AP: Iran's girls' soccer team was thrown out of the Youth Olympics because FIFA rules prevent players from wearing an Islamic headscarf.
FIFA dress code bars Iran girls from Youth Games
Russia still hopes diplomacy to solve Iran standoff
AFP: Russia still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear programme, a deputy foreign minister said Monday, as the West steps up pressure for new sanctions against Tehran.
Iran to sign oil fields development deal – SHANA
Reuters: Iran and an Iranian-Australian consortium with Chinese financing are expected to sign a contract soon on the development of three onshore oil fields, the Oil Ministry website SHANA reported on Monday.
Tomb of Khatami’s father desecrated in Iran
AFP: A vandal has desecrated the tomb of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khatami, father of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, state news agencies reported on Monday.
Iran sanctions yield little
Wall Street Journal: Asset freezes net only small sums as U.N. weighs new ones to fight Iran's nuclear program.
INTERVIEW – MRPL trims ’10/11 crude import deal with Iran
Reuters: State-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will reduce term crude imports from Iran by about 8.5 percent to 130,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the 2010/11 fiscal year that began on April 1, a senior company official said on Monday.
Iran says still ready to negotiate nuclear swap
Reuters: Iran is still ready to negotiate a solution to its nuclear stand-off with the West, but only on the condition that foreign powers agree to a fuel swap on Iranian territory, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Unserious about Iran
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: US President Barack Obama is acting as if he believes a nuclear Tehran is inevitable.
Why Iraqi PM has changed his mind on ‘fair’ election
The Scotsman:The outcome of the Iraqi election is being challenged by the prime minister, Nuri Al-Maliki, who initially claimed the poll was free and fair, but has now decided that there has been, after all, widespread cheating. Perhaps this is because former PM Ayad Allawi, won – by 91 seats to 89.
Iran inflation 10.4 pct yr on yr in March – report
Reuters: Iran's inflation continued its recent upward trend in March, reaching 10.4 percent year-on-year, the official IRNA news agency said on Monday quoting a central bank report.
