Reuters: Gulf Arab stocks plunged on Thursday as weaker oil prices and tensions with Iran compounded a broad sell-off in emerging markets, sending some indexes down as much as 4 percent and erasing all the gains of 2008.
Gulf shares spiral down on oil dip, Iran fears
Sarkozy says Iran takes ‘major risk,’ may cause Israeli attack
Bloomberg: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Iran is taking a "major risk" in developing a nuclear program that may provoke an attack by Israel.
Iranian women’s rights campaigners imprisoned
The Guardian: Four women's rights campaigners in Iran have been sentenced to six months in jail just as activists were celebrating a rare success, having persuaded MPs to shelve a bill that would have made it easier for men to have more than one wife.
Brazil declines Iranian offer to join OPEC: minister
AFP: Iran has formally invited Brazil to join OPEC, but the South American nation — which recently discovered vast new offshore oil fields — turned down the offer, Energy Minister Edson Lobao said Wednesday.
Syria pledges to help France solve Iran dispute
Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday any attack on Iran would be a disaster and pledged to help find a peaceful solution to the nuclear dispute between the West and Tehran.
Iran invites Brazil to join OPEC-minister
Reuters: Iran last month invited Brazil to join oil exporters' group OPEC, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said on Wednesday, adding that his government had not yet responded to the invitation.
Man hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – Iranian authorities have hanged a man in Arak, central Iran, state media reported on Tuesday.
US says Libya is a model for Iran and North Korea
Reuters: The United States said on Wednesday improved relations with Libya, which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits this week, showed how countries like Iran and North Korea could be rewarded for a change in behavior.
Man hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – Iranian authorities have hanged a man in Arak, central Iran, state media reported on Tuesday.
Iran sentences women rights activists to jail
AFP: Iran has sentenced four women's rights activists to six months in jail over articles written on feminist websites, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
