Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 25 – Iran has launched a new gas refinery in Khuzestan Province, south-west Iran.
Iran launches new gas refinery
Iran aims to raise oil output by March – agency
Reuters: Iran will seek to boost its oil output to 4.3 million barrels per day (bpd) by next March from 4.2 million bpd now, the head of the state oil company was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iranian-born Israeli charged with spying for Iran
AP: An Iranian-born Israeli was charged Sunday with passing defense information to Tehran, police said.
Iran is playing a dangerous game and the West’s patience could soon run out
Sunday Telegraph: Iran has been the covert instigator of thousands of the attacks against British troops in southern Iraq for at least four years. It is, without doubt, responsible for the deaths and serious injuries of many British personnel, who have been attempting to contain the violence in southern Iraq.
Syria rejects linking Israel peace with cutting off Iran
AFP: Syria will not accept preconditions over its resumed peace talks with Israel and will not compromise its relations with other states, the government daily Tishrin said on Saturday, referring to Iran.
Iran ‘paid Iraq insurgents to kill UK soldiers’
Sunday Telegraph: Iran has secretly paid Iraqi insurgents hundreds of thousands of American dollars to kill British soldiers, according to a leaked government document obtained by The Telegraph.
Iran to raise domestic gas prices: senior official
AFP: Iran plans to hike domestic gas prices in order to encourage consumers to conserve and to help to free up supplies for export, officials said on Saturday.
UAE seeks Russian mediation in islands row with Iran
AFP: The United Arab Emirates has sought Russian mediation with Iran to persuade it to discuss the status of three Gulf islands controlled by Tehran and claimed by the UAE, an Emirati official said Saturday.
Iran says US anti-OPEC bill ‘inexpert’
AFP: A US bill authorising the federal government to sue OPEC in US courts over alleged price fixing is "inexpert" and "misleading," a senior Iranian oil official said on Saturday.
21 people killed in Iran bus crash
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – At least 21 people were killed when a bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of road in western Iran, state media reported on Saturday.
