Reuters: The U.S. military commander in Iraq stepped up accusations over the weekend that Iran was stoking violence in Iraq and said Tehran’s ambassador to Baghdad was a member of the Revolutionary Guards Qods force.
Petraeus puts heat on Iran over Iraq violence
Blast fuels fears Iran is involved
Sunday Telegraph: It was the end of a week of fierce fighting in the Upper Gereshk valley, a Taliban stronghold and the scene of much bloodshed over the past 18 months.
Iran says French call for EU sanctions illegal
Reuters: Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday France’s call for EU sanctions against Tehran outside of the U.N. framework was illegal and the Islamic Republic would not back away from its nuclear ambitions.
17 die in road accident in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 06 Seventeen people died when a truck slammed into a bus on a stretch of road north-east of the Iranian capital Tehran, state media reported on Saturday.
17 die in road accident in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 06 Seventeen people died when a truck slammed into a bus on a stretch of road north-east of the Iranian capital Tehran, state media reported on Saturday.
Iran says OPEC may review oil cut after Nov
Reuters: Iran’s oil minister said on Saturday OPEC could revise a decision to boost crude production from November if that increase pushed prices lower than was economical for producers, an Iranian news agency reported.
Giuliani raps Clinton on Iraq, Iran
AP: Republican Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has not stated clear goals for dealing with the Iraq war and Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran has 43 cholera cases mainly near Iraq-report
Reuters: Iran said on Saturday it had 43 cholera cases, four times more than previously announced, and added they were mostly near Iraq where there has been an outbreak of the disease, an Iranian news agency reported.
Iran to re-open its border with Iraq
AFP: Iran will re-opens its border with Iraq on Sunday after a two-week closure to protest at the detention of an Iranian by US troops, the semi-official news agency Fars reported.
Iran says oilfields ‘too attractive’ for France to quit
AFP: Iran on Saturday rejected the possibility of a French investors’ pullout of its oil and gas sector amid calls by Paris for tougher sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear programme, the ISNA news agency reported.
