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Iran expels Spanish journalist – newspaper

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Reuters: Iran has cancelled the accreditation of the correspondent of the Spanish daily El Pais and ordered her to leave the country within two weeks, her newspaper said on Monday.

Palin raises concerns about Iran in interview

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AP: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran could “lead to an Armageddon” and a world war that could “decimate so much of this planet.”

Iranian legislator wants Russia to be sued over missile contract

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CNN: An Iranian legislator has called on the government to sue Russia after Moscow reneged on the delivery of an antiaircraft missile system to Iran, the semi-official FARS News Agency reported Monday.

Iran says oil reserves up, at 150 billion barrels

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AFP: Iran boasted Monday its proven oil reserves have risen by nine percent to 150.31 billion barrels, a week after neighbouring Iraq claimed it had overtaken Tehran in terms of size of crude reserves.

Iran to show proof of US nuclear aid to Israel: negotiator

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AFP: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel.

Iranian officials warn of unrest tied to subsidy cuts

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New York Times: After suppressing the political protests that followed last year’s disputed presidential election, Iran’s security forces are now on the alert for a new kind of domestic threat — strikes and civil unrest provoked by planned cuts in fuel subsidies.

Oman in talks with Iran to help free Americans

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Reuters: Oman is negotiating with Iran for the release of two Americans held in Tehran for more than a year on suspicion of spying, an Omani foreign ministry official said on Monday.

US warns citizens ahead of Iran leader’s Lebanon visit

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AFP: The United States on Monday urged its citizens in Lebanon to remain vigilant during the Iranian president’s high-profile visit to the country this week, warning of possible demonstrations and violence.

Iran arrests two “fake” foreign journalists: report

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Reuters: Two foreign nationals have been arrested, an Iranian judiciary official said on Monday, after interviewing the son of a woman whose sentence of death by stoning for adultery was recently suspended amid international condemnation.

Iran Khodro seeks to quadruple car output in Venezuela

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Bloomberg: Iran Khodro, the country’s largest automaker, aims to quadruple to 60,000 the number of cars it assembles each year in a venture with the Venezuelan government, in a sign of deepening commercial ties between two U.S. foes.