappeared in the past month, a student at the university told Iran Focus.
Iranian chocolate thief ‘to have hand chopped off’
AFP: An Iranian court has condemned a man convicted of robbing chocolates and cocoa from a Tehran pastry shop to have a hand chopped off, Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
Iraqi Allawi tells CNN Iran funds, directs terrorism in Mideast
Bloomberg: Iran is trying to destabilize Iraq and its neighbors, former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” program.
