AFP: Iran's government spokesman on Tuesday branded the Holocaust a "big lie" created to place the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel in the Middle East, the state IRNA news agency reported.

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday submitted to parliament an 89-billion-dollar government budget for the year to March 2010 in the face of low oil prices and high domestic inflation.

AFP: Rebels have killed 12 members of the Iranian security forces in an ambush in the restive southeast, judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi said on Tuesday.

AFP: Iran on Tuesday said it was seeking a "concrete change" in US policy towards the Islamic republic under new President Barack Obama after he extended a diplomatic hand to Washington's arch-foe.

Reuters: NATO urged its members on Monday to do more to help new U.S. President Barack Obama tackle the growing threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and failed states.

Reuters: A U.S. aviation company owner pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to ship parts for American-made F-14 fighter jets and other military aircraft to Iran, prosecutors said.

AKI: Conservative Italian MP and president of Italy's Association of Moroccan Women, Souad Sbai, lauded the European Union's decision on Monday to remove an Iranian opposition movement from its terror blacklist.

AP: The European Union decided Monday to remove an Iranian opposition group from the EU's terror list and lift the restrictions on its funds, a move likely to further damage relations strained over Tehran's nuclear program.

Bloomberg: Germany took measures to curb trade with Iran because of criticism from partners including the U.S. and Israel, Handelsblatt reported.