AFP: The malicious Stuxnet computer worm has hit 30,000 industrial computers in Iran, officials said on Sunday, but denied the Islamic republic’s first nuclear plant at Bushehr was among those infected.
Iran denies nuclear plant computers hit by worm
Obama is an ‘international villain’: Iranian speaker
AFP: Iran’s parliament speaker on Saturday called US President Barack Obama an “international villain” for saying the United States supports the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations.
Iraq election winner rules out working with PM
AFP: The winner of Iraq’s March election has ruled out participating in any new government led by current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, his bloc said.
In brief: News from Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 25 – From the Grapevine… Tehran – Greater Tehran authorities have given the go-ahead for four new prisons to be built on the outskirts of the Iranian capital. Officials say the new detention centres will help with their plan to move prisoners out of the capital.
Iran bazaar in new strike over VAT increase-report
Reuters: Iranian merchants closed their shops in Tehran’s main bazaar on Saturday to protest government plans to raise value-added tax (VAT), a website said, in a move which represents a new challenge to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran’s nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm
AP: Iranian media reports say the country’s nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites in Iran and is capable of taking over power plants.
Iran and U.S. lurch into post-sanctions era
Wall Street Journal: Iran and the U.S., in their closest high-level near-encounter since a barrage of international sanctions were imposed on Tehran this summer, signaled that the game has changed, but Washington still seems unsure of the rules.
Sudanese diplomats scuffle at Iranian NYC event
AP: Sudanese diplomats scuffled with security workers at the hotel where the Iran delegation is staying during the U.N. General Assembly’s annual meeting, police said Friday.
Russia pushing back on tougher sanctions against Iran
Los Angeles Times: Even as the White House praised Russia for declining to sell antiaircraft missiles to Iran in violation of U.N. sanctions, Russian diplomats were quietly recruiting other countries this week to undercut tougher penalties imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Freed US hiker meets with president of Iran
AP: Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans arrested last year while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border, has met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
