AFP: Iran on Saturday welcomed moves by the new US President Barack Obama to pull American troops out of Iraq and insisted that Tehran would not meddle in elections here.
Iran welcomes planned US pullout from Iraq
Etisalat plans up to $5 bln 5-year Iran investment
Reuters: Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) expects to invest up to $5 billion over five years in its Iran operations after winning the country's third mobile phone licence, its chairman said on Sunday.
EU move on exiled group to anger Tehran
Financial Times: The European Union is set to strike an exiled Iranian opposition movement off its list of banned terrorist groups, a step likely to anger the authorities in Tehran.
Iran in scramble for fresh uranium supplies
The Times: Western powers believe that Iran is running short of the raw material required to manufacture nuclear weapons, triggering an international race to prevent it from importing more, The Times has learnt.
Iran seen to rank students and housewives as employed
Reuters: Counting students and housewives among the ranks of the employed has helped lower Iran's jobless rate, an official at the statistics office said in remarks published Saturday.
France asks EU court to keep Iranian group on terror blacklist
Bloomberg: France urged a European Union court to keep an Iranian anti-government group on the bloc’s list of terrorist organizations, opposing a toughening of EU policy toward Iran before President Barack Obama outlines plans for U.S. engagement.
Clear and present danger
Human Events – by Oliver North: Now that the festivities are over, it is time for the masters of the media to stop asking inane questions of the new folks in town — like “how do you like your new office?” and for the Obama administration to get down to work on a clear and present danger.
EU looks to take Iran group off terror list
Reuters: European states have reached a preliminary agreement to remove exiled Iranian opposition group the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from an EU list of banned terrorist groups, diplomats said on Thursday.
Iranian AIDS doctors get several years in jail
AP: Iran has sentenced two internationally renowned Iranian AIDS physicians to six and three years in prison for their alleged participation in a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow Iran's Islamic regime, their lawyer said Thursday.
Obama’s Treasury pick vows financial action against Iran
AFP: Treasury secretary-designate Timothy Geithner vowed to pursue the US government's financial offensive on Iran to stamp out its alleged weapons proliferation and support for terrorism.
