Reuters: Iran needs an additional $6.5 billion to help pay for imports of gasoline and diesel fuel during the 2009-10 budget year, a senior Oil Ministry official said in remarks published on Tuesday.
Iran needs $6.5 bln more for fuel imports-report
US lawmakers to debate tough new Iran sanctions
AFP: US lawmakers on Tuesday launch a debate aimed at tightening existing sanctions against Iran and slapping new bans on the Islamic republic if it refuses to rein in its suspect nuclear program.
Iran conflict could send oil to high: Raymond James
Reuters: Oil prices may surge to a record if conflict over Iran's uranium enrichment leads the oil producer to slash exports or block the Strait of Hormuz, Raymond James analysts said in a Monday research note.
Iran denies reformists to be released
AFP: Tehran prosecutors have denied a report that 20 people, among them reformists, accused of involvement in post-election riots will soon be freed on bail, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Clinton calls Iran nuclear talks a ‘positive’ step
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates described last week's nuclear talks with Iran as a positive step but said it was too early to predict the outcome of the negotiations.
Iran names new militia commander who UN sanctioned
AP: Iran's supreme leader has replaced the head of the feared militia at the center of the postelection crackdown with a senior military officer under U.N. sanctions for links to the country's ballistic missile program, state media reported Monday.
Top Iran reformists to be freed on bail soon: IRNA
AFP: Iran is to release on bail around 20 people accused of post-election violence, including top reformists and an Iranian-American scholar, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.
Iran’s Khamenei reshuffles Revolutionary Guards top brass
AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday issued decrees reshuffling several commanders in the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, official media reported.
IAEA to inspect Iran nuclear site on 25 October
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 04 – Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will on 25 October inspect Iran's previously undisclosed second uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom, central Iran, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday.
IAEA to inspect Iran nuclear site on 25 October
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 04 – Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will on 25 October inspect Iran's previously undisclosed second uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom, central Iran, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday.
