Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it had launched its first domestically made satellite into space, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran says it launched satellite into space
Turkish president says more time needed for gas deal with Iran
AFP: Turkey and Iran need more time to finalise a major natural gas deal, President Abdullah Gul said Saturday, playing down reports that US pressure on Turkey to abandon the project is behind the delay.
GCC chides Iran over facilities on UAE-claimed island
AFP: Oil-rich Arab monarchies in the Gulf chided Iran on Saturday for setting up facilities on an island claimed by the United Arab Emirates, two days after Abu Dhabi protested to Tehran over the move.
Iraq’s Shia extremists ‘trained in Iran by Hizbollah’
Daily Telegraph: A senior American officer said that captured militia fighters and other sources in Iraq had confirmed suspicions that members of Iran's elite Quds force and members of the Lebanese militia Hizbollah were training their fellow Shia Muslims from Iraq to create more so-called "special groups" of fighters.
Egypt: Iran should reassure West on nuclear issue
AP: Iran should not give Western nations the justification to "drag the region down a dangerous slope" by its lack of transparency and flexibility in the conflict over its nuclear program, Egypt's presidential spokesman said Saturday.
Iran training Iraqi hit squads: US military
AFP: Iraqi assassination squads are being trained in Iran by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force and Lebanese Hezbollah for attacks in Iraq, a US military official said Friday.
U.S. military: Iran training assassination squads
CNN: Iraqi Shia fighters are now been trained inside Iran as assassination squads, the U.S. military has told the Iraqi government.
Confronting the Iranian threat
Washington Times – Editorial: As it considers its options in dealing with Iranian nuclear weapons, Israel has become increasingly concerned about the possibility of a larger war with Tehran and its proxies – and specifically, the possibility that it could be on the receiving end of missile attacks launched by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah in the event of a strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.
US: Quds, Hezbollah training Iraqi militia in Iran
AP: Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran's elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi troops, according to intelligence gleaned from captured militia fighters and other sources in Iraq.
Iran, Turkey fail to reach deal on new pipeline
AP: Iran and Turkey signed several cooperation agreements Thursday but failed to complete a deal for building a new natural gas pipeline — a project the United States has opposed.
