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U.S., developing nations accept Iran aid cut plan

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Reuters: Western and developing nations broadly accept a U.N. nuclear agency plan to cut almost half its aid projects in Iran, diplomats say, easing fears of a row over how strictly to apply U.N. sanctions against Tehran.

Report: Austria approves export of 30,000 handguns to Iran

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AP: Austrian authorities have approved the export of 30,000 handguns to Iran, local media reported Friday, days after a report that sophisticated Austrian rifles were finding their way into the hands of Iraqi insurgents.

Iran’s smoking guns

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Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Following the weekend intelligence disclosures about Iranian-supplied weapons killing GIs in Iraq, we predicted Tuesday that “a large part of Washington will pretend the evidence doesn’t exist, or suggest the intelligence isn’t proven, or claim that it’s all the Bush Administration’s fault for ‘bullying’ Iran.”

US Treasury names Iran firms weapons proliferators

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Reuters: Stepping up U.S. financial pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, the Treasury Department labeled three Iranian companies on Friday as proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and banned Americans from transactions with them.

Senior Iran cleric rejects U.S. charge of meddling in Iraq

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – A senior Iranian cleric rejected on Friday claims by the United States that the elite Qods Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was sending arms into Iraq responsible for the deaths of coalition troops.

Senior Iran cleric rejects U.S. charge of meddling in Iraq

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – A senior Iranian cleric rejected on Friday claims by the United States that the elite Qods Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was sending arms into Iraq responsible for the deaths of coalition troops.

Syria’s al-Assad to travel to Iran on Saturday

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad will travel to Tehran on an official state visit on Saturday, state media reported on Friday.

Syria’s al-Assad to travel to Iran on Saturday

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad will travel to Tehran on an official state visit on Saturday, state media reported on Friday.

Three die in Iran helicopter crash

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – An Iranian oil ministry helicopter crashed on Thursday in the southern province of Fars, leaving three people dead, the official news agency IRNA reported.

Three die in Iran helicopter crash

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – An Iranian oil ministry helicopter crashed on Thursday in the southern province of Fars, leaving three people dead, the official news agency IRNA reported.