Los Angeles Times: Iran's envoy to OPEC has been a busy guy. As oil prices plunged in recent weeks, Mohammad Ali Khatibi has been working the phones and traveling in a frenetic attempt to get the oil-producing cartel to agree to reduce supply to keep the price from dropping further.
Iran scrambles to stem oil price plunge
Iran: defeat in UN Security Council unjust
AP: Iran says its failure to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council is an injustice. Japan defeated Iran in a secret ballot Friday to secure the non-permanent Asian seat on the Council.
Economy, politics limit ambitions on Iraq, Iran
Washington Times: Iraq and Iran will top the foreign policy agenda for the next U.S. president, but the financial crisis and Iraq politics are likely to limit options no matter who wins.
Documents say Iran aids militias from Iraq
New York Times: They wake before dawn, with time to exercise, eat and pray before the day’s first class in firing Kalashnikov rifles.
Iran blames intolerance for losing U.N. seat vote
Reuters: Iran on Saturday blamed what it said was intolerance of its independent positions by the West for its failure to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council, which has imposed sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear work.
Iran to press for output cut at OPEC meet
AFP: Iran said on Saturday that OPEC should cut oil output at its emergency meeting next week amid prospects of reduced demand in the face of the global economic slowdown, the state broadcaster reported.
Berlin to impose national sanctions on Iran, report says
Deutsche Welle: In efforts to tighten sanctions against Iran, the German government is trying to convince banking, insurance and energy companies to break ties with Teheran, according to a German magazine report.
Iran: Russia to ship nuke plant supplies
UPI: Russia will ship nearly 1,000 tons of supplies to the Iranian city of Bushehr to help build a nuclear power plant, an Iranian official said Friday.
3 nations win Security Council seats
New York Times: Turkey, Austria and Japan won nonpermanent seats on the United Nations Security Council on Friday, defeating Iceland and Iran in elections in the General Assembly.
Crowd foils ostrich record attempt
The Guardian: Maybe it looked too delicious to resist or perhaps the hours of waiting had simply provoked appetites beyond control.
