Daily Telegraph: China is poised to sign a $2bn (£1.3bn) deal to build a railway line in Iran in the first step of a wider plan to tie the Middle East and Central Asia to Beijing.
China to build $2bn railway for Iran
Iran claims right to vet UN nuclear inspectors
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday that it was within its rights to vet UN inspectors who monitor its nuclear facilities after the UN watchdog said its work was being hampered by the barring of some of its staff.
Lawyer says Iranian woman could be stoned soon
AP: The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction says he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon.
Iran needs to heed IAEA demands- Russia foreign min
Reuters: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Iran needs to answer the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear programme.
Iran boosts atom work, bomb fears remain -IAEA
Reuters: Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear programme in defiance of tougher sanctions, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a new report that Washington called “troubling” but Tehran dismissed as “not balanced”.
Iran arrests Baha’i for “illicit” relations – report
Reuters: An Iranian Baha’i missionary has been arrested in northern Iran for allegedly having an “illicit sexual relationship”, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday without giving a source.
Ahmadinejad voices doubts about 9/11 attacks
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the accepted narrative of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, saying it was still not clear who was behind them.
Bahrain implicates Iran in plot to overthrow government
Daily Telegraph: Bahrain has indicated Iran was implicated in an alleged plot to overthrow its government after 23 prominent opposition leaders were charged with terrorism offences in the US-backed Gulf kingdom.
Iranian woman said to be lashed over photo
New York Times: A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning from Iranian authorities caused an international outcry, a lawyer for the woman said Sunday.
Mubarak concerned over ‘new dangers’ in the Gulf
AFP: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday he was concerned about “new dangers” in the Gulf, in an apparent allusion to Iran, whose nuclear ambitions concern numerous Arab countries.
