AP: Iran and Malaysia signed a $16 billion agreement to develop two Iranian gas fields, state-run television reported Wednesday, describing the deal as the largest energy contract in Iran.
Iran, Malaysia sign $16 billion gas deal
Official: A dozen Iranians die daily from drug addiction
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 26 – About a dozen people die every day in Iran from drug addiction, the equivalent of one death every two hours, an official said earlier this week.
Official: A dozen Iranians die daily from drug addiction
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 26 – About a dozen people die every day in Iran from drug addiction, the equivalent of one death every two hours, an official said earlier this week.
Russia says Iran needs no uranium enrichment
Reuters: Russia’s delivery of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr power station makes it unnecessary for Iran to pursue its enrichment programme, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Why UK has been shamed by Iranian fiasco
Edinburgh Evening News – By Struan Stevenson: The Government’s announcement that it does not accept a British appeal court ruling about the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran is shameful.
Shiite contest sharpens in Iraq
Washington Post: Posted at the door of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s office recently, a flier denounced the arrests of his followers. Up and down the barricaded street, soldiers and policemen loyal to his Shiite rivals stood sentry, some in tan armored personnel carriers, questioning anyone they suspected of links to the populist cleric.
Iranian students will be released soon, lawyer says
New York Times: Three politically active students who had been sentenced to two to three years in prison for crimes including insulting the nations supreme leader are expected to be released this week on bail, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Afghan rebels using Iranian arms: Canadian defence minister
AFP: Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay identified Iran as the origin of weapons used by rebels against the international coalition in Afghanistan.
U.S. officials differ over Iran
Wall Street Journal: The Pentagon and State Department, long divided over the conduct of the Iraq war and reconstruction there, have a new point of contention: Iran, and how much credit it deserves for recent security improvements in Iraq.
Iran jails four former officials for corruption
Reuters: Four former Iranian officials, including one who held a key Oil Ministry position and an ex-customs director, have been jailed for up to five years for taking bribes and embezzlement, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
