AP: An Italian company that helped build a communications satellite for Iran said Wednesday there are no plans to launch it, denying an announcement made in Tehran this week.
Italian company says no launch for Iran satellite
Iran says U.K. to loan 2,500-year-old cylinder for three months
Bloomberg: Britain has agreed to loan the 2,500-year-old Cyrus Cylinder to Iran for three months, Iran’s state television reported today.
Gazprom Neft, NIOC to partner at Iran oilfields
Reuters: Gazprom Neft, Russia's fifth-largest oil producer, said on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) to study the development of two Iranian oilfields.
Oxford defends scholarship in name of Iran protester
AFP: Oxford University on Wednesday defended a decision to set up a scholarship in honour of an Iranian student shot dead during protests which followed Iran's disputed elections, in a move which has enraged Tehran.
Ahmadinejad suggests Iran role in atom fuel bank
Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday declared Iran's readiness for international nuclear cooperation, including on a global fuel bank, but made clear again that Tehran would not halt its own atomic activities.
Iran’s opposition steers challenge toward the top
AP: Just minutes before anti-riot police charged opposition marchers in Tehran last week, a new chant bubbled up from the crowd: "Death to Nobody."
Iran sentences vote detainee to jail, lashes – website
Reuters: A court has sentenced a man detained after Iran's disputed election in June to seven years in jail and 74 lashes, the reformist Mowjcamp website said on Wednesday.
PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Nov 11
Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
US accuses Iran of violating UN arms embargo
AP: The United States accused Iran Tuesday of violating a U.N. arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Syria in a cargo ship seized by Israel, a U.S. official said.
U.S. official says IAEA has evidence Iran sought atomic warhead
Bloomberg: A U.S. arms-control official said today there is “strong evidence” Iran sought to develop the means to put a nuclear weapon on a missile prior to 2003 and perhaps afterward.
