Reuters: Iran may offer Turkey four or five small oil and gas fields to develop, for which the Turkish government will seek private-sector investment, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Monday.
Iran offers small oil, gas fields to Turkey
Germany’s Merkel warns Iran on further sanctions
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Iran on Monday that it faced further sanctions if it did not satisfy world powers’ concerns about its nuclear programme.
Iran hangs two political prisoners
Iran Focus: Tehran/London, Jan. 24 – Iran hanged two political prisoners on Monday for taking part in anti-government protests in 2009 and supporting the main Iranian opposition group, according to a statement by the Tehran prosecutor’s office.
Iran launches cyber crime unit: police
AFP: Iran on Sunday officially launched its cyber police unit to confront Internet crimes and counter social networks that spread “espionage and riots,” police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghaddam said.
Iran FM in Syria for Lebanon talks
AFP: Iran’s acting foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, arrived in Damascus on Sunday for talks with Syrian officials on the political crisis in Lebanon, a diplomatic source said.
30 years later, Iran still holds us hostage
Washington Post – By Ted Koppel: Veteran broadcaster on how a crisis ended, but a war began.
China: Iran nuke issues can not be solved after one meeting
Reuters: The Iranian nuclear issue cannot be resolved in just one or two discussions, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday, a day after a high-level meeting aimed at addressing Tehran’s nuclear plans ended in disappointment.
Iran’s NITC to add 22 very large crude carriers to tanker fleet by 2013
Bloomberg: NITC of Iran will become the world’s third-biggest oil-tanker company by 2013 when it takes delivery of 22 very large crude carriers, or VLCCs, and expands the number of ships in its fleet by 72 percent, an executive said.
Iran names acting foreign minister as top diplomat
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has presented the acting foreign minister to parliament to be approved as the new top envoy for the nation.
Ahmadinejad says Iran open to more nuclear talks
AFP: Iran is open to holding further talks with six world powers over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, a day after the failure of the latest round of dialogue in Istanbul.
