AFP: Aides to top US lawmakers expressed surprise on Wednesday after Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said he was mulling talks with members of the US Congress after receiving letters from them.
US officials doubt congressional Iran outreach
Iran holds naval war games in strategic waterway
Reuters: Iran said it began six days of naval war games on Tuesday in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic transport route for global oil supplies which the Islamic Republic has threatened to close if it is attacked.
Iranian state TV: OPEC cut of 1.5M barrels likely
AP: Iranian state TV is reporting that OPEC's Secretary-General says a daily oil production cut of between 1 million and 1.5 million barrels is likely in December.
Iran says designs radar-evading military aircraft
Reuters: Iran has designed a radar-evading aircraft, the head of its air force said on Monday, the Islamic Republic's latest announcement of progress on military hardware amid persistent tension with the West over its nuclear plans.
Iran-backed insurgents captured in Iraq – U.S.
Reuters: The U.S. military in Iraq captured four suspected members of an Iranian-backed insurgent network on Monday, it said.
Iran’s underground rap artists take to wearing symbol of Islamic revolution
The Guardian: For nearly 30 years its distinctive chequered pattern has been a sacrosanct symbol of Iran's Islamic revolution and an essential garment for its most committed adherents.
Tehran welcomes U.S. talks
Wall Street Journal: Iran's top diplomat for nuclear issues said his government would welcome a broad dialogue with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration, but offered few signs that Tehran is willing to slow its expanding nuclear program.
Iran says oil market oversupplied by two million bpd
AFP: Crude producer Iran said on Sunday that the world oil market is oversupplied by two million barrels a day after OPEC decided to leave its oil output quota unchanged amid falling prices.
Iran proposes nuclear plants with Arab countries
AP: Iran's official news agency says Tehran has proposed building joint light-water nuclear power plants with neighboring Arab countries.
Protecting Iranian dissidents
Washington Times – Lord David Waddington: The announcement that the United States would withdraw its troops from Iraq by 2011 caused much furor in Washington but it must have caused the ayatollahs in Iran even more excitement.
