Wall Street Journal: Members of an Iranian dissidents' group formed a human blockade to successfully prevent Iraqi troops from seizing more territory in their camp north of Baghdad, in the third day of a confrontation that showed no sign of ending soon.
Iraqi troops blocked by Iranian exiles
Iran president: No rift with supreme leader
AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says there is no rift between him and Iran's supreme leader, lashing back at criticism from within his own hard-line camp.
Some in OPEC may push for cut if price drops: Iran
Reuters: Iran's OPEC governor said if oil prices continued to drop some cartel members may demand further production cut of its oil output, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
Iran blames foreign countries for protester deaths
AP: The Iranian foreign minister is blaming foreign countries for the deaths of opposition supporters in Iran's post-election turmoil.
Iran police clash with protesters on mourning day
AFP: Riot police used tear gas and batons to break up a demonstration in Tehran on Thursday and clashed with mourners at a defiant graveside commemoration for people killed in election violence, witnesses said.
Hunger strike
Washington Times: Iranian activists Wednesday began a hunger strike across from the White House to demand that the United States defend disarmed Iranian rebels at a camp in Iraq, as Iraqi authorities continued to assert control over the former resistance fighters and their relatives.
Iraq mounts attack on Iranian dissidents
CBS Evening News: Iraqi police attacked unarmed members of an Iranian opposition group living in Iraq, known as the MEK. The attack was the latest sign that American influence in Iraq is waning. Lara Logan reports. Click here to view the clip aired by CBS Evening
Billion dollar bailout for Iran’s biggest car maker
AFP: Iran Khodro, the Middle East's biggest car manufacturer, is to receive one billion dollars in a government-backed rescue package, a company official said on on Wednesday.
Iran approves $280 million loan for Bolivia
AP: Iran's top diplomat in Bolivia says the Islamic republic has approved a $280 million low-interest loan for President Evo Morales' government to use as it sees fit. Gas and oil exploration are possibilities.
Iraqi police in stand-off with Iran camp residents
AFP: Hundreds of Iraqi police and soldiers were in a tense stand-off with residents of a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Wednesday, after violence a day earlier left more than 400 wounded.


