AFP: Warnings from Iran that it will try to close the vital Strait of Hormuz in response to further Western sanctions sent oil prices markedly higher on Tuesday.
Iran saber-rattling spooks oil market
Saudi would replace Iran crude if EU embargoes-sources
Reuters: Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and other Gulf OPEC states are ready to replace Iranian oil if further sanctions halt Iranian crude exports to Europe, industry sources said on Tuesday.
U.S. citizen goes on trial in Iran on spying charges
Reuters: An American man of Iranian descent, accused by Iran of spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, went on trial in Tehran on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Iran inks oil products deal with Afghanistan
Reuters: Iran signed an agreement with Afghanistan on Monday to export one million tons per year of gasoil, gasoline and jet fuel to the neighbouring country starting next year, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran ‘to block Hormuz strait’ if sanctions applied
AFP: No oil will be permitted to pass through the key oil transit Strait of Hormuz if the West applies sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned on Tuesday.
US urges Iran to free alleged spy
AFP: The United States renewed calls for Iran to release “without delay” a US citizen of Iranian descent who reportedly went on trial Tuesday on charges of spying for the CIA.
Iran’s navy warns foreign copter away from drill
AP: The Iranian navy says it warned off a foreign helicopter that had approached the site of a naval drill it is conducting in international waters.
Daughter of Iran ex-president Rafsanjani on trial
AFP: The daughter of Iranian former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is standing trial on charges of making anti-regime propaganda, her laywer was quoted as saying on Sunday after a closed hearing.
Rockets strike Iran dissident camp in Iraq
AFP: At least two rockets struck a camp in central Iraq housing Iranian dissidents Sunday evening, a senior army officer said, as Baghdad and the UN signed a pact aimed at resolving the residents’ status.
Iranian dissidents concerned as U.N., Iraq sign agreement over refugee camp
Fox News: The United Nations and the Iraqi government have announced that they have signed an agreement about what to do with 3,400 Iranian exiles who have been left stateless and under siege at a refugee camp in Iraq. The State Department welcomed the announcement.
