The Globe and Mail: A tiny, all but unheard-of Canadian auto company has scored an international coup by brokering a deal with China’s giant Chery Automobile to make cars in Iran.

AP: Iran has detained two Chinese nationals on charges of spying on its military and nuclear facilities, state radio reported Wednesday.

Reuters: Iran’s judiciary accused three detained Iranian journalists on Wednesday of publishing “lies” about the ruling system in the Islamic Republic.

Reuters: Two Belgians kidnapped in southeastern Iran at the weekend have been released, a Belgian Foreign Ministry spokesman in Brussels said on Tuesday.

AP: Iran’s president said Tuesday he has “serious doubts” that his country is supplying weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, refuting allegations by some Western officials that Iran is arming the militants.

New York Times: Laying out his views on foreign policy, Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, said he would be open to negotiations with Iran but would not rule out destroying its nuclear facilities as a last resort.

Washington Post: The United States has decided to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a “specially designated global terrorist,” according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group’s business operations and finances.

New York Times: The Bush administration is preparing to declare that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is a foreign terrorist organization, senior administration officials said Tuesday.