AP: An Iranian government Web site is quoting a top Revolutionary Guards commander as saying Iran supplies weapons to "liberation armies" in the Middle East.
Commander: Iran arming Mideast ‘liberation armies’
Khamenei’s ‘aide rules out presidential run’
AFP: Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, has ruled out standing in presidential elections slated for June 2009, Iran's labour news agency ILNA reported on Sunday.
Iran says OPEC may decrease production further
AP: Iran's OPEC governor says the organization may consider another cut in oil production due to a glut in the market.
Top Iran minister faces impeachment
AFP: Iran's parliament will move to impeach Interior Minister Ali Kordan for "dishonesty" early November after he confessed to holding a fake Oxford University degree, the ISNA news agency said on Sunday.
Report: Iranian president has fallen ill
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fallen ill due to exhaustion brought on by his heavy workload, the state-run news agency reported quoting a close associate.
Military pact traps Baghdad between US demands and Iranian fears
AFP: As the United States and Iraq approach a deal on the future US military presence in the country, Baghdad is trapped between Washington's demands and Tehran's fears about US influence in the region, politicians and analysts say.
Weaker oil may crimp Iran’s spending
Wall Street Journal: If dramatically lower oil prices last, they could eventually threaten Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's free-spending policies at home and the country's expansionist ambitions across the Middle East.
Russian arms exporter sanctioned over Iran
Washington Post: The State Department has slapped financial sanctions on Russia's state arms exporter for its dealings with Iran, but in an unusual move, it granted the company a partial waiver to permit the sale of nearly two dozen Russian helicopters to Iraq, U.S. officials said yesterday.
Iran’s Rafsanjani blames finance ‘tsunami’ for low oil price
AFP: The influential former president of OPEC's second largest oil producer Iran on Friday called the world financial crisis a tsunami which has dragged down oil prices and caused a huge loss of revenue.
Freeze of Iran groups funds rejected
New York Times: A prominent Iranian opposition group won an appeal on Thursday against a European Union decision to freeze its funds.
