AFP: Iran on Friday dismissed as baseless remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Tehran was pursuing its controversial nuclear programme for military purposes.
Iran calls Sarkozy nuclear claims ‘baseless’
Iran official says $100 oil price “appropriate”
Reuters: Iran's OPEC governor said an oil price of $100 per barrel was "appropriate" in current conditions, the Oil Ministry's news agency Shana reported on Friday.
Iran pressures Iraq to reject U.S. forces
Wall Street Journal: As Baghdad and Washington officials try to hammer out a final agreement laying out the terms of a continued American military presence in Iraq, Iranian officials have ratcheted up pressure on their Iraqi counterparts to reject a deal.
Sarkozy warns Iran it risks ‘catastrophe’ of Israeli strike
AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Iran on Thursday that its determination to press on with its controversial nuclear drive risked an Israeli strike that would be a "catastrophe."
Gulf shares spiral down on oil dip, Iran fears
Reuters: Gulf Arab stocks plunged on Thursday as weaker oil prices and tensions with Iran compounded a broad sell-off in emerging markets, sending some indexes down as much as 4 percent and erasing all the gains of 2008.
Sarkozy says Iran takes ‘major risk,’ may cause Israeli attack
Bloomberg: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Iran is taking a "major risk" in developing a nuclear program that may provoke an attack by Israel.
Iranian women’s rights campaigners imprisoned
The Guardian: Four women's rights campaigners in Iran have been sentenced to six months in jail just as activists were celebrating a rare success, having persuaded MPs to shelve a bill that would have made it easier for men to have more than one wife.
Brazil declines Iranian offer to join OPEC: minister
AFP: Iran has formally invited Brazil to join OPEC, but the South American nation — which recently discovered vast new offshore oil fields — turned down the offer, Energy Minister Edson Lobao said Wednesday.
Syria pledges to help France solve Iran dispute
Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday any attack on Iran would be a disaster and pledged to help find a peaceful solution to the nuclear dispute between the West and Tehran.
Iran invites Brazil to join OPEC-minister
Reuters: Iran last month invited Brazil to join oil exporters' group OPEC, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said on Wednesday, adding that his government had not yet responded to the invitation.
