New York Sun: America's economic war against Iran is now targeting the Islamic Republic's trade routes and shipping.
Coast Guard will board ships from Iran
Iran said withdraws $75 billion from Europe
Reuters: Iran has withdrawn around $75 billion (38 billion pounds) from Europe to prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions, an Iranian weekly said.
Iran police start wider crackdown on un-Islamic dress
Reuters: Iranian police have launched a more extensive crackdown on "social corruption" such as women flouting Islamic dress codes, the Farhang-e Ashti newspaper reported on Monday.
Iran govt to ask for $7 bln for fuel imports-report
Reuters: Iran's government plans to ask parliament for $7 billion to pay for increasingly expensive fuel imports, a newspaper said on Monday, despite gasoline rationing launched by the world's fourth-largest oil producer last year.
Iran and Iraq on the agenda for Bush-Brown talks
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will present a united front against Iran's nuclear ambitions Monday and seek to dispel media suggestions of a rift over troop levels in Iraq.
Iran and North Korea may have bought nuclear missile blueprints
The Times: The discovery of designs for a compact nuclear bomb has raised fears that Iran and North Korea might have obtained blueprints enabling them to mount long-range strikes with nuclear-armed missiles.
Pakistani may have delivered advanced nuclear designs
Wall Street Journal: The Bush administration and Western governments are voicing renewed fears that advanced nuclear-weapon designs may have been provided to Iran and North Korea through the smuggling network run by Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
World can deal with Iran if it redefines itself: Khalilzad
AFP: Countries around the world can have normal relations with Iran if the Islamic Republic redefines itself and stops meddling in the affairs of its neighbours, US Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad said in an interview Monday.
US favours diplomacy in Iran nuclear row: Rice
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that the US administration was giving priority to solving its row with Iran over its nuclear programme through diplomatic channels.
Iran releases former police chief
AP: A government-owned newspaper says Tehran's former police chief has been released from jail due to lack of evidence on "morality charges."
