Reuters: An Iranian oil rig fire may take six months to put out, an official in charge of extinguishing the blaze was quoted as saying on Monday.
Iran oil rig fire may blaze for six months – report
China offers billion-euro loan for Iran projects
AFP: Beijing has offered a loan of one billion euros (1.2 billion dollars) to fund projects in Tehran, a report said on Sunday, in a sign of increased Chinese participation in the Iranian economy.
Iran oil rig fire may blaze for one month -report
Reuters: A fire blazing at an Iranian oil rig may take up to one month to extinguish, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.
General McChrystal says Afghan insurgents trained in Iran
Reuters: Afghan insurgents are being trained inside Iran and given weapons to fight security forces, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Sunday, joining a rising drumbeat of criticism of Iran’s role in the country.
Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran
Sunday Times: Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline.
Khamenei to lead prayers one year after Iran poll
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is to lead Muslim prayers next Friday, a year after his decisive sermon in support of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election.
Opposition steps up calls for protest in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 30 – For the third week running, activists in Tehran wrote political graffiti on walls and distributed leaflets in different districts in the capital ahead of the planned anti-government protests in June which the opposition has called for.
Powerful Iran cleric boosts pressure on regime
AFP: Opposition sympathiser and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian regime ahead of the first anniversary of the disputed presidential election.
Fire at Iran oil well, three dead: report
Reuters: A fire at an Iranian oil well near the Iraq border killed three people on Saturday and injured 10 more, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.
US forges ahead with bid for UN sanctions against Iran
AFP: President Barack Obama’s administration on Friday forged ahead with plans for UN Security Council sanctions against Iran without the involvement of Turkey and Brazil, senior US officials said.
