Reuters: Iran should set up a bank to help channel investment to its energy industry, Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari was quoted as saying on Sunday.

AFP: US social networking site Facebook on Saturday said it had received reports its wesbite had been blocked in Iran, lamenting the apparent government bar as "a shame."

AP: Italy's foreign minister said Saturday he is sending a representative to Tehran to sound out the possibility of a meeting with Iranian officials after he canceled a visit earlier this week.

AFP: The United Arab Emirates on Saturday renewed calls for Iran to start talks over three disputed islands held by Tehran and whose status has marred relations between the Gulf neighbours for decades.

The Times: Dying for a drink? Men and mules do so all the time in the hills along the Iran-Iraq frontier east of Bashmagh.

Reuters: Tehran and Islamabad started a fresh round of talks on Friday over a deal to export Iranian gas to Pakistan, Iran's students news agency ISNA reported.

AFP: A delayed summit hosted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts will now go ahead in Tehran on Sunday, diplomatic sources said.

Reuters: Indonesia's largest telecommunications firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, said on Friday it was still interested in buying a stake in state-owned Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI).

Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused his moderate rivals in Iran's June presidential vote of trying to weaken the Islamic state by wanting a policy of "detente" with the West, Fars news agency reported on Friday.