Times Online: President Bush backed his political rhetoric against Iran yesterday with the promise of a $20 billion arms deal to boost the military clout of Washington’s key allies in the Gulf.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14 – Iranian officials claimed that the eight-day trip by United States President George W. Bush to the Middle East aimed at advancing peace in the volatile region is “doomed to failure”.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14 – Five Chinese banks have resumed their deals with Iran, state media quoted the head of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce as saying on Sunday.

Reuters: Iran and Russia’s gas export monopoly Gazprom plan to boost energy cooperation, Iran’s Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari was quoted as saying on Monday.

Reuters: Oil rose to nearly $94 a barrel on Monday, halting a three-day losing streak amid a wider commodities rally, as the dollar’s weakness and tensions involving Iran countered worries of a global economic downturn.

AFP: Iran angrily warned Turkmenistan to restore gas exports, amid criticism from MPs that the Iranian government was not doing enough to help people cut off from gas supplies in a severe winter, the press reported on Monday.

Press Gazette: There are now no UK national newspapers with a correspondent in Iran following the expulsion of Guardian journalist Robert Tait.