Reuters: More European oil companies are trimming their purchases of Iranian oil, company sources said on Friday, citing the increasing difficulty of financial transactions with the Islamic republic.
European demand for Iranian oil eases – sources
Clinton urges Iraq to form government
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that Iraq needs to finally form a new government and avoid creating a security vacuum.
Software smart bomb fired at Iranian nuclear plant: experts
AFP: Computer security experts are studying a scary new cyber weapon: a software smart bomb that may have been crafted to find and sabotage a nuclear facility in Iran.
Security expert surmises Stuxnet worm is aimed at Iran, FT says
Bloomberg: A computer worm called Stuxnet, which targets Siemens AG software used to control industrial equipment, may be aimed at destroying a specific plant, possibly Iran’s controversial nuclear facility, according to Ralph Langner, a German industrial controls safety expert, the Financial Times reported.
Factbox: Foreign companies stepping away from Iran
Reuters: Germany’s ThyssenKrupp said on Thursday it would freeze new business with Iran with immediate effect in response to ever-harsher sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Thousands of Iranians rally against Ahmadinejad in NY
Iran Focus: New York, Sep. 23 – Thousands of Iranians on Thursday rallied outside the United Nations headquarters in New York to protest the visit by the Islamic Republic’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Protesters at U.N. call Ahmadinejad a ‘murderer’
CNN: They journeyed to New York from faraway places, they said, to give voice to those who are silenced in their homeland.
German steel giant pulls out of Iran
AFP: ThyssenKrupp became on Thursday Germany’s latest corporate giant to announce it was pulling out of Iran as part of Western pressure on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme.
US delegation walks out of Iran leader’s UN speech
AFP: The United States led an enraged Western walkout of the UN General Assembly Thursday after Iran’s leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad evoked US government involvement in the September 11 attacks.
Iran drops bid for seat on UN atomic agency board: diplomats
AFP: Iran withdrew Thursday its bid for a seat on one of the key policy-making bodies of the UN atomic watchdog because it was unable to secure consensus backing for its candidacy, diplomats said.
