AFP: Iran's former president and influential cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will visit neighbouring Iraq on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran’s former president to visit Iraq
Iran “not close” to nuclear weapon: Gates
Reuters: Iran is not close to having a nuclear weapon, which gives the United States and others time to try to persuade Tehran to abandon its suspected atomic arms program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.
Iran gives Taliban helicopter missile
Sunday Times: Iran is supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan with surface-to-air missiles capable of destroying a helicopter, according to American intelligence sources.
Iran says US planning ‘long-term stay’ in Iraq
AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday accused Washington of planning a "long-term stay" in Iraq after US President Barrack Obama said up to 50,000 combat troops will remain until 2011.
Mullah justice
The Mirror – By Lord Corbett: Defiant to the end, a convicted killer – and hero to some – faces his executioners.
Iran wants apology from Hollywood team
AFP: The art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged a visiting Hollywood delegation to apologise for "insults and slanders" about Iranians in films, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Analysis: Iran may enter LNG market with French assistance
UPI: Iran's vast, largely untapped natural gas reserves are increasingly coming into the view of Brussels' bureaucrats, especially after the January Ukrainian-Russian gas disputes, which traumatized Europe to search for alternative sources in the Caspian basin.
Hollywood team in Iran on cultural exchange
AFP: A top-level team from the Hollywood movie industry traveled to Iran on a non-government mission, for a weekend of cultural and creative exchange meetings, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday.
Iraqi president meets top Iranian leaders
AFP: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is meeting top Iranian leaders on Friday on his second trip to the Islamic republic in almost two years, the offical IRAN news agency reported.
Ambitious Iran is bent on tilting the balance of power
The Times: This week’s row between Iran and Bahrain shows how Iran’s intention of being the superpower of its region is deeply upsetting its neighbours, particularly the tiny ones.
