The Guardian: There are many ways for an MP to win over fellow parliamentarians but for Hasan Kamran, blowing the whistle on their cushy expenses was never likely to be one of them.
Criticism of perks provokes uproar in Iranian parliament
Iran inflation nears 30 percent in September – media
Reuters: Iran's annual inflation rate jumped 1.8 percentage points in September to 29.4 percent, Iranian media said on Thursday, highlighting a growing source of discontent ahead of next year's presidential election.
Iran shopkeepers strike over VAT introduction
AFP: Shopkeepers in Iran's traditional bazaars pressed on with strikes on Wednesday to protest against the government's introduction of value added tax amid mounting pressure on retail prices.
Six powers to discuss Iran in a few days: US
AFP: The six powers trying to scale back Iran's nuclear ambitions will consult soon via telephone about the "next steps" to take at the United Nations, a State Department official said Wednesday.
Germans arrest Iranian-Canadian for allegedly breaking trade embargo
Canadian Press: German authorities have arrested a Canadian-Iranian citizen on suspicion of breaking a trade embargo with Iran by selling them technical equipment.
Iran withdraws claim on U.S. plane
New York Times: An Iranian news agency said Tuesday that a United States warplane had been forced to land in Iran, but the United States military denied the claim, and Tehran quickly withdrew it.
McCain, Obama would toughen sanctions on Iran
Reuters: U.S. presidential candidates Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama both said on Tuesday they would work if elected to toughen sanctions on Iran to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons.
‘Americans’ forced to land in Iran were lost Hungarians
Daily Telegraph: For a fleeting period on Tuesday afternoon, Tehran's official news agencies claimed that Iranian jet fighters had forced an American plane to land and officials were interrogating its military crew.
‘Displeased’ China still engaged in Iran, NKorea nuclear talks: US
AFP: China will continue to take part in multilateral talks on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises despite the country's objections to US plans to sell arms to Taiwan, a US state department official said on Tuesday.
Pentagon denies US warplane landed in Iran
Reuters: A senior Iranian official denied on Tuesday a local news agency report that a U.S. military plane had violated the country's airspace and was forced to land, saying both the aircraft and the people on board were Hungarian.
