Sunday Times: Esha Momeni, an American student visiting Iran, has been arrested and held in solitary confinement in the notorious section 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison for daring to campaign for women’s rights.
US student held in notorious Iran torture prison
Tehran says Russia eyes gas swaps with Iran
Reuters: Russia is interested in gas swaps with Iran, Iran's Oil Ministry news website reported on Saturday, in a fresh sign of efforts to deepen ties between two states who together account for 40 percent of world reserves.
Iran tells Total about oil cut sales
Reuters: Iran's oil minister said on Saturday France's Total, which buys Iranian crude, had been informed it would receive less oil in line with an OPEC decision to cut output starting November 1, a news agency reported.
US says 39 Iranian-funded ‘criminals’ arrested in Iraq
AFP: The US military said on Friday it had arrested 39 Iranian-sponsored "criminals" in Iraq this month and had seized some 500,000 dollars meant to fund militancy in the war-wracked country.
Ex-speaker denounces ‘cash-for-votes’ in Iran parliament
AFP: A former speaker of parliament has denounced reports that Iranian MPs are being offered government cash to vote against impeaching the interior minister, who lied about his education, the Mehr news agency said Friday.
Iran strives to expand oil refineries
Wall Street Journal: As Western powers talk of targeting Iranian gasoline imports in fresh economic sanctions, the Islamic republic is scrambling to boost its refining capacity and tamp down domestic demand.
Ahmadinejad slams US raid as ‘savage act’
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday slammed a deadly US raid on a Syrian village as a "savage act", state news agency IRNA said.
Fresh from Iraq success, Petraeus takes on Afghanistan, Iran
AFP: Crowned with success in Iraq, General David Petraeus, who takes command Friday of US military forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, inherits the next big challenge: devising a winning strategy in Afghanistan.
Spy accused ‘caught red-handed’
BBC: An Army interpreter in Afghanistan was "caught red-handed" passing secrets to Iran, a court has been told.
Iran feels economic pain as oil prices fall
AP: Three weeks ago, a hard-line cleric close to Iran's president gloated publicly that the world financial crisis was God's punishment on the United States. The laughter, however, was short-lived.
