AP: Iran’s nuclear chief says the priority after the September startup of Bushehr nuclear power plant wil be to search for new uranium deposits inside the country.
Iran searching for new domestic uranium deposits
Iran test fires surface-to-surface missile
AFP: Iran has test fired its home-built surface-to-surface Fateh 110 missile, state television reported on Wednesday, less than a week after a similar test was carried out on another missile.
Kuwait seeks assurances on Iran atomic plant safety
Reuters: Kuwait, just across Gulf waters from Iran, wants more assurances from the Islamic Republic about the safety of its first nuclear power reactor which Tehran has started fuelling up, its foreign minister said.
Hezbollah: Iran can equip Lebanese army
AP: The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group says authorities should formally ask Iran to help equip the country’s military.
Iran club reinstates sacked footballer Karimi
AFP: Star footballer Ali Karimi, often dubbed the Maradona of Asia, has been reinstated after he was sacked for not fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, his club said.
Iran-Turkey gas pipeline hit by blast, flow stopped
Reuters: Iranian natural gas flows to Turkey were halted after an explosion and could take up to a week to resume after repairs are completed, officials at the Turkish pipeline operator Botas said on Wednesday.
Iran Central Bank head seeks import reduction
AP: An Iranian state-owned newspaper quotes the country’s Central Bank governor as saying imports should be decreased in response to the sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
Carla Sarkozy urges clemency for Iranian sentenced to stoning
Bloomberg: French first lady Carla Bruni- Sarkozy published a letter today in three national media outlets supporting an Iranian mother sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery.
Kuwait concerned over Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant
AFP: Kuwait has expressed safety concerns over Iran’s new nuclear reactor on the opposite side of the Gulf, fearing fallout from possible leaks, the official news agency KUNA reported.
Iraq’s banks urge privatisation of state lenders
AFP: Iraq’s privately-owned banks have called for the country’s state-owned lenders to be privatised to break up a near monopoly in lending by politicians whose actions remain stuck in the Saddam-era.
