AP: An Iranian national and a U.S. citizen who worked as an airline pilot have pleaded guilty in a plot aimed at illegally shipping aircraft and parts to Iran for civilian use.
2 plead guilty in plot to ship aircraft to Iran
Iran says blogger who died in custody was beaten
AP: Prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi told reporters Monday that an investigation into the death of Sattar Beheshti has found that he was beaten from the day of his arrest.
Iran hints direct talks with US are possible
AP: Direct talks between Iran and the United States are possible, but any such breakthrough would have to be approved by the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s foreign minister said Monday.
OPEC comments signal unchanged quotas at Vienna meeting
Bloomberg: Iran hopes the average price of OPEC crudes will increase “in next days,” Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi told the state-run Fars news agency Nov. 19. He said global demand will increase as winter approaches in the northern hemisphere.
US ‘steps up spying’ on Iran nuclear reactor
AFP: US intelligence agencies have significantly stepped up spying operations on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor prompted by concerns about the security of weapons-grade plutonium there, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Iran MPs to look into case of hunger-striking lawyer – report
Reuters: Iranian legislators are to visit Tehran’s Evin prison and look into the case of an imprisoned lawyer on hunger strike there amid concerns over her deteriorating condition, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
Snake tale: How venom binds U.S., Iran
Wall Street Journal: In a surprising—and irony-rich—byproduct of the Afghan war, the Pentagon finds itself dependent on a scientific research arm of the Iranian government to treat bites by Oxus cobras, Haly’s pit vipers and other snakes peculiar to the battlefields of southwest Asia.
Report: Iran’s president opposes election changes
AP: A news agency reports Iran’s president is urging parliament to abandon possible revisions in laws governing presidential elections. The call appears part of widening political battles before June’s election to pick Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s successor.
Iran says plans to raise crude oil production
AP: Iran’s oil minister has said the country plans to increase its oil production capacity to up to 5.2 million barrels per day by early 2016.
Iran says nuclear fuel removed because of debris
AP: Iran’s nuclear chief says fuel was removed from the country’s sole nuclear reactor in October because debris had been left behind during its construction.
