AP: A senior Iranian official says his country considers any attack against Syria an attack on itself, one of the most open statements of support yet by Tehran to its ally.
Iran official: Attack on Syria is attack on us
Iranian ship back home after Sri Lankan escape: data
Reuters: An Iranian-flagged cargo ship that fled Sri Lankan waters after weeks of detention by the island nation’s navy has arrived back in Iran, according to ship-tracking data published by Reuters.
Iranian nuclear talks face further delay
Reuters: The next talks between six global powers and Iran on its nuclear program are likely to be delayed until February, a diplomat said on Friday, after European officials accused Tehran of stalling on fixing a time and place for a meeting.
US diplomat chides Iran for ‘unhelpful role’ on Syria
AFP: The US ambassador to Syria on Friday criticised Iran’s “unhelpful” role in the Syrian conflict and appealed for more from Russia to help the refugees fleeing their war-torn homeland.
Iran has capacity to quadruple enrichment at Fordo, aide says
Bloomberg: Iran would be able to quadruple the enrichment of 20 percent uranium at its Fordo facility by using all the centrifuges installed there, a European diplomat said.
Iraqi troops ‘kill four protesters in Fallujah’
AFP: Four anti-government protesters were killed and 19 wounded when the Iraqi army opened fire on Friday, apparently to disperse demonstrators, in a mostly Sunni town west of Baghdad, officials said.
Samsung Total strikes Iran oil deal, lured by cheap fuel – sources
Reuters: South Korea’s Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co has revived a contract to buy Iranian oil after a year’s hiatus, as thin margins in plastics make the cheap fuel from Iran hard to resist, people familiar with the deal said on Friday.
IAEA to Israel: Iran nuclear row must be resolved peacefully
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief has underlined to Israel’s president the need to resolve differences with Iran diplomatically, Yukiya Amano’s office said on Friday, rather than war as Israeli leaders have mooted.
Israel talks of military option as Kissinger warns over Iran
AFP: Israeli officials said Thursday that military action against Iran needed to stay on the table, as former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned of a crisis over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in the “very foreseeable future”.
Christian pastor held in Iran missing from jail, says family
Fox News: Iranian jailers turned away the family of an American pastor on trial Iran for his Christian family, telling them Saeed Abedini is not in the infamous Tehran prison where he’s been held for several months.
