Reuters: Iran has repeated threats that it was ready to use its massive oil exports as a weapon to defend itself if it felt necessary in an international dispute over its atomic programme, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Tuesday.
Iran ready to use oil in nuclear dispute – media
U.S. highlights Iran-meddling charge in Iraq
Reuters: The Bush administration said on Monday the arrest in Iraq of alleged Iranian provocateurs, including two diplomats, underscored U.S. concerns about “meddling” amid rising U.S.-Iranian strains.
Egypt slams Iranian president
AP: Egypt rebuked Iran’s president on Monday for claiming his state is “a nuclear country” – a comment that touched a nerve among Iran’s neighbors in the Middle East.
Oil rises after Iran vows to defy UN sanctions on nuclear work
Bloomberg: Crude oil rose after Iran, the Middle East’s second-largest exporter, said it will defy United Nations sanctions and pursue nuclear research.
Russian official hails Iran sanctions
AP: Russia’s foreign minister on Monday hailed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution that imposed sanctions on Iran as a reasonable compromise that wouldn’t hurt Moscow’s commercial contacts with Tehran.
UK forces kill 7, blow up Iraqi police HQ
Reuters: British forces killed seven gunmen and blew up the headquarters of the police serious crimes unit in southern Basra on Monday in a raid to rescue prisoners who were about to be killed, the British military said.
British troops kill 7 gunmen in Iraq
AP: British troops killed seven gunmen in a raid on a renegade police unit in southern Iraq on Monday, and a car bomb that exploded next to an open-air market in Baghdad killed nine civilians and wounded 11.
Three men hanged in public in restive Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 25 Three men were hanged in public in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Sunday.
Three men hanged in public in restive Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 25 Three men were hanged in public in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Sunday.
Russia ‘satisfied’ with UN resolution on Iran
AFP: Russia was “satisfied” with the final text of the resolution which the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Saturday, slapping sanctions targetting Iran’s sensitive nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations said.
