AFP: Iran's state-owned car manufacturer Iran Khodro unveiled for the home market on Saturday the Peugeot 207i, a locally built version of the French automobile firm's 207 model.
Iran unveils new locally made Peugeot car
Russia hints it will back Iran sanctions calls
The Times: Iran’s Supreme Leader took to the deck of a naval guided missile destroyer yesterday in defiance of the international storm sparked by the United Nations’ warning that Tehran may be building a nuclear bomb.
FATF blacklists 8 countries, calls for Iran sanctions
AFP: A key global anti-corruption body has blacklisted eight countries for alleged money laundering and terrorism financing and called for sanctions against Iran, the US government said Friday.
First Iranian-built destroyer launched in Gulf
Reuters: Iranian state television said the first Iranian-built destroyer was launched on Friday in a ceremony attended by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Croatian tobacco company to build Iranian factory
AFP: Croatian tobacco company TDR, one of the Balkans' biggest tobacco firms, on Friday announced a 30-million euro (40-million-dollar) investment to build a factory in Iran.
Report builds Iran sanctions case: US
AFP: The United States said Friday that a UN report stating that Iran may be working on a nuclear warhead bolstered the case for tougher sanctions on the Islamic republic.
U.S. crude hits $80 on Iran worries, French strikes
Reuters: U.S. front-month crude oil futures shot up to more than $80 a barrel in post-settlement trading on Friday, a five-week high, as geopolitical worries about Iran's nuclear program and strikes at French refineries.
US lawmaker urges Iranian gasoline embargo
AFP: The United States should impose an embargo on gasoline deliveries to Iran in order to halt the Islamic republic's development of nuclear weapons, a US lawmaker said Friday.
Russia will honour Iran missile deal: minister
AFP: Russia will honour a contract to deliver advanced air defence missiles to Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov said Friday.
Inspectors say Iran worked on warhead
New York Times: The United Nations’ nuclear inspectors declared for the first time on Thursday that they had extensive evidence of “past or current undisclosed activities” by Iran’s military to develop a nuclear warhead, an unusually strongly worded conclusion that seems certain to accelerate Iran’s confrontation with the United States and other Western countries.
