AFP: Iran has sent contradictory signals on the fate of US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi sentenced to eight years in prison by Tehran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday.

Deutsche Welle: A German businessman on trial for selling graphite to Iran to make rocket nozzles has admitted the offense.

UPI: Iranian authorities are expecting a delegation from Pakistan to soon hammer out the final details of a 1,724-mile gas pipeline from the South Pars field.

Xinhua: Iran denied the reports of attack on the country's vessel and called it a "psychological warfare," the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.

CNN: The father of a U.S. journalist jailed for espionage in Iran said he was summoned to court Wednesday and questioned about his daughter's hunger strike.

AFP: The former head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Rezai announced on Wednesday that he would run for president in the June election, Mehr news agency reported.

The Guardian: Three UK-based businessmen illegally exported equipment to support Iran's ageing squadrons of US-manufactured "Top Gun" fighter aircraft, a London court heard yesterday.

AP: Iran's defense minister has held talks with officials in Venezuela seeking to strengthen military ties.

AP: Congress is taking up a bipartisan proposal which would give the Obama administration more leverage over Iran by toughening economic sanctions on foreign oil and shipping firms that aid Tehran.