Reuters: Kuwait is developing precautionary plans to ensure oil exports in case Iran closes a vital oil route in the world's largest oil exporting region, a top oil official told state news agency KUNA on Monday.
Kuwait prepares in case Iran shuts Gulf oil route
Ahmadinejad target of ‘Rome X-ray plot’, diplomat says
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the target of an "X-ray radiation plot" during his trip to Rome for the UN food summit earlier this month, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Iran won’t be allowed to block Gulf shipping: U.S. Navy
Reuters: The United States and its allies will not allow Iran to hamper shipping in the Gulf, the waterway that carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region to the world, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Monday.
US treasury chief seeks Russian sanctions on Iran
AFP: US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said here Monday he would discuss with Russia's leaders the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Iran.
3 die, 20 trapped as building collapses in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 – At least people have died as a seven-storey building in north-west Tehran collapsed on Monday.
3 die, 20 trapped as building collapses in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 – At least people have died as a seven-storey building in north-west Tehran collapsed on Monday.
Iran names new member of nuclear negotiating team
Reuters: Iran has named a new member to its nuclear negotiating team to act as a deputy to chief negotiator Saeed Jalili in a move analysts said could strengthen hardline voices in a key policy-making body.
Iran sentences man to death for spying for Israel
Reuters: A court has sentenced an Iranian man to death on charges of spying for Israel, Iranian media said on Monday.
Explosion in Iran factory, no casualties
AFP: An explosion tore through a factory just outside Tehran but caused no casualties despite earlier reports to the contrary, the Fars news agency reported on Monday.
Brown says Iran must prove does not want atom arms
Reuters: Iran must prove it is not interested in developing nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday.
