Bloomberg: Iran freed a Canadian Newsweek journalist detained in Tehran since June after receiving 3 billion rials ($303,541) in bail money, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Iranian news service ILNA.
Iran frees Canadian journalist on $304,000 bail, AFP reports
India Reliance says continues to buy Iran crude
Reuters: India's Reliance Industries, owner of the world's biggest oil refining complex, on Friday said it continues to source crude from Iran after a company official said this week it had stopped oil links with the Islamic Republic.
Iran ordered to pay $310 million to U.S. embassy bombing victim
Bloomberg: A federal judge ordered Iran to pay $310 million to a victim of the 1984 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Lebanon and his mother after determining that the country provided support to Hezbollah terrorists who staged the attack.
Iran cleric warns against planned opposition rally
AP: A hard-line cleric sought Friday to head off an attempt to reinvigorate Iran's anti-government movement, warning against a planned opposition rally next month that would coincide with annual state-sponsored demonstrations against the United States.
U.S. considers a new assessment of Iran threat
Wall Street Journal: U.S. spy agencies are considering whether to rewrite a controversial 2007 intelligence report that asserted Tehran halted its efforts to build nuclear weapons in 2003, current and former U.S. intelligence officials say.
Quick accord sought on Iran’s uranium export
AP: World powers want Iran to agree quickly to the export of low-enriched uranium to Russia for further enrichment as it would reduce the risk of the material going for nuclear weapons, France's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Oct 15
Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Cripple Iran to save it
Los Angeles Times: Millions of the regime's political opponents would back sanctions that helped remove the ruling clique.
Chinese Premier hails cooperation with Iran
Reuters: China, reluctant to isolate Iran in its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, will maintain cooperation with Tehran and foster "close coordination in international affairs," Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday.
India’s Reliance no longer buying Iranian crude
Reuters: India's Reliance Industries has stopped oil trade with Iran, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.
