AFP: Iran’s Entekhab Industrial Group has signed a contract sealing its acquisition of South Korea’s Daewoo Electronics for 518 million dollars, reports and officials said on Sunday.
Iran’s Entekhab buys Daewoo Electronics unit: reports
Iran holds defence drills at nuclear plants: commander
AFP: Iran has conducted defence drills at its sensitive nuclear facilities, a senior commander told media on Sunday, adding that fresh aerial war games will be launched across the country next week.
Iran arrests three women lawyers: reports
AFP: Iranian authorities have arrested three female lawyers at an airport in Tehran after they arrived on a flight from Turkey, media reported on Sunday.
Iran won’t wait for foreigners to develop oilfield
Reuters: Iran won’t wait for foreign investors to develop joint oilfields with neighbouring states, a senior oil ministry official was quoted on Saturday as saying.
US open to Turkey as venue for later round of Iran talks
AFP: The United States said Friday that any new international nuclear talks with Iran should take place first in central Europe but added that follow-on talks could be held in Turkey, as Iran has proposed.
US oil service giant vows to ‘pull out of Iran’
AFP: Schlumberger — the world’s largest oil-services company — has promised the US government that it will pull out of Iran when its current contracts are complete, The Boston Globe reported.
EU accepts Iran talks offer, suggests venue
AFP: EU diplomacy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday agreed to resume long-stalled nuclear talks between world powers and Iran on December 5, and suggested they be held in Austria or Switzerland.
Allawi: Walkout in Iraqi parliament illustrates mistrust
CNN: For former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the dramatic parliamentary walkout of his Iraqiya bloc this week represents a deep-seated lack of trust among Iraqi politicians, and it underscores the threat to forming a new Iraqi government.
N. Korea giving nuclear material to Iran, Syria: UN
AFP: North Korea is avoiding UN sanctions and providing banned nuclear and ballistic equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar, according to a UN report released on Friday.
Nuclear information safe with us, IAEA tells Iran
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it protects the confidentiality of information gathered during inspections, indirectly rejecting an Iranian accusation it would feed sensitive information to Washington.
