Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29 – Russia has delivered two Mi-171 helicopters to Iran as part of a $45 million contract to upgrade the latter's rescue fleet.
Russia sells Iran Mi-171 choppers
Netanyahu: Iran nukes trump global economy
AP: Israeli election front-runner Benjamin Netanyahu told a session of the World Economic Forum on Thursday that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons ranks far above the global economy among the challenges facing leaders of the 21st century.
Revealed: the letter Obama team hope will heal Iran rift
The Guardian: Officials of Barack Obama's administration have drafted a letter to Iran from the president aimed at unfreezing US-Iranian relations and opening the way for face-to-face talks, the Guardian has learned.
Egypt attacks Iran and allies in Arab world
Reuters: Egypt aired its grievances against Iran, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, saying they worked together in the fighting over Gaza to provoke conflict in the Middle East.
Iran’s president to seek second term, adviser says
Washington Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will run for a second term, his press adviser said Wednesday.
Iranian opposition group removed from EU’s terror list
Irish Times: An exiled Iranian opposition group called for its name to be taken off the US terrorist list yesterday following a landmark legal victory in Europe.
Iran playing “subversive” Latin America role-Gates
Reuters: U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates accused Iran on Tuesday of "subversive activity" in Latin America but played down the threat posed by Russia's efforts to increase its influence in the region.
Mullen: Iranian arms probably were bound for Gaza
AP: The nation's top military officer said Tuesday the United States did all it could to intercept a suspected arms shipment to Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but its hands were tied.
Iranian opposition celebrates losing EU ‘terror’ tag
AFP: The exiled Iranian opposition on Tuesday celebrated being taken off the EU's terror list and called for the United States to do the same, arguing it is Tehran that should be sanctioned.
Clinton says Iranians face a choice on cooperation
AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Iran now has "a clear opportunity" to engage with the international community.
