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Iran, China sign $3.2 billion gas deal

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ImageAP: State TV says Iran and China have signed a $3.2 billion gas deal to produce more than 10 tons of liquid natural gas.

Iran: too much oil available

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ImageAP: Iran's oil minister suggested Saturday that this weekend's OPEC meeting should decide to cut crude output, adding his voice to those in the organization who think supply has outstripped demand.

Iran denies Afghan summit invite report

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ImageUPI: Iran hasn't officially accepted a U.S. invitation to take part in an upcoming conference on Afghanistan, a, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

Iran dismisses sanctions, launches gas project

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ImageReuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed international sanctions against Iran as a "childish idea" on Friday as he officially launched a major natural gas project in the Gulf, Iranian media reported.

U.S. arms trader pleads guilty to Iran sales

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ImageReuters: A former director at a Singapore aircraft supply company pleaded guilty on Friday to exporting U.S. military technology including aircraft components to Iran over the last decade, prosecutors said.

Singapore firm exec pleads guilty to Iran exports

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ImageAFP: A US citizen who was a director at a Singapore company pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to export aircraft parts to Iran in violation of a US trade embargo, prosecutors said.

Obama extends U.S. sanctions against Iran

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ImageReuters: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was extending sanctions against Iran as it continued to pose an "extraordinary threat" to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States.

Netanyahu aide says Obama agrees on Iran, at least

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ImageReuters: Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama may differ on some issues, but they agree that stopping Iran getting a nuclear bomb is a top priority, a senior adviser to Israel's prime minister-designate said on Thursday.

Iran MPs adopt 279 billion dollar budget

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ImageAFP: Iran's lawmakers adopted on Thursday a budget for the coming year of 279 billion dollars, after slashing 19 billion dollars in revenues that would have been raised from a hike in energy prices that was ultimately rejected, news agencies reported.

Iran ‘one or two years’ from nuclear weapon: Russian expert

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ImageAFP: Iran could produce an atomic weapon in "one or two years," a Russian strategic arms control expert said Thursday, calling a nuclear-armed Tehran a "significant threat."