AFP: Iran shut down again on Tuesday a reformist daily that backs incumbent presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi after allowing it to resume publishing, the paper's lawyer told the ISNA news agency.

AFP: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani pleaded for a clean election after he and his family were attacked in an electoral debate, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell and Repsol have offered a new proposal for initial production of Iran's major gas project in the Gulf, Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said on Tuesday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

AFP: A bloc of 200 conservative Iranian MPs have thrown their weight behind incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his bid for a second term in office, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday.

Reuters: National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has set up its first Beijing office to push for crude sales in China, but the world's No.4 crude exporter will have a tough job boosting volumes sharply in the absence of a refinery.

AP: A 2005 claim by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that a "light" surrounded him during a U.N. address was mocked Monday by his main pro-reform opponents in the latest barrage against the president's competence and another sign of the bitter tone dominating the election campaign in its final days.

AFP: Iranian state television has denied ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani an immediate platform to respond to allegations made by incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a live debate, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.