AP: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Sunday it would be “enormously unwise” for the Bush administration to take military action against Iran before it gets out of Iraq.
US to reward Iran for ending Iraq arms supply
Daily Telegraph: America is prepared to “reciprocate” if Iran halts shipments of arms to Iraq’s Shia Muslim militias, General David Petraeus, the US commander in Baghdad has said.
IRAQ: Closure of Iranian border affects Kurdistan region’s economy
IRIN: Aid agencies in the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have said the continuing closure of Iraq’s border with Iran will not hamper their work as they do not use the Iranian border for getting supplies.
Iran sees WTI crude around $90 if dollar weakens
Reuters: An Iranian official predicted on Sunday that price of WTI crude could reach around $90 per barrel by December if U.S. dollar continued to lose value, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB’s web site reported.
Iran denies creating anti-US bloc with Bolivia, Venezuela
AFP: Iran’s top Latin America diplomat denied that his country was forming an anti-US bloc with Venezuela and Bolivia, two countries that support Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
Iraq FM fears ‘tension’ over Iran nuclear program
AFP: Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Sunday urged Iran not to fan flames of confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, saying the conflict was leading to rising global tensions.
US weighs possible strikes on Iran’s military: report
AFP: The US administration has shifted strategy and is drawing up plans for possible air strikes against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard instead of the country’s nuclear sites, the New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday.
Cleric in restive south-western Iran target of assassination
DPA: An local cleric was the target of a failed assassination attempt in the south-western Iranian city of Ahvaz, the ISNA news agency reported Sunday.
US says Iranian-made missiles found in Iraq
AFP: The US military in Iraq said Sunday it had seized sophisticated Iranian-made surface-to-air missiles that were being used by insurgents in the war-torn country.
US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran
Sunday Telegraph: The American air force is working with military leaders from the Gulf to train and prepare Arab air forces for a possible war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
