Reuters: A senior Iranian official said on Saturday OPEC could meet in February in Kuwait to review the oil market's performance in January, after a newly agreed production cut, but added that no official invitation had been made.
Iran says OPEC might meet in Kuwait in Feb
Tehran’s links with Hamas could spark retribution
The Independent: Iran's open support for Hamas, coupled with US and Israeli accusations that Tehran has supplied it with weapons, could harden Israeli public opinion in favour of military strikes against Iran whose nuclear programme is seen as an "existential" threat to the Jewish state.
Shadow of Iran looms large over Gaza
FOX News – By Walid Phares: The Israeli air raids on Hamas’s infrastructure along with troop movements around Gaza’s enclave and the shelling of Israel by the jihadist organization are both troubling developments in the Middle East but they are certainly neither new nor surprising.
Obama promises Bush III on Iran
Wall Street Journal – By John Bolton: President-elect Barack Obama has promised major changes in U.S. diplomacy and repeatedly criticized the Bush administration on both substance and style. The diplomacy he favors is exactly what Condi Rice has been pursuing for years.
Iran students say ready to fight Israel
AFP: Hundreds of Islamist students marched in the streets of the Iranian capital on Thursday vowing their readiness to travel to Gaza to fight Israel over its onslaught against the Palestinian territory.
Iranian newspaper reportedly closed for Gaza article
Reuters: A newspaper close to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been closed down for publishing an article the authorities said was sympathetic to Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Aids experts to stand trial in Iran
Press Association: Iran's judiciary spokesman has confirmed that two internationally renowned Iranian Aids physicians are in jail on charges of acting against national security.
Volunteer Iranian bombers ask to go to Israel
AP: Hard-line Iranian student groups are asking the government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.
Iranian president proposes ending energy subsidies
New York Times: Faced with falling oil prices and a weakening economy, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented a plan to Parliament on Tuesday that would scrap energy subsidies, a significant change in a major oil-producing country where gasoline is sold for 36 cents a gallon.
Group storms UK embassy in Iran
BBC: Demonstrators stormed the compound of the British Embassy in Iran, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
