CNN: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi accused Iran of working to destabilize the Middle East in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”
Former Iraqi prime minister takes aim at Iran
Talks collapse leading to new strike at Tehran’s Gold Bazaar
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 17 – From the Grapevine… Negotiations between representatives of gold and jewellery traders and government officials collapsed Saturday, resulting in the resumption of a strike at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar.
Total says has halted oil products trade with Iran
Reuters: French oil major Total has halted all its trade in oil products with Iran in compliance with a European embargo, Total Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said in an interview.
US businessman freed from Iran prison: reports
AFP: A US businessman jailed for over two years in Iran on accusations he passed money to an anti-regime terror group was freed on Saturday from the country’s notorious Evin prison, US media reported.
3 female students go missing in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – Three politically active female students at Honar (Art) University in the Iranian capital have disappeared in the past month, a student at the university told Iran Focus.
Iranian chocolate thief ‘to have hand chopped off’
AFP: An Iranian court has condemned a man convicted of robbing chocolates and cocoa from a Tehran pastry shop to have a hand chopped off, Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
Iraqi Allawi tells CNN Iran funds, directs terrorism in Mideast
Bloomberg: Iran is trying to destabilize Iraq and its neighbors, former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” program.
Activists in Iran support sanctions on regime
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – From the Grapevine… Some parts of Tehran in recent days have been littered with graffiti in support of international sanctions targeting Iran’s theocratic regime.
Foreign minister seeks release of Germans arrested in Iran
AFP: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle personally asked his Iranian counterpart to help secure the release of two Germans arrested in Iran this week, his spokesman said Saturday.
Iraq PM to visit Iran as coalition talks hot up
AFP: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is fighting to keep his job after an inconclusive March 7 general election, is to visit neighbouring Iran soon, a close aide said on Saturday.
